Father’s Day: Beyond the Hallmark Perspective

In less than a week, Father’s Day will be here. We celebrate that day in varied ways. Our fathers are many things, among them: biological, paternal, and role models whether good or bad. The actual day will be different for each of us: ALL of us reading this have...
Bridge of Spies, the U-2 and the Cold War

Bridge of Spies, the U-2 and the Cold War

Those of you around in the 60’s will probably remember Bert the Turtle’s “duck and cover” drills and “atomic alerts.” And those of you not around, might have learned about this tenuous time in US history known as the Cold War from...

From AREA 51 to P-51

SPY PLANE TO STALLION While I had the honor of flying the U2 Spy Plane during my USAF career, I had a “bucket list” item that I just had to do while I could still do it. Since I was 10 years old, I had an acute affection for the P-51 Mustang. I made...