Lesson Learned (Barf Bag Edition)
What you eat does matter–particularly before a ride with the USAF Thunderbirds. Air Force Secretary Deborah James recently experienced a “technicolor flight” with the Air Force demonstration team (official USAF…
Sign Up the Geezers (Almost)
Army Reserve Sergeant First Class John Taffee recently made headlines when he graduated from basic training at the age of 55. Taffee, a Coast Guard security contractor who spent 14 years in…
At the Birth
Dewey Phillips at the WHBQ microphone in the early 1950s. The legendary Memphis DJ was the first to play an Elvis record on the air (photo courtesy StreamingOldies.com) Sixty years…
Game Changer
An Israeli Iron Dome battery fires against a Palestinian missile attack on 9 July 2014 (Associated Press photo). Almost one week into the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas, a…
Jetliner Down
An export version of the SA-11 “Gadfly” surface-to-air missile system. The SA-11 is believed responsible for today’s shootdown of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in the border region between Russia and Ukraine. …
Inside the Wheel Well (Let the Firings Begin)
A C-130J on the ramp at Ramstein AB, Germany. Two days ago, maintenance crews inspecting a C-130 that had just returned from Africa found the body of an African boy in one…
More to the Story
An RC-135 Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft in flight. An encounter between a U.K.-based RC-135 and Russian fighters last month forced the USAF crew to divert into Swedish airspace (USAF photo…
Head Count
There won’t be a rescue mission from Iraq’s Mount Sinjar afterall. Earlier this week, there was talk about a massive evacuation effort, using helicopters, transport aircraft and security forces, to remove tens…
The Galloping Ghost is Found
The USS Houston in 1935 (Wikipedia photo) More than 72 years after the USS Houston went down during a battle with Japanese forces, the Navy has confirmed that underwater wreckage found off…
Hair-Splitting at its Finest
Sadly, this should come as no surprise. The Veterans’ Administration watchdog agency “has been unable to substantiate allegations that 40 veterans may have died because of delays in care at…