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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
8am came very early on Day 4. As you may have noticed, I didn’t post a blog on my last night at Whiteman AFB. I gave myself the night off and decided to have a little fun. But more on that later on. This Friday was a special day for a lot of […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
“FAST 31, Whiteman Tower, Cleared for take off Runway 19. REAPR 21 is 10 miles initial for Runway 19.” And so the adventure of a lifetime began.
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
When you have the most expensive bomber in the world on your base, security is beyond impressive. Whiteman AFB is a base within a base. Early this morning, I was allowed by the flight line maintenance crews to come out and take some pictures of the B-2 Stealth Bomber in it’s “Dock”, or hanger, as […]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
BAILOUT! BAILOUT! BAILOUT! 10-13 G’s later and just like that the canopy of my T-38 was gone. Plummeting towards the earth at an alarming speed, I saw our T-38 from the 394th Combat Training Squadron at Whiteman AFB arc towards the Earth. Or at least that is what would happen if I ever had to […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The workhorse of the Air Force has gotten a fresh start in Afghanistan and Iraq. The once-discarded A-10 Thunderbolt II is proving its worthiness once again as a powerful asset to the JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers) community. Offering eyes and lethal strike capability, the A-10 is a key player at Atlantic Strike VII.
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Hello everyone! Well, here I am in the Combined Bachelors Quarters at NAS JRB Fort Worth. Months of planning and waiting, and my Chilean adventure with the US Air Force has begun. For those of you that don’t know, I am headed to Santiago, Chile for 2 weeks to cover the FIDAE Air Expo […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Hey Guys,
I know you were just asking yourselves, what’s Sagar been up to? :) Well, I’ve been away all of November shooting some really cool stuff, and I just thought I’d share some of those images with you.
After months of phone calls, emails, and background checks, I was ready to begin an adventure of a […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
400 miles from Los Angeles to Sunnyvale. Nothing but cows, trucks, and fields. Well, that and the US Navy’s newest and largest master jet base. Home to 21 squadrons, flying the F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, NAS Lemoore is the largest concentration of Hornets and Rhinos anywhere; and a perfect […]
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
What vacation trip would be complete without a trip to a military base? Definitely not one of mine!!! So on Aug 9th I met up with a fellow Fencecheck’er, LAX9DME, and he showed me around NAS Pt. Mugu. NAS Pt. Mugu is apart of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS), where […]
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