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Tag Archives: Air Force
Homestead or Don’t Drown
In August 1972, immediately after basic survival my wife Bonnie and I were married. We then went on our honeymoon. She went to Arizona – my assignment and been changed to Luke AFB, outside Phoenix, and I… Well I … Continue reading
F4 Crash in Alaska
In Alaska, December is a bitter month. I have previously written about attending arctic survival school outside of Fairbanks when it was -50F and the techniques I learned to survive. Still it gave me, and every fighter jock I flew with, … Continue reading
Posted in 43 TFS, American History, Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska, F-4 Phantom II, F4 emergency, F4 Phantom II, Fighter Aircraft, Norvell Family History
Tagged 43 Tactical Fighter SQ, 43 TFS, Air crashes, Air Force, Alaska, Alaskan Air Command, Elmendorf, Glaciers, Hale Boggs, Lost aircraft in Alaska, Nick Begich
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You can go Home Again
Recently, I spent a great day at the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio. It was amazing to see all those aircraft — every version of Air Force One from President Franklin Roosevelt’s plane to the 707 aircraft that took … Continue reading
Posted in 13 TFS, 43 TFS, Air Force, American History, F-4 Phantom II, F4 Phantom II, Fighter Aircraft, U Dorn RTAFB, Udorn RTAFB, Veterans
Tagged 13 TFS, Air Force, Air Force 1, Air Force Museum, Alaska, Combat, Elmendorf AFB, F4 Phantom, F4 Phantom II, Fighters, Norvell, Norvell History, Robin Olds, Vietnam War
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When we were in the Service
I’ve noticed in recent years, I often refer to the time that I was in the Air Force as when “we were in the Air Force.” This is not surprising as being an officer, 50 years ago, meant that your … Continue reading
Warming your car….
In Alaska it was a challenge to drive in the winter. Although snow was not a major issue in Anchorage, cold weather often was the downfall of many vehicles. 40 years ago, long before it became common in the … Continue reading
Posted in 43 TFS, Air Force, Alaska, Alaskan Air Command, American History, Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska, F4 Phantom II
Tagged Air Force, Alaska, Anchorage, Eielson AFB, F4 Phantom II, Fairbanks
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POWs
POWs are heroes. Let me repeat that in case there is any doubt: POWs are heroes . This subject has been in the news a lot recently. I have written in the past of my association, after the Vietnam War, … Continue reading
Posted in 13 TFS, Air Force, American History, F-4 Phantom II, Fighter Aircraft, Veterans, Vietnam War
Tagged Air Force, POW training, POWS, Vietnam War
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Stolen Valor
There has been a lot in the news lately about celebrities and politicians who inflated their participation in combat. Others, who were never in the military, passed themselves off as veterans. This has been called “Stolen Valor.” But in a … Continue reading
Posted in Air Force, Alaska, American History, F-4 Phantom II, Family History, Fighter Aircraft, Military history, Stolen Valor, Veterans, Vietnam War, World War Ii
Tagged Air Force, Alaska, Chuck DeBellevue, F4 Phantom II, Military history, POWS, Roger Locher, Stolen Valor, The Right Stuff, United States Air Force, Vietnam War
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Breaking Up (in Alaska) is hard to do
In Alaska, when we lived there, the end of winter was known as “breakup.” Now in some minds that might mean the thawing of the state’s rivers. In fact the thawing of the Yukon was a major event, which often … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Alaskan Air Command, American History, Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska
Tagged Air Force, Alaska, Alaska Breakup, Anchorage
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Sliding on the Ice II
In 2007 we returned to a very different Alaska than the one we had left 30 years earlier. In many ways, Anchorage had the same old small town feeling, but now it was a large city with much more traffic. … Continue reading
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