Air-Minded: Hijinks & One-Upmanship
Another phrase for highjinks and one-upmanship is esprit de corps. And where would we be without it?
Air-Minded: Soesterberg Photoblog, April 1961
My friend Peter van ____, who was the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron’s Dutch military liaison officer when I flew F-15s at Soesterberg Air Base from 1978-1982, just sent me a batch of NATO archival photos taken there on 5 & 6 April 1961. The occasion was either a NATO exercise or possibly the production of […]
Air-Minded: the Fog of War
I went to the library earlier today and found the entrance area crowded with parents and small children. I wondered, for a minute, if the library was holding a fire drill, but I was able to squeeze through the kids and get inside, where I checked out a book they were holding for me. By […]