Archive for the 'history' Category

Remembering the Air Force Days

Jan 21, 2008 Posted Under: Air Force, Personal, history

I was going through some important documents that I had saved from my time in the U.S. Air Force and stumbled on some interesting things.  In the picture above, I show the cover page for our base newspaper at RAF Bentwaters in England.  I was there from 1991 to 1993 and my youngest son was [...]

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Self Portrait in Hitler’s Mirror

Mar 24, 2007 Posted Under: Oklahoma City, education, history

Self portrait in Hitler’s mirror Hosted on ZooomrOn a field trip to the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City, I found this mirror that belonged to Adolph Hitler. This mirror was in Hitler’s bedroom and is now on display at the museum.  The self portrait was just incidental. Technorati tags: photography, digital photography, Adolph [...]

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81TFW_RAF Bentwaters

Mar 21, 2007 Posted Under: Air Force, history, photography

81TFW_RAF Bentwaters_c1985_B_002CE_Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II_81-0949, originally uploaded by YAHQQLIGAN. This was taken by YAHQQLIGAN at RAF Bentwaters. My wife, two sons, and I were there working on those planes in 1991-1993. We first lived in a town called Leiston, then Felixstowe, then RAF Woodbridge. I was in the 510th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU), 81st [...]

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Land Run of 1889

Mar 17, 2007 Posted Under: Oklahoma City, digital photography, history, photography

Land Run of 1889, originally uploaded by Paul L McCord Jr.

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