The Missing Element
Eric Engberg passed away last week at his retirement home in Palmetto, Florida. The former CBS News correspondent was 74. Depending on your perspective, Mr. Engberg was either an accomplished…
(Not Quite) Ready for Launch
**UPDATE/15 April** U.S. and ROK defense officials report the test of North Korea’s intermediate range missile ended in failure. The missile, believed to be a BM-25 Musudan, exploded shortly after…
Calling the Air Police
A Russian SU-24 Fencer roars over the USS Donald Cook earlier this week (US Navy photo via CBS News). Many observers were stunned by video and still images of…
Grounded
Our friends in Western Europe can sleep well; NATO’s air forces are on guard, and ready to defend the alliance against potential airliner threats. For the second time in less…
"We Could Have Been There"
The Benghazi scandal might have passed quickly from public memory had it not been for the work of two journalists at Fox News, Catherine Herridge and Adam Housley. Ms. Herridge,…
Calling the Air Police, Redux
A Russian transport is shadowed by an RAF Typhoon of NATO’s air policing force near the Baltic coast (UK MoD photo via Sky News) Recently, we’ve taken a few shots…
Wiped Out
Few people realize it, but the U.S. Air Force has been at war for 25 years. Beginning with Operation Desert Storm in January 1991 and continuing through the current conflict…
Idiot of the Week (VA Edition)
It’s been far too long since our dubious honor was bestowed and we appeared to have an easy winner in Bill Kristol, the neocon pundit who’s been trolling for a…
God and Airmen at Travis AFB
Returning after an extended break from the blog, I came across this disturbing headline (and accompanying video) at Breitbart: “Veteran Forcibly Dragged from Air Force Ceremony for Mentioning God.” The…
Correcting History
There is something quite predictable about The New York Times article which presents a new twist on one of the most iconic images in history–Joe Rosenthal’s 1945 photograph of Marines…