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I was given a most amazing opportunity last month and the timing of the opportunity could not have been more perfect! I was offered the chance to give the keynote address at the Peoria County Memorial Day Observance on Monday, … Continue reading
The operational (training) F-22 and the F-35 flew together for the first time according to this story at NWF Daily News.com (hat tip to Ace of Spades HQ). Vandal, the 58th Fighter Squadron Commander flew the F-35 in the photos. Vandal … Continue reading
I stumbled upon Traumahawk on Flickr; Traumahawk had a couple great photos of my old jet, tail number 833, at the 2002 Farnborough air show (being flown by a Lockheed Martin company test pilot, as I recall). One of the … Continue reading
I’ve done a reverse MacArthur. I have returned from the Philippines. As it happened, I rolled home and straight into an exercise! I’d like to say I swapped my ‘Battle Rattle’ for a chemical defense ensemble, but rather … Continue reading
Today was a superb day! Scrappy, Pitch, Scooter, and I were going to double-turn ACM sorties. The original plan was to try to play "ACM Baseball," with Scrappy and Pitch "batting" first sortie and Scooter and I "batting" second. … Continue reading
Today Drago, Motor, Sox, and I flew a pit-and-go pair of ACM sorties. Drago and Boat flew Blue first sortie, Sox and I flew Blue on the second. We had a great time on both sides (so to say). … Continue reading
Today’s mission was to be a medium altitude surface attack tactics flight. Rost would lead our four-ship while Drago led a second four-ship against a pair of actual Red Air and a bunch of simulated SAMs. It was a … Continue reading
Today Huck, Boat, Gilligan, and I went all-out to try to make life miserable for Kane, Topper, Bosco, and Rost. We threw ’em the kitchen sink and they handled us pretty well. The interesting thing was we were fighting … Continue reading
The first shot in the arm was a really fun SEAD mission. Gilligan, Lt Col Z, Scooter, and I flew out to the training area with my old friend Cash and his wingman Motor playing Red Air. We shot our way … Continue reading
Stalker, Stiffler, Gilligan, and I all went out today to knock out some ACM. Stalker and I kept the Blue role all day. We knocked out two defensive perch sets, two intercepts, and a handful of "Tap the CAP" … Continue reading
