Meet “Nomad”—Jim Lawrence—a Marine pilot who flew 608 combat missions from Vietnam to Afghanistan and has logged almost five full years (41,500 hours) in the pilot’s seat. Pete Mecca will ask him about carrier landings and takeoffs and flying A-4s and A-10s in Vietnam, Bosnia, and Iraq. Nomad will also talk about perhaps his
We welcome Forensic Pathologist and Air Force veteran Cyril Wecht. We're also joined by folks from Folds of Honor, as well as Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp.
We welcome USAF fighter pilot veteran Heather Penney to the @SenatorJohnHeinzHistoryCenter in Pittsburgh. As the nation and the world prepare to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, the VBC with @MilitaryCSP hosts a special event with Heather Penney, who was tasked with hunting United Flight 93 on Sept.
July 29, 1967. On that day, John McCain, future senator from Arizona, was waiting to take off in his A-4 Skyhawk jet when a rocket from a neighboring F-4 Phantom shot across the deck and slammed into McCain’s plane. Fuel from the A-4 spilled out and caught fire, detonating a 1,000-pound bomb. The disaster
If you served in Korea between 1950 – 2021, please join us to mark the anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, signed on July 27, 1953. Guests include: Charles E. Nice (Company C, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division ), who was one of the first US soldiers to arrive in Pusan after the
On this day in 1942, the bill creating the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) passed Congress. It would be signed into law shortly thereafter. We're talking with 100-year-old WWII Navy WAVE Julia Parsons, who worked as a codebreaker, deciphering German messages. Come meet this living legend and trailblazer for women in the
