Space Shuttle Challenger Astronauts - 28 January 1986 Thirty-three years ago today, a dear friend and colleague, Colonel Ellison Onizuka, died in the horrific explosion that destroyed space shuttle Challenger and killed seven astronauts, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. El was one of America’s finest—an accomplished astronaut, flight test engineer and Air Force officer. … [Read more...] about Honoring the Challenger Seven
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SMALL TOWN SANTA
The 1950s were tough times in Eastern Colorado. Locals called them the Dirty Fifties, thanks to drought-fueled dust storms that stripped life-giving topsoil from fields, shredded winter wheat sprouts and buried barbed-wire, tumbleweed-choked fence rows in fine blow-dirt. Worried farmers and ranchers, whose memories of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Thirties were … [Read more...] about SMALL TOWN SANTA
Release of “License to Kill: The Murder of Erik Scott”
License to Kill: The Murder of Erik Scott is the shocking story of a West Point graduate, decorated Army veteran and successful businessman being gunned down by Las Vegas police officers in front of a Costco big-box store. This expose of a senseless execution and its egregious cover-up is a riveting true-crime account that echoes today’s headlines about an epidemic of … [Read more...] about Release of “License to Kill: The Murder of Erik Scott”
U.S. Air Force’s Tight-Lip Policies Will Backfire
A new generation of U.S. Air Force leaders is about to relearn a painful lesson its predecessors had mastered decades ago. Unfortunately, the process of learning that lesson will damage both the air service and countless careers. As the Gazette’s Tom Roeder reported on March 14th (Gazette story prompts new Air Force secrecy efforts), USAF policymakers are tightening their grip … [Read more...] about U.S. Air Force’s Tight-Lip Policies Will Backfire
PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT
(Photo - KTVB.com - Kuna Fire) Fifty-some years ago, when I was a young buck working on a farm in Eastern Colorado, I learned a simple truth that ultimately had a profound impact on my life. My boss, Malcolm Shipman, was a diminutive Texan with a big heart. He and his wife, Judy, never had children of their own, but befriended every kid in town and always took in the stray … [Read more...] about PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT