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Ex Air Force Security Policeman SP here and very long in the tooth. During the 80s a shooter at a base in Washington opened fire on shoppers at the Base Exchange one day. The on duty senior patrolman made a head shot at 75 yards with a Barretta M9 ending the hostile situation. Lucky shot...

Another article could be written about the crews. My father did two AC-47tours (early 1964/5 and 1968) but his regular Air Force job was being in Strategic Air Command flying B-47s. His first flying assignment was flying C-46 Commandos in Korea 1953 and his piston engine time marked him for...

Just came from the library where I was reading the local newspaper. Homeless guy, muttering incoherently, started to approach. I went to condition orange, moved up in my seat, assessed his physical accruements, and readied to make a defensive response to him. He suddenly made a decision not...

In 1972 was about to get drafted (my lottery number was 5) and was working for my Uncle Bob on his farms. One day was spending afternoon picking up irrigation pipe with him and he decided to educate me about war from his experiences. He was high school senior when Pearl Harbor occurred and...