There's a new #AirMinded post on Paul's Thing: Seeing Mirages. https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=37405
Air-Minded: Seeing Mirages

… I saw plenty of Belgian Mirage IIIs during my time in NATO, and once had a semi-close encounter with a pair of French ones while on a cross-country to Spain, a story worth sharing here.

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Not mine. Reminds me of a guy I flew with at Kadena who, as flight lead, would brief the exact opposite of squadron standards (altitude blocks for red/blue air, radar sorting order, etc) just to be contrary. #bigseiko #airminded #sierrahotel
There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog, and this one's personal: https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=36811
Air-Minded: (Pod) Casting Call

I recently sat for a three-hour Zoom interview with a Dutch friend who follows my blog, Robert Hoeting.

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There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog: https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=36597
Air-Minded: Give Me Some Incentive, Part II

Yesterday, at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts, a back-seat passenger ejected from an F-15 as it taxied out for takeoff.

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On the blog: wanna read about my first solo? https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=24633 #AirMinded
Air-Minded: Losing My Cherry

Meanwhile, that pretty little Cessna 172 at Pima Air and Space speaks to me every time I walk or drive past it, and no wonder. I lost my virginity to one of its sisters.

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There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog: https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=35675
Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXVIII

It’s election day here in the States. My way of avoiding anxiety-inducing news and social media is to stay busy with something else: namely, a visit to Pima Air & Space Museum, a long se…

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There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog: https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=35404
Air-Minded: Getting It Wrong

What did I get wrong this time? Believing something I read about F-15 Eagles and reposting it to Twitter, that’s what.

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There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog. https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=35362
Air-Minded: This & That

Observations on aviation-related stories in the news.

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There's a new #AirMinded post on my blog: https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=35281
Air-Minded: Action in the ADIZ

In my day, intercepting potential enemy aircraft in the Alaska ADIZ, the potential enemy was Russia. China was not a factor.

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I wrote about this incident shortly after it happened in May 2023. Now the accident report's been released and I've published an update. You can read both at https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=33347
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Air-Minded: Whoa Nellie! (Updated)

Anything else, at this point, is speculation, and we’re not supposed to comment until the facts are known. Well, the further I get from the long arm of the Air Force, the less I’m incli…

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