[Hotel Tango: The D-Ring]

When my father, and later I, was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, C-130s sang me to sleep at night from the runway across from our house (and, later, my dorm).
A new report says it’s “The Best Military Aircraft Ever.” (Warning: PDF)
Which is probably true: It’s a highly versatile aircraft — performing duties as […]

[Hotel Tango: Mary]

The sounds of these guys (and what I thought were KC-135 medevacs but may have actually been C-9s) on the runway across the street and golf course from my house on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. sang me to sleep at night:

The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are currently deployed to St. Croix in the […]

I don’t do the Sunday funnies (that’s Brains & Eggs‘ department), but it sort of seems like it today:

[Hotel Tango: Mary, my sister]

[Hotel Tango: Katy]

My little brother just sent over these pictures he took of the POW/MIA Memorial at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
Lest we forget . . .

From Popular Mechanics:
The diesel-electric hybrid hype has met its match: the U.S. Army. After focusing on hydrogen fuel cells in its original version of “The Aggressor,” a high-performance, off-road Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) for military ground exploration and scouting missions, the Pentagon is now going the way of Detroit—with batteries.
The new, second-generation prototype will still […]

Or, at least, these bird paintings.