I have had the opportunity or misopportunity to land three aircraft at conditions below approximately 100 foot ceiling and ¼ mile visibility—that is, in conditions below any normal non-autopilot/autolanding approach.

Did I say the T-39, Sabreliner, once provided the best heavy aircraft chase in the world? That included safety chase, photo chase, pace chase, and any other chase you want to do at normal jet and turboprop airspeeds and altitudes.

Pete and I finally made it out to Yuma - many times, in fact. Our squadron, the 418th Flight Test Squadron had a contract with the US Army to use our T-39 Sabreliners from Edwards as targets for Apache helicopter testing.

This story happened exactly as written here. The aircraft was a modified Air Force T-39 Sabreliner.

Few pilots enjoyed the job of ground Forward Air Controller (FAC). Every one of us would rather be flying aircraft and getting all the glory.

The Cold War was long, dangerous, deadly, unappreciated, and boring.

One of the most fascinating capabilities of the C-130, Hercules in all of its non-extended variants is the ability to conduct short field operations.

Exuma is an island in the Bahamas Island chain. It lies about 300 miles from Miami and about 150 miles south of Nassau. The only way in or out is by boat or by air, and in 1992 there was no regular service of either.

The MC-130H, Combat Talon II is a sneaky secret infiltration/exfiltration aircraft designed to take special operations forces and cargo deep behind enemy lines.

This is a true story. The names have been changed, but the incident occurred almost exactly as recorded here.