when a massive storm of Force 7-8 suddenly blew up. ME HQ gave Stirling the opportunity to cancel the raid, facing Stirling and The Originals with a terrible dilemma: Cancel and the enemy within would kill off SAS before it had even begun; but jump into the storm, and the possibility w...
It is unconfirmed whether Keesler Air Force base’s senior officer, General Patrick Higby, or the training group commander, Col. George Tombe, responsible for Airmen like Neubauer attending technical schools, was ever aware of her role as an informant while it was ongoing. Almost everyone in...
The 2006 airshow held at Edwards air force base, in the high desert north of Los Angeles, is likely to be the last for a while, as the base struggles with the conflicting requirements for recruiting, operating as a test facility and saving money during a period in which the American ...
lonia and Randy Gardner, U.S. Secret Service 13. Sep 17 1980 Roller-skating group in Houston, the dispute over the Sugar Hill (NH) post office 14. Sep 18 1980 Deaf students performing a musical, The Charlie Daniels Band 15. Sep 19 1980 Actor Larry Wilcox, reptile expert Merritt Keasy ...
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Air Serbia has blamed Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and its operator for the flight cancellations and delays the carrier has been experiencing over the past few weeks. In a scathing press release over the weekend the airline said the airport was understaffed, its staff undertrained and its infrast...
Bob Coveney recalled, “Returning home from my 3rd tour flying in Vietnam I asked the Warrant Officer Branch to station me as close to upstate NY as possible. I had never heard of Ft Sheridan, but it turned out to be a great flying assignment in both fixed-wing & helicopters. I signed...
Which brings me to an Arkansas Air Guard T-33, ANG 19544, early on the morning of January 1, 1956. It waited on the Guard ramp at Adams Field in Little Rock. Norman McCreary was a rated pilot, full-time Air Force, and was assigned to the ANG as a liaison officer. We had become...
The incredible G-force was beyond the aircraft's structural endurance and both wings were severed. The aircraft was at 900 feet when it broke apart. The three second descent killed all three on board instantly. Captain Roger Griffen aged 36 was named as the pilot, First Officer Darryl Hecht...
Acting Squadron Leader William Papillion KEMP (NZ 403550), Royal New Zealand Air Force, No 227 Squadron During operations in North Africa this officer took part in very many sorties, involving attacks on targets ranging from El Alamein to Tunisia; his successes in that theatre include the destruc...