Category Archives: Military Affairs

This category contains information relevant to or about military affairs. The host’s bias favors the US Armed Forces and the F-16 in particular.

Fight-Tank-Fight-Tank-Fight-Pit-Fight

Posted on Wed, 27 June 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Yesterday was my first flight in over a month.  And whoa! what a flight! Actually, it was technically two sorties.  It was probably the most physically challenging flight I’ve ever made.       I wasn’t originally going to get to … Continue reading →

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Hamnation

Posted on Fri, 15 June 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Here is a link to a YouTube site that ‘Animated’ Travis Patriquin’s PowerPoint show. 

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The Legend Will Live

Posted on Fri, 15 June 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The living legend just filed his flight plan to Valhalla.  Requiescat in pace.      Here’s his AF biography.  For those not familiar, Brig Gen Robin Olds (ret), as one of my squadron commanders said, was a fighter pilot’s fighter … Continue reading →

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Heroes’ Run

Posted on Fri, 18 May 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Mr Gary Patriquin contacted me earlier this week! He’s planning a Heroes’ Run on 28 Jul in Lockport, IL to benefit the Travis Patriquin Family Memorial Trust Fund and to the Children of the Fallen Soldier Relief Fund.  Please click here … Continue reading →

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Comment on an E-mail

Posted on Fri, 11 May 2007 by Chris Penningroth

       Everyone is familiar with those e-mails that seem to make the rounds all over the Internet.  I received one of them from two different people asking me to verify whether or not it was true, and I thought … Continue reading →

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Milblogging

Posted on Thu, 03 May 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     I need to thank someone I don’t even know! Kathi S. referred my Blog to Milblogging.com (here).  Thanks, Ms S.! I appreciate you taking time to check in here.  I think Milblogging.com is a great tool for folks to find out a … Continue reading →

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Switching to Guns

Posted on Wed, 02 May 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Monday I flew an iron-oxide-laden BFM hop with Lt Col Z.  I had the most bizarre gunsight glitch I’ve ever seen on a Viper, and the usually spot-on, trusty sight led me astray more than a couple times.  That … Continue reading →

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Chris the Red

Posted on Wed, 18 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Yesterday I helped play Red Air for Colt’s flight lead upgrade SEAD mission.  Shep, Agent, and I had to try to defend a point target, we had theoretical SAM backup, so Blue Air had the tougher job.       Since … Continue reading →

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Chris vs the Volcano

Posted on Thu, 12 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today’s flight was a quick hop up to the range to practice dry high-angle strafe (dry means we didn’t actually shoot anything, it was all simulated in our on-board computers).  Afterward we cruised north along the ‘Hatchet,’ the northernmost … Continue reading →

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Wild Once More

Posted on Sat, 07 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Thursday I completed my mission checkride that had begun on Tuesday.  Tuesday was the standard emergency procedures simulator, and we covered a lot of stuff, so much that it took 20 minutes longer than normal.  My flight examiner du … Continue reading →

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