Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXVII (Updated 3/26/24)
It must be spring, because I made the first of two annual treks to Pima Air & Space Museum today.
Air-Minded: Speed Is Life … But How Much Speed? (Updated)
Last week, speaking at the Singapore Air Show, Boeing’s F-15EX program manager said the new version of the Eagle is capable of Mach 3 in a clean configuration. I questioned that claim, and did so publicly on social media.
Thursday Bag o’ Fakes
Either way, I’m long out of the cockpit, probably vastly out of touch, and happy to admit my opinions may be ill-informed.
Air-Minded: Additional Shades of Gray
The average F-15 Eagle pilot (and me for sure) sees the two-seat pilot/WSO Eagle II as a step backward to F-4 Phantom/F-111 Aardvark days. Still a fighter, no doubt more capable than the single-seat Eagle, but …
Tuesday Photoblog
I feel the need to blog.
Long Time No See
Along with an anxious nation, I’ve been following news of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization.
Air-Minded: Mid-Airs on the Ground (Updated)
One of several USAF mishap investigations I oversaw as chief of flight safety for Pacific Air Forces in the early 1990s was a runway collision between two F-16 fighters at an air base in Korea.
Day Drinking
Get a grip, goody two-shoes reporters! If a round of drinks after work on Friday doesn’t define responsible drinking I don’t know what does.