We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:59:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sorry to be so scarce around these parts lately, but I've been, well, busy. After two months and change, I successfully completed the check for a type rating in the MD-11/MD-10...bottom line, it was lotsa reading (the tech manuals alone are over 3000 pages), testing, evaluating, simulating, yadda, yadda, yadda. But. I'm done. However, before I, um, imbibe to celebrate the end of my academic incarceration, I wanted to officially acknowledge The End of An Era--bad news that hit me like a cue ball in the forehead at a Hill 180 crud game. (Those of you who know what that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:05:38 -0600 This is worth the trip just for CanyonAg77's story in the comments...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61451 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61451 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:28:16 -0600 The History Channel has been showing a series called "Dogfight" and one of the episodes was on Operation Bolo. I especially loved it when they recounted another fighter pilot calling Olds and asking if there were any MiGs in the area. Olds replied, "Get you own!" What a man, what a warrior! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61441 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61441 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:01:13 -0600 Thanks for sharing that with us, Dusty. That was the best tribute I've read; I understand now why he was so important and special to so many. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61435 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61435 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:46:40 -0600 obituary from Kunsan AB, current home of the 8th Fighter Wing.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61434 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61434 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:26:34 -0600 Damian - that's the motto of the State of Kansas, too, though they put it "Ad Astra Per Aspera" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61433 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61433 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:51:01 -0600 A moving tribute, Dusty. To have touched so many lives in such a positive way before his ended...that's one hell of a fine thing. I know it's not his motto or yours, but "Per Ardua Ad Astra," and raise a glass. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61432 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61432 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:20:24 -0600 In short, he was my hero too, ever since I read about Operation Bolo in a dusty library book when I was a teenager. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61431 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61431 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:08:27 -0600 Reach out and touch the face of God, General. And while the Armorer *is* a fan of Tony McAuliffe, the apex of my military pantheon is Joshua Chamberlain. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61430 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/scat_xxvii_make.html#comment-61430 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:43:32 -0600