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Colonel Paul’s Corner – Our Three Cruise Missiles

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Our Three Cruise Missiles

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio is a large organization of military, civil service, and contractors responsible for the design, testing, selection and initial procurement for all Air Force “air breathing” systems. Everything except ICBMs. In the early 80s,

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Women Pilots in World War II

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Women Pilots in World War II

Three countries used women pilots in WWII - England, the United States, and the Soviet Union. In the U.S. and England, they were primarily used to deliver aircraft to needed locations. Some were used as test pilots for new aircraft. In the United States, more than 1100 women flew in

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Heavy Bombers of WWII

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Heavy Bombers of WWII

In 2015, I met Richard Bushong. He was a B-17 pilot volunteering as a docent at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Tucson. Richard was a slim and trim 93 year-old standing in front of a beautifully restored B-17. He delivered to museum visitors a comprehensive

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Admiral Hyman G. Rickover vs The U.S. Navy

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Admiral Hyman G. Rickover vs The U.S. Navy

Each year the Navy would put Admiral Rickover’s name on the retirement list. Each year Admiral Rickover would call his friends in Congress and have his name removed from the list. Finally after 63 years of active duty, 30 of them as an Admiral, and reaching the age of

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Strategic Air Command - Gone But Not Forgotten

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Strategic Air Command - Gone But Not Forgotten

The emblem was a shield showing a mailed fist holding lightning bolts and the motto was “Peace is our Profession”. The legendary Strategic Air Command was older than the U.S. Air Force. It originated in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946 and became part of the U.

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Concentration Camp

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Concentration Camp

The “Concentration Camp” was not a Nazi invention. It was used by the British during the Boer War in South Africa. The British reasoned that if they took the Boer women and kids and concentrated them into prison camps, the Boer men would stop fighting. The camps were abysmal with

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Our Nuclear Navy

Colonel Paul’s Corner – Our Nuclear Navy

The U. S. Navy was established on 13 October, 1775, making it now 250 years old. The Navy’s oldest warship still in commission today is the USS Constitution nicknamed, “Old Ironsides”, launched in 1797. It is made completely of wood, no iron anywhere. It got its nickname during the