Military Aviation

Aug 15, 20219 min read

Tales of Training Afghan SMW Pilots

We have wasted the precious lives and limbs of our own sons and daughters the last 20 years in Afghanistan, and now we waste the lives...

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Jul 24, 202111 min read

Over the Time Horizon

On carrier qualification, leadership, and reconnection. Spring 1989, the Middle of the Gulf of Mexico I had seen her just seven months...

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Jul 20, 20213 min read

Over the Horizon – A Book Review

An intimate accounting of the life of VA-115 A-6 Intruder crews deployed aboard the USS Midway over the summer of 1980. When I ordered...

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May 10, 202113 min read

Manhattan Project – A History Lesson in a Rock Song

Rush’s song from the 1985 LP, Power Windows, packs an incredible amount of history and imagery about the development and deployment of...

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Mar 15, 202110 min read

Fair Winds & Following Seas LCDR George Henry Gay, Jr.

Southwest of Midway Island, the Middle of the Pacific, Early June 1942 The morning of June 4, 1942, Ensign (ENS) George Gay and his...

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