Bob McCarty Writes

Call me old fashioned, but I still like to keep a business card handy to share with people I meet.  Below is a snapshot of the latest version of my business card, a pack of which arrived at my door yesterday. My desire to keep an up-to-date business card stems, in part, from my experience [...]

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After publishing 13 posts during the past two years about the battle over the contract to produce new inflight refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, today I’m pleased to report good good news in the form of a statement from Wes Bush, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation [Editor's Note: Click [...]

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In the wake of the Fort Hood shootings Nov. 5, a disturbing story has surfaced in this blogger’s childhood hometown, Enid, Okla.  At least three illegal immigrants received long-term contractor passes to Vance Air Force Base, according to a former security chief at the pilot training base who spoke with The Oklahoman newspaper.  Below is [...]

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I woke up to find a friend had forwarded a link to the Air & Space Magazine video below which shows an Air Force pilot tearing through the Grand Canyon at 300 knots in his Lockheed T-33 trainer back in 1959 — before modern flight restrictions came into play. Having not had a cup of [...]

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As an Air Force officer for almost seven years, I became familiar with a document used to both assess how some event, activity or operation turned out and offer recommendations about what could be done to improve the same next time it took place.  We called it an “After-Action Report.” Three days after Army Maj. [...]

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While serving as an Air Force officer in Japan 20 years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Lee Greenwood perform his hit song, “God Bless the USA,” at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa.  Though I will always appreciate the original lyrics to the song, I recently concluded that they needed an [...]

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J.T., a family friend who’s serving in the U.S. Air Force at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, shot this photo of a British soldier silhouetted against the setting sun.  It’s probably one of the most peaceful photos one might see from that part of the world.

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