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Putting on the Dog

Posted on November 24, 2024May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Take it from here, eagle-eyed aviation fans!

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Posted in Air-Minded, Critters, Flying, History, Military, Personal, PhotobloggingTagged AircraftSpotting, AirShow, Gypsies, NATO6 Comments on Putting on the Dog

Air-Minded: PR Past & Present (and a Rant)

Posted on September 30, 2024November 1, 2024 by Paul Woodford

One thing I’m sure of: it’s not a real scramble but a staged photo, taken for PR purposes.

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, History, Military, Politics, Yelling at CloudsTagged BadAssBomber, FeelingTheNeedForSpeed, OnlyFollowingOrders, PosseComitatus, SmileForTheCameraLeave a Comment on Air-Minded: PR Past & Present (and a Rant)

Memorial Day Post

Posted on May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 by Paul Woodford

My grandfathers came home from the Great War. My father and his brothers all survived World War Two. I made it through the Cold War in one piece. All three generations of us knew plenty of comrades who didn’t, and we honor them today. This is a post I wrote on May 29, 2011, with […]

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Your Papers, Please

Posted on January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 by Paul Woodford

Never say Paul’s Thing isn’t full of life hacks. Who loves ya, baby? This guy!

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Posted in History, Military, PersonalTagged DriveLikeAForeigner, InternationaalRijbewijs, LifeHacksLeave a Comment on Your Papers, Please

Today in History

Posted on December 2, 2023December 3, 2023 by Paul Woodford

And here we are … still married, still in love, still wondering what will come next.

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Glory Days

Posted on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Oh, how I wish now we’d taken more photos back in those glorious days! Why couldn’t they have invented camera phones sooner?

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Posted in Flying, History, Military, Personal, PhotobloggingTagged EagleBot, SierraHotel, Soesterberg, ThereIWasLeave a Comment on Glory Days

Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXVI

Posted on October 11, 2023March 16, 2024 by Paul Woodford

Photoblog of a visit to Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona

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Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, History, Local Color, PhotobloggingTagged AirMuseum, PASM, PimaAir&Space3 Comments on Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXVI

22 YEARS LATER

Posted on September 11, 2023May 29, 2025 by Paul Woodford

Twenty-two years on, one scar’s still tender to the touch: the failure of our intelligence agencies and leadership to prevent an attack anyone could have seen coming (and many did, including me).

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Posted in Consumerism, History, Personal, Social Media, Terrorism, War, WordsTagged BigSeikoLittleDick, BojinkaPlot, BTVS, Metaplasmus, NineEleven, TimeHealsMostly2 Comments on 22 YEARS LATER

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