Air Force
Valor Friday
As I spent all yesterday going between doctor’s appointments (would you believe I slipped a disc in my back from playing pickleball?) and dealing with trick or treaters, this week’s article will be a repeat. Robert Femoyer’s incredible act of gallantry is worth repeating. There’s even a nexus to Halloween, as yesterday would be his […]
Boeing again
I realized that I really am old when I was telling one of my kids that Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas ruled the skies. Why? Because they pretty much made GREAT product, led the way in aviation (especially commercial aviation) and generally whatever they made, one of those two was the best in class. Nowadays the old […]
Drones over Washington military bases – but not ours
Seems someone is taking an unhealthy interest in Langley Air Force base. A mysterious fleet of drones entered restricted airspace and swarmed a U.S. military base along the Virginia coast for 17 days late last year, stumping the Pentagon, according to a new report. My first thought was a stream of Amazon-purchased jobbies…nope, this is […]
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel accused of lewdness with a child under 18
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin DiFalco faced arrest in the wake of accusations of grooming and raping a child. DiFalco continues to serve on active duty as a special projects officer for the 57th Wing. DiFalco is reported to have been a unit commander at the time of the arrest. DiFalco is accused of committing this act […]
Vets reunited 73 years after kidnapping
Hard to believe this one. A young lad of 6, Luis Armando Albino, was kidnapped from the Oakland CA park in which he was playing with his brother and never found. Albino and five of his siblings, brought by their mother from Puerto Rico, had just moved to Oakland the summer before his abduction in […]
Wednesday updates
Came on to read all the morning good stuff and find my scheduled column didn’t drop….damn. Better late than never! Remember the Navy ship commander who was famously photographed on his fantail firing an M-4 with the scope rear mounted forward? The image brought the Navy considerable ridicule on social media. The San Diego […]
KC-46 suffers ED
Apparently there is a limpness issue in the Air Force. No, not among male airmen per se….but with their newest fleet refueling plane, the KC-46. There have been multiple incidents, the most recent August 21, involving the KC-46 boom. The KC-46 involved in the mishap was from the 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air […]
Valor Friday
In the first couple of years of World War II, many Americans disagreed with the isolationist stance of the federal government. A lot of young men would hear the call to service pre-war, and enlisted into the American military. The armed forces were rapidly expanding long before the Attack at Pearl Harbor, with America already […]
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