John Durkin flew F/A-18 Hornets for most of 30 years, much of the last 20 while commanding a Marine Corps Reserve flight squadron based near Atlanta. ...more

November 6, 2009

In honor of his 85th birthday on Sept. 14, Dennis Rawls received a special gift from his wife, Martha. He took a flight at the controls of a Cessna 172 out of Peter O. Knight Airport, the same place he took his first solo flight when he was 15, all of 70 years ago. ...more

September 23, 2009

Edward White, who made America's first spacewalk and died in a spacecraft fire, is among the latest aviation and space pioneers inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. ...more

July 19, 2009

I am a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, where winning is not just the best thing, but the only thing, as it should be for the military. I was a Navy fighter pilot flying off carriers. We never believed in coming in second. ...more

April 3, 2009

A U.S. fighter pilot lost nearly 20 years ago in the Persian Gulf War will remain classified as missing, but Navy Secretary Donald Winter expressed strong reservations about the pilot's status and cited "compelling" evidence that he is dead. ...more

March 10, 2009

The last memory Bill Prior has of the USS Casco is of his doomed young shipmate. ...more

January 31, 2009

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. ...more

November 4, 2008

Christopher Parker Kline is the kind of kid who was born to attend military school. ...more

August 18, 2008

After witnessing several weeks of the press micro dissect and parse every utterance of Barack Obama, I wonder why there has been no critical examination of the qualifications and policies of John McCain? ...more

August 14, 2008

Republicans living in Florida's 16th District have an extremely difficult decision to make when they cast a vote for U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming primary election. In fact, it might be the most difficult choice they've made in years. ...more

July 30, 2008