Air Force
When you think you have had a bad day…
Imagine this kind of day. You are peacefully motoring along, your wife chatting and playing with her wedding rings, and someone you know sideswipes your car. Worse, the ol’ ball and chain is so startled she throws up her hands and yep – the wedding ring and engagement ring go out the window – at […]
Chuck Norris, USAF vet, dies
It’s with profound sadness that the life of the legendary Chuck Norris has come to an end. He was 86 years old. Before becoming a martial arts champion and actor, he served our country in the Air Force. Chuck has also lost his younger brother Wieland when the 26 year old was killed in Vietnam.
Rescue Pilot Logs Record Helo Time
After 36 years, rescue pilot ends service with record-breaking flying hours By Cristina Stassis More than 36 years and 6,000 flight hours later, U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Paul Anderson concluded his career this month with record-setting flying hours. Anderson, assigned to the 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, is ending […]
Valor Friday
David forwarded this story of heroism in the skies over Europe during the Great War. I’d never heard of William Vail, and agree that this is a great tale to share. From Military.com; Gregory Vail grew up listening to his father’s war stories, watching him struggle with a prosthetic leg and agonizing phantom pain, hearing […]
The old F/A-18 vs. F-15 argument
Guess it depends on whether you favor the Navy-only F/A-18 or the Air Force’s F15 whether you think one or the other is “better”. They’re both lethal as hell, and even after decades of service, better than the vast majority of rivals. We’ve seen comments about the three F-15s taken down by the Kuwaitis a […]
President Trump: Tehran’s forces largely “knocked out”
President Donald Trump said that Tehran’s forces have largely been knocked out. Reports indicate that 17 Iranian ships were destroyed and nearly 2,000 targets hit. Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander for U.S. Central Command provided an update on X and declared that Iranian naval activity has been halted along the most critical waterways. Cooper further said […]
F-15 loss, F18s. Up in the air.
“saw ships, sank same” – As a bit of military alliteration, Donald Mason’s that is a good one. According to Brian Garfield, who penned a good history of the Aleutian Islands WWII campaign called “The Thousand Mile War”, Mason’s quote was actually eclipsed by a pilot name of Smith who strafed and sank a boat […]
Top Aces
Top Aces is a “private military adversary” company that flies F-16s in exercises against regular Air Force and Navy units. Unlike typical aggressor-adversary units, they are flying highly modified F-16s which can successfully use a lot of the tactics and capabilities of modern 5th generation fighters in 4th-gen F-16 airframes. Reading the article, many of […]
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