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Air-Minded: End of an Era (Updated)

Posted on March 30, 2025April 2, 2025 by Paul Woodford

F-15s flew for the active-duty USAF for 51 years, from 1974 to 2025. F-15s were based at Kadena for 46 of those years, from 1979 to 2025. The last flight marked the end of an era.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, Military, PersonalTagged #MilAir, EagleBot, LastOfTheEagles, SierraHotel7 Comments on Air-Minded: End of an Era (Updated)

Kill Switch

Posted on March 16, 2025May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Our son and daughter are March babies. Gregory turned 59 last week. Polly, bless her, is 50 today. Happy birthday, kids!

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Posted in Air-Minded, Cooking, Flying, Military, Personal, Yelling at CloudsTagged birthdays, corruption, FatAmyKillSwitchLeave a Comment on Kill Switch

Dark Times

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Paul Woodford

With the sacking of General Brown and the planned appointment of a yes-man Trump loyalist replacement, Lt Gen Caine, the likelihood that military leadership will go along with whatever Trump tells them to do is, well, pretty much a sure thing.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Big Brother, Current Events, Flying, Military, Personal, Yelling at CloudsTagged #resist, HomeImprovement, Krasnov, TellTaleHeart1 Comment on Dark Times

An Opinionated Ignoramus with a Captive Audience

Posted on January 31, 2025March 30, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Archie Bunker. That’s who’s in the White House.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Military, Personal, PoliticsTagged #midair, #WarStories, FuckTrump, ThereIWasLeave a Comment on An Opinionated Ignoramus with a Captive Audience

Drinking Age

Posted on January 3, 2025January 4, 2025 by Paul Woodford

It’s 2025 … and so begins the 21st year of Paul’s Thing.

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Posted in Current Events, Flying, Hash House Harriers, History, PersonalTagged blogging, BoldPilotsAndOldPilots2 Comments on Drinking Age

Lap (as Seen from a Drone)

Posted on December 17, 2024December 18, 2024 by Paul Woodford

It’s a crock, all of it. Settle down, all right?

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Posted in Big Seiko, Consumerism, Critters, Current Events, Flying, Media, Military, Personal, WordsTagged AbductedByAnAmazonDrone, GirlsWithGuns, HomagenousHomages, itsadogslife, XmasLettersLeave a Comment on Lap (as Seen from a Drone)

Air-Minded: Paying the Piper (G Forces & Long-Term Damage)

Posted on December 10, 2024December 11, 2024 by Paul Woodford

My friend Burt, a regular Paul’s Thing reader, alerted me to a New York Times article on potential long-term physical and mental health effects of flying fighter aircraft.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, Military, PersonalTagged BrainDamage, EagleBot, fighters, OverG, WhatPriceGloryLeave a Comment on Air-Minded: Paying the Piper (G Forces & Long-Term Damage)

Putting on the Dog

Posted on November 24, 2024May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Take it from here, eagle-eyed aviation fans!

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Posted in Air-Minded, Critters, Flying, History, Military, Personal, PhotobloggingTagged AircraftSpotting, AirShow, Gypsies, NATO6 Comments on Putting on the Dog

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