A familiar noise was missing from the 80th Flying Training
Wing's aircraft parking ramp at about 2:30 p.m. June 17, one that
has been prevalent in the Air Force's pilot training mission for 50
years -- the high-pitched screech of the T-37B Tweet.
US Navy and Marine Corps aviation ordnancemen stationed at Naval
Support Activity Bahrain honored a Medal of Honor (MOH) recipient
who was awarded the medal for his extraordinary bravery during the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Sailors raised an American
flag to honor John Finn and will present the flag to him on his
100th birthday July 23.
The Commercial Space Revolution Is Alive And Well!
Just a smidgeon over five years ago, ANN was literally on the edge of history... watching the XPrize-inspired Mike Melvill head out and then return from the first successful commercial spaceflight in Burt Rutan's dreamrocket. A lot has happened since then... and a whole new industry... as well as the public perception of our future in space, has resulted.
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