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I almost posted this in a couple other threads, but it didn't quite seem to fit, so it gets it's own. Interesting view from a Lt Col sentenced to the Pentagon. Acquisition Management

I was a civilian working on my instrument rating. Ironically, the Friday before 9/11 I had started my initial search for a Guard/Reserve unit because I loved flying and wanted to serve. I remember sitting in my apartment that morning trying to use my private pilot knowledge and figure out how a plane could crash like that in good weather - then the second plane hit. After that, I started making all the frantic phone calls to my friends and my family members who worked in downtown Manhattan. The rest of the story is still too difficult to relive - even ten years later. Some wounds are just so deep that I don't think they will ever heal. God be with all those who died that day - we will never forget.

Clicked on this thread in Chrome and got: "www.flyingsquadron.com contains content from www.rotharmy.com, a site known to distribute malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site."

Answer from a buddy who was an engineer at Sandia Labs. Getting around speeding tickets has become an art form for him. Edit: Bob is also the guy who flies and designed the Jet Sailplane, if you have ever seen that at airshows.

I put down F-22, then eurofighter, then space shuttle. Also I would like to command the 1st FS, then 2nd FS in that order. If not, I would like to command NASA. As far as school? I put down University of Florida and scratched out maxwell.

Tanker guys get issued plastic knives with our boxed lunches.