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Polenta for Breakfast

Posted on February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Donna made polenta last night.

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Fox Two, Pop One

Posted on February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The F-22 Raptor, originally meant to replace the F-15 Eagle, has finally scored an air-to-air kill.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Military, Personal, WordsTagged APStylebook, FourMoreBalloonsAndYoureAnAce, HowDoYouSpellBalloonAnyway, LanguagePolice, Othering, RaptorGetsAKill6 Comments on Fox Two, Pop One

Air-Minded: This Wokeism Has Gone Too Far

Posted on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Is it wrong to want to present a picture of a more inclusive, gender-neutral Air Force to high school kids?

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, MilitaryTagged Representing, TalkingToTheNextGeneration, WokeIsAsWokeDoes2 Comments on Air-Minded: This Wokeism Has Gone Too Far

Air-Minded: First Blooding

Posted on January 29, 2023May 14, 2024 by Paul Woodford

“Captain Woodford, please pick up a white courtesy phone.” Well, that couldn’t be good, could it?

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, Military, PersonalTagged #FlyingSafety, #MishapInvestigation, #ShrimpBoat, #Soesterberg7 Comments on Air-Minded: First Blooding

Ribbons & Bows

Posted on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Starting to look like 2023 is the Year of Taking Inventory around here. I’m not going to read too much into that thought.

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Posted in Flying, Military, Personal, ScrapbookingTagged #CareerMemorabilia, UniformBling2 Comments on Ribbons & Bows

Soak ‘Em? I Flushed ‘Em!

Posted on January 20, 2023April 1, 2023 by Paul Woodford

No InstaPot shortcuts for this guy! No InstaPot either …

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Posted in Consumerism, Cooking, Military, Personal, Scrapbooking, Social MediaTagged BeansBeansTheMusicalFruit, DonnaNeedsANewDrug, I_Quit, MoreSwag, WashYourFilthyHands2 Comments on Soak ‘Em? I Flushed ‘Em!

Round Dials

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by Paul Woodford

In my day, aircraft instrument panels came with round dials, and lots of ’em.

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The Hump

Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 by Paul Woodford

The holiday hump is here … and it’s not the only one.

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