Air-Minded: Ramming Speed
PlaneHistoria, you fraud, you don’t know shit.
Creek Nickel
Fifteen years later Donna crossed paths with the wife of one of my instructor pilots, who seemed surprised to learn we were still in the Air Force. She was amazed Donna and her trouble-making ways hadn’t tubed my career years ago.
Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXV
There isn’t much new on display since my last update in October 2022, but I snapped a few photos anyway.
Fox Two, Pop One
The F-22 Raptor, originally meant to replace the F-15 Eagle, has finally scored an air-to-air kill.
Air-Minded: This Wokeism Has Gone Too Far
Is it wrong to want to present a picture of a more inclusive, gender-neutral Air Force to high school kids?
Air-Minded: First Blooding
“Captain Woodford, please pick up a white courtesy phone.” Well, that couldn’t be good, could it?
Did You Check the NOTAMs?
Reading news of the FAA’s ground stoppage of flights this morning, I see that NOTAMs — notices to airmen in my day — are now notices to air missions. Score one for gender neutrality. Let it be noted, though, that the FAA (and the CAA before it) uses the term airman for pilots and other […]
Ignorance Is Bliss
Google News has a “fact check” section, a Snopes-like feature aimed at debunking disinformation circulating in less-reputable segments of American media (cough Fox News cough).