<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Old Skool</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/old-skool/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Monday Eye Candy: Tomcats and Sukhois. What!?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16260</guid> <description><![CDATA[  Here are some images I wasn’t expecting to see this century. It shows the Su-27s of the Russian Knights aerobatic team being escorted by Iranian F-14 Tomcats and F-4 Phantoms. Talk about bizarre. Two of America’s legendary Cold War fighters being flown by one of its biggest 21st Century adversaries alongside two Soviet-designed jets [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>142</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adios Global Hawk, U-2 Will Stick Around (updated)</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/adios-global-hawk-u-2-will-stick-around/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/adios-global-hawk-u-2-will-stick-around/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wow, so it looks like we’re seeing the first of the upcoming budget cuts for the Air Force trickle out. The AP is reporting that the Air Force is cancelling the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude spy drone opting instead to keep the legendary U-2 Dragon Lady in service (for now, anyway)! Yup, the 50-year old [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/adios-global-hawk-u-2-will-stick-around/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>43</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pic of the Day: Apache Rescue</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/13/pic-of-the-day-apache-rescue/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/13/pic-of-the-day-apache-rescue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16022</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Friday, given the amount of attention we’ve given to helicopters this week, I thougt I’d give you a killer helo image. This great picture from a few years ago shows an AH-64 Apache crew practicing a rescue technique where a soldier rides shotgun aboard the aircraft’s side sponson. It’s similar to a method AH-1 Cobra [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/13/pic-of-the-day-apache-rescue/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>34</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Super Tucano Wins USAF’s Light Attack Contest</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/31/embraer-wins-usafs-light-attack-contest/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/31/embraer-wins-usafs-light-attack-contest/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:37:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15851</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s official, the Air Force has selected Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano as the Light Air Support (LAS) aircraft, better known as a counterinsurgency (COIN) plane. The air service is buying 20 Super Ts from Embraer and its U.S. partner, Sierra Nevada Corporation, for $355 million, according to an announcement that Embraer released last night. Remember, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/31/embraer-wins-usafs-light-attack-contest/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>158</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Seabees to Build New Runway in Kenya</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/28/seabees-to-build-new-runway-in-kenya/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/28/seabees-to-build-new-runway-in-kenya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:35:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15821</guid> <description><![CDATA[The military’s legendary expeditionary construction units, the Navy’s Seabees are set to return to their World War II roots this spring when a construction detail Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 heads to Africa to greatly expand the runways at a remote Kenyan airstrip to allow it to handle large cargo planes. Sailors from the detail [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/28/seabees-to-build-new-runway-in-kenya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: U-2 Carrier Ops</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/06/video-u-2-carrier-ops/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/06/video-u-2-carrier-ops/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15590</guid> <description><![CDATA[With all the talk this week about unmanned spy planes, we thought we’d visit the aircraft that has defined the genre for more than half a century now; the Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady. U-2s have been shot down plenty of times all over the world while flying some of the most important intel missions [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/06/video-u-2-carrier-ops/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>54</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monday Eye Candy: A Retro Prowler and a Bad T-Shirt</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/28/monday-eye-candy-retro-prowlers-and-a-bad-t-shirt/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/28/monday-eye-candy-retro-prowlers-and-a-bad-t-shirt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:25:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15491</guid> <description><![CDATA[This picture of an EA-6B Prowler painted in a very-old school naval aviation color scheme while landing on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan has to make you smile. Seriously, how cool does that look? Meanwhile, this retro-themed picture will make you laugh, or cringe (or curse). It’s a T-shirt commemorating 100 years of naval [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/28/monday-eye-candy-retro-prowlers-and-a-bad-t-shirt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>33</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chopper Use in Vietnam Versus Afghanistan</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Infantry Fight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15343</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s an interesting post that Carl Prine did over at our sister site, Line of Departure, a few months back. It’s all about how he hates the UH-1 Huey because, to him, it represented a lack of control over the ground situation during the Vietnam War. I’ve got to wonder how this compares to our [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>77</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Moonfail: Video of Astronauts Falling on the Moon</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/moonfail-video-of-astronauts-falling-on-the-moon/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/moonfail-video-of-astronauts-falling-on-the-moon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:56:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15331</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let’s celebrate the end of this hump day with a fun video of astronauts falling down on the moon. What? It’s defense-related — the Apollo astronauts were ex-fighter pilots. Enjoy! Click through the jump for the video:]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/moonfail-video-of-astronauts-falling-on-the-moon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>36</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pic of the Day: C-130 Flies Off a Carrier</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/pic-of-the-day-c-130-flies-off-a-carrier/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/pic-of-the-day-c-130-flies-off-a-carrier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:48:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15324</guid> <description><![CDATA[This awesome photo shows a Marine Corps KC-130F Hercules piloted by Navy Lt. James H. Flateley III taking off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in 1963.  The Herk performed a bunch of landings and fully loaded takeoffs aboard the ship over the course of several weeks in November of that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/09/pic-of-the-day-c-130-flies-off-a-carrier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>34</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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