Observations, Rants, Updates
I’m guessing this pilot’s pucker factor was off the charts.
Air-Minded: End of an Era (Updated)
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.
Writing in the Age of MAGA
The AP Stylebook and I go back a long way.
Kill Switch
Our son and daughter are March babies. Gregory turned 59 last week. Polly, bless her, is 50 today. Happy birthday, kids!
Dark Times
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.
Share My Frustration
That’s unsat, Uncle Sam.
Air-Minded: An Opinionated Ignoramus with a Captive Audience
Archie Bunker. That’s who’s in the White House.
If It Quacks Like a Nazi …
Monday, during the presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington DC, Elon Musk twice made outstretched, flat palm gestures with his right arm, widely interpreted as Nazi salutes.