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Recycling old AF stuff

| March 21, 2025 | 25 Comments
Recycling old AF stuff

  This adds a bit to AW1Ed’s column of deploying assets on our southern flank. The Air Force is finding some love for assets many of you probably thought had gone away. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has confirmed that U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes have been flying missions around the […]

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Blue city rewards thieves

| March 20, 2025 | 20 Comments
Blue city rewards thieves

This one is just a miserable comment on why crime doesn’t pay. San Antonio likes to bill itself as Military City, USA. Given the amount of space and people devoted to the military there, with both Army AND Air Force facilities, medical training too, as I recall – there should be some incentive to stay […]

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President Donald Trump fires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

| February 22, 2025 | 39 Comments
President Donald Trump fires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

President Donald Trump fired General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump also fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations, and General Jim Slife, Air Force Chief of Staff. Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine has been nominated to fill the role of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense […]

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Gentle Reminder, with BUFFs

| February 19, 2025 | 18 Comments
Gentle Reminder, with BUFFs

B-52 Stratofortress B-52s Fly Across Middle East, Drop Live Munitions Feb. 18, 2025 | By Chris Gordon Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratrofortress bombers flew over the Middle East in a “force projection” demonstration Feb. 17, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. The two B-52s began their mission at RAF Fairford, U.K., before flying across Europe […]

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Monday ‘splodeys

| February 10, 2025 | 37 Comments
Monday ‘splodeys

We know the GBU-57 Massive Ordinance Penetrator is a bunker buster you do NOT want to fall afoul of – 30,000 pounds of bananas explosive wrapped in a inch thick steel shell, it can penetrate far enough to ruin your day even if you think 200 feet is are far enough underground. But now it’s […]

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Tuskegee Airman, 100, passes

| February 6, 2025 | 14 Comments
Tuskegee Airman, 100, passes

  Tuskegee airman Harry Stewart died at his home in Bloomfield Hills, MI on Sunday. Harry T. Stewart Jr. was born July 4, 1924, in Newport News, Virginia. His family moved to New York City two years later. Stewart told the National World War II Memorial he used to walk over to nearby North Beach […]

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DEI fallout

| January 28, 2025 | 6 Comments
DEI fallout

  As so often happens, good intentions lead to bad results. In this case, the administration’s de-emphasis on DEI is creating ancillary damage. Sort of a diversity version of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, eh? The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce […]

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Air Force Pilot, lost over Vietnam, identified

| January 25, 2025 | 13 Comments
Air Force Pilot, lost over Vietnam, identified

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Donald Downing was flying a reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam September 5, 1967, when his wingman described a “large, bright fireball” after which Downing’s plane went silent. U.S. Air Force Captain Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force in September […]

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