Air-Minded: Air-Manned
The Federal Aviation Administration may ditch the word “airman.” One has to wonder how long it’ll be before the U.S. Air Force follows suit.
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
There I was at 30,000 feet
The Federal Aviation Administration may ditch the word “airman.” One has to wonder how long it’ll be before the U.S. Air Force follows suit.
I don’t doubt the bad guys knew who we were and where we lived. Whether they planned to take us out on the eve of World War Three is another thing.
This wasn’t just something slipping through the cracks. It was a catastrophic breakdown in training, scheduling, and leadership.
My friend Joe Coles, who publishes the excellent Hush Kit aviation blog, asked for my thoughts on the USAF’s new version of its legacy fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II.
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I decided to drop by Pima Air and Space Museum today.
Boys and their toys. Sometimes the grownups have to take them away.
How would history judge us, though, if we used military jets against our own people, flying low and fast over crowds of civilian protesters in order to confuse and disperse them?