Submitted by Steve Pearce on Tue, 2010-07-27 10:42
By: Steve Pearce
Our grandson returned to Arkansas yesterday after spending 2 weeks with Cynthia and me in New Mexico. About a month ago our granddaughter was with us for a couple of weeks.
We had him tag along to campaign events. He got to meet Susana Martinez, Matt Chandler and a couple of the other candidates here in New Mexico.
Submitted by Steve Pearce on Wed, 2010-07-21 14:01
By: Steve Pearce
The mission of our C-130 unit in country was to fly things around. We flew food, ammunition, people, vehicles, etc. We hauled “stuff”. In the GI vernacular we were trash haulers.
Americans in 73% Majority Oppose Deepwater Drilling Ban
By Kim Chipman
Jul 14, 2010
Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama’s ban on deepwater oil drilling in response to BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico spill, even as they hold the company primarily responsible for the incident.
Submitted by Steve Pearce on Wed, 2010-07-14 18:02
By: Steve Pearce
In 1971 when my pilot training was complete I was one of two members of class 71-06 at Reese AFB to be assigned as copilots to the 463rd TAW at Clark AFB. Most of our missions were out of Cam Rahn Bay AB, Viet Nam. When we were there the C-130 detachment was on a side of the base sort of by itself.
Whether or not the National Bureau of Economic Research ultimately agrees, we are now entering the second dip of a double-dip recession.This is because jobs are what really matter to most Americans, and the employment situation is getting worse, after a scant four months of getting better.
Submitted by Steve Pearce on Tue, 2010-07-06 14:42
By: Steve Pearce
When I completed pilot training in January 1970, I received orders to fly C-130’s out of Clark Air Base in the Philippines. My transition training into the C-130 Hercules was at Little Rock AFB then, I learned the tactical flying we would experience in Viet Nam at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. The transition training instructor, Major Shelton, was one of the few Black pilots I encountered in the Air Force. He was as good as any C-130 pilot I met during my Air Force service. And because he was good, I had good training.
