Well guys, I finally made it! I’m sitting on the balcony of my room overlooking the beautiful Caribbean ocean and the night lights of St George, Grenada and the view is amazing. What a long, but satisfying day it’s been. Just 22 hours ago, I was boarding our California Air National Guard C-130J along with [...]

With a sudden jolt I awoke and for a moment forgot where I was. My eyes adjusted to the darkness; red webbed seating, bodies thrown around, wires and bare metal walls, and a hollow drone of the sound of a propeller engine. Then I remembered I was aboard a California Air National Guard C-130J on [...]

Hello everyone! Well, a major announcement today for all the readers of the blog. We have just signed up on YouTube and are now gearing up to bring you a dynamic and first hand account inside aviation’s most unique stories.  While we will still offer world-class photography and personal accounts, these videos will add another dimension [...]

Whoever said this stuff was easy obviously never spent hours at the local coffee shop reviewing hundreds of FAA test questions! Well, I am in the middle of my training and am having the time of my life. With just over 13 hours in my log book, it is safe to say that the honeymoon [...]

When the call comes to leave your job and loved ones behind to defend and support our great nation, it is the Air Force Reserve that answers it. At the tip of this spear is Lt. Gen. Stenner, who took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions and shed some insight [...]

A little over a week ago approximately 65 Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing boarded 3 C-17‘s from the 446th Airlift Wing and began a 4 month journey to provide combat search and rescue support for Operation Enduring Freedom.  The McChord based C-17′s were fully loaded with pilots, aircrew, maintainers, support personnel, three [...]