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May 17, 2004

RIP: Col. Robert Morgan, USAF (Ret.)

The Associated Press is reporting that Col. Robert Morgan, USAF (Ret), 85, Commander of Memphis Belle, the famous B-17 bomber which flew combact missions in WWII, died late Saturday night from complications of a fall.

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Critics: Missile Shield's A Turkey

Independent Scientists Say It Just Won't Work

America's much-touted ballistic missile shield is supposed to be up and running by September 30th. But an independent group of scientists say it's not going to work.

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Does The JSF Have A Weight Problem?

British Newspaper Says It's Too Heavy For UK Carriers

Like many Americans, the Joint Strike Fighter has a weight problem. So says the London Sunday Telegraph, which reports the new VTOL stealth warplane is 3,300 pounds too heavy to land on two new British aircraft carriers.

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T-6B Upgrade Could Be Sold Overseas

Raytheon Takes Trainer To Farnborough

Raytheon figures it this way: If it's good enough for the US Air Force and Navy, it's good enough to market overseas. That's why the company is taking it's T-6B Texan II to the Farnborough Air Show in July.

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Canadian CT-155 Down

Two Crew Members Safe

Two crew members aboard a Canadian CT-155 Hawk military trainer are reportedly safe after they were forced to eject Friday near the military base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

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USS Reagan Launches Last Tomcat

An F-14 Tomcat from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8's Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 Black Lions, homeported out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., launched from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), May 10, in what was (probably) the final Tomcat to leave the deck of the ship.

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Crew Returns Phantom To Florida Sky

Drone Will Fly Again

Arizona-based technicians saved the military $620,000 when they recently rebuilt a QF-4 Phantom II full-scale aerial target drone. The drone had suffered extensive missile damage to its aft section during a warfare exercise over the Atlantic Ocean near Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base.

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