Lt. Col. Wes “Pappy” French, 173rd Fighter Wing instructor pilot, recently clocked 3,000 hours in an F-15 Eagle on June 8.
Day: June 18, 2011
South Korean marines fired weapons at airliner
South Korean marines stationed on Gyodong island off the western coast of South Korea mistakenly fired at a passenger jet on Friday.
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Lucky charms and bullet holes in Afghan medevac helicopter
Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus traveled with a U.S. Army “Dustoff” medevac unit for two weeks in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. This is her first-person account of one dangerous day on the job for the soldiers.