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Aviator origins

January 21, 2015

Read this with a bit of humor in your spirit.  Those of you who know an aviator will certainly find some truth in this.  It is borrowed from an email of a good friend who passed  it along. A little known fact is the origin of the word “aviator.”  In the immortal words of Johnny … More Aviator origins

Prologue #2

December 9, 2012

Mostly, Red Flag missions had been flown out of Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nevada. But, it had been such a huge exercise, that the USAF decided to deploy our unit in the high desert area to the west of the air combat training area of Area 51 in Nevada. Our airplane had become the darling … More Prologue #2