Category Archives: USAF

The Great 80s

Posted on Sat, 18 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Tonight, Kane and his wife hosted an 80’s party! I can’t remember the last time I went to a party that much fun! Strange, the parties I went to in the 80s didn’t generally turn out like that.  Maybe … Continue reading →

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ACM III

Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The flight for today was another ACM hop with Kane as the lead and Gimbel as the wily Red Bandit.  Since I was the only field grader in the flight, el Gimbel was looking forward to trying to gun me.  … Continue reading →

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Stars & Stripes Goes Flying

Posted on Sat, 11 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Here’s an interesting report from a new Stars & Stripes reporterette who got to fly at one of my alma matter squadrons.      The Air Force likes to try to make sure our Public Affairs staffs and some corresponding media personnel … Continue reading →

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Another ACM

Posted on Fri, 10 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The mission for today was for me to be the ACM bandit for Kane and Drago.  They asked me to pretend to be a Su-27 ‘Flanker,’ which would be relatively easy given our two-tank configurations which would limit our maneuverability … Continue reading →

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ACM

Posted on Thu, 09 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today’s missions were 2 x air combat maneuvering (ACM) with Lt Col Z once again.  Col M and Crutch were to be our formidable Red Air adversaries.  Lt Col Z and I would CAP in the center of the … Continue reading →

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Update From Jill Metzger

Posted on Sun, 05 August 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Jill e-mailed a month or so ago to say that she’s doing a whole lot better, and that she appreciated all the support she got in the aftermath of her ordeal in Kyrgystan.       Thank you to everyone who offered … Continue reading →

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BFM Again

Posted on Tue, 31 July 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Fortune was with me today, I got on the schedule yet again for a BFM hop, this time with ‘Scooter.’  He wanted to work on his one-circle fights (Drat! There went my plan to play the fiendish MIL-power two-circle … Continue reading →

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Another Famous E-mail

Posted on Sat, 28 July 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Earlier this week, my friend Jeff forwarded me an e-mail that’s made its way around the ‘Net a few times.  I believe it started in 2004.  I’ll let the text speak for itself: Subject: Reply from Lt. Col. Scott … Continue reading →

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Eight Habits of Highly Effective Fighter Pilots

Posted on Mon, 23 July 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     My new friend Anwyn passed along this tag that asks us to list eight of our habits (and then ‘tag’ eight other bloggers, which I’m not going to be able to do because I’ve only got three other friends … Continue reading →

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Whether or Not There’s Weather

Posted on Fri, 20 July 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today was the final day of our bilateral exercise.  The game plan for today was for our F-15Cs to join up with a four-ship of F-15Js from Chitose to play Red Air for another large-force employment exercise.  It was … Continue reading →

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