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Tag Archives: MacDill AFB
Dawn, October 23
It is amazing, the things you think about when you are awake at three in the middle of the night. Fifty-three years ago this morning at dawn, a section of RF-8 Crusaders streaked across the Cuban skies to record the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History
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Tagged Commander William B. Ecker, Cuba, diplomacy, Fidel Castro, Lieutenant Bruce Wilhelmy, Light Photographic Squadron Sixty-two, MacDill AFB, military assault, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, naval blockade, Nikita Khrushchev, nuclear fallout, October 16 1962, overthrow Castro, President John F. Kennedy, RF-8 Crusaders, single-engine single-seat jet pilots, Soviet ballistic missiles, The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union, the United States, U-2, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, VFP-62
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Driving Around Tampa
I rarely sit in the backseat, but here I am with my wife looking out the back windows. Her dad is driving and her mom navigating as we transit around the city where we all grew up. For me, it … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Alessi Bakery, B-26 Marauder, Cuban bread, Cuban sandwiches, Drew Field, in Tampa Bay, MacDill AFB, One a day, Rough Riders, sitting in the backseat, Tampa International Airport, Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, University of South Florida
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