Serenade to the Iron Horse
Above, the HC-130P Iron Horse, tail number #62-1863, begins its final flight to retirement at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; below, the same aircraft in its previous configuration as…
What's Wrong With This Picture?
An apparent military phony marches in Selma, AL on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Photo posted at Military Times Rally Point (registration required) It was bound to happen. Take…
Does Mrs. Clinton Have Another "Missing" Form?
Despite the hopes–and fumbling efforts–of Hillary Clinton and her supporters, the e-mail scandal isn’t going away anytime soon. In the latest wrinkle, hapless State Department flack Jen Psaki admitted yesterday…
Today's Reading Assignment (Fort Hood Edition)
…from clinical psychologist (and retired Army Colonel) Kathy Platoni, a suvivor of the Fort Hood massacre five years ago. As she writes in The Wall Street Journal, the victims of…
Concrete Charlie, R.I.P.
Before he became an All-American football player at Penn and a legend in the NFL, Chuck Bednarik (circle) flew 30 combat missions as a B-24 gunner over Europe during World…
The Kingdom's Nukes
By some accounts, the “crowning achievement” of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy may be just hours away. According to Reuters (and other media outlets), the U.S. and key European allies,…
Death by Moonlight
RAF Squadron Leader Peter Hill briefs bomber crews from Number 51 Squadron before the planned mission against Nuremberg, Germany on the evening on 30/31 March 1944. Hill was among more…
Being Curt
The man with the toughest job in the USAF: General Robin Rand, recently nominated to be the first four-star commander of Air Force Global Strike Command and fix problems in…
Sealing the Deal
The expected deal between Iran and the U.S. has been widely condemned as “paving the road” for Tehran to get the bomb. And rightfully so. Talks that began years ago…
Missing Man
The “Missing Man Table”–complete with the offending Bible–that was recently removed from the dining facility at Patrick AFB, FL (Photo by Lt Col Steve Hyle, Ret, and posted at the…