-Caveat Lector- Alamaine Ratliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > From SeattleTimes > > <<Now, I realise "Kosovo", the virtual movie, is now becoming an > older topic. However, one of the elements of warfare is that of > 'surprise'. What this whole exercise seems to have demonstrated is > how we would use what we have. Of course, any potential adversary > had to promise to avert their eyes from the news during the 78 days. > Ike and Patton and LeMay must be spinning in their resting places. > A<>E<>R >> > > > > Posted at 10:14 p.m. PDT; Saturday, June 19, 1999 > > > > > > > > U.S. calls its copters and pilots not ready in Kosovo > > > > > > by George C. Wilson > > Legi-Slate News Service > > > > Pilots sent to fly Apache helicopters against Serb forces were > > undertrained and underequipped to fight the war they never fought in > > Kosovo, the Army itself acknowledged in an internal memo. > > THe *real* issue in the "training flight" crashes of the Apaches is that Bell Helicopters screwed up the design. The machine meets DoD specs for rate-of-climb all right--but only when flying empty, pilot only, no weapons, minimum fuel. Fully loaded, the chopper has a *negative* rate-of-climb--that is, it's more likely to go *down* (hard!) than *up*. Cobras or even Hueys would be more useful in combat. ISTM that the Army brass are protecting their cronies at Bell...and blaming the training command instead. (Why, you ask? Well, there aren't going to be any cushy jobs in the training command after they retire, are there?) Bob ================================= Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
