Wednesday Hodgpodge

This is DR, Da Rooster. Each morning we and our neighbors are awakened by the Cock A Doodle Doooooo of this fine looking bird. DR is by no means our first rooster. We have had several that went very well with dumplings. One rooster, can't remember his name, but it should have been Emerald Lagossi, because if you were walking in the yard and were not watching, "BAM!" the miserable sort would nail you in the back of the leg. We had another that we named Saddam Hussein, miserable, mean & rotten. We're pretty sure the four hens DR joined spoke to him when he arrived and said "If you don't want to be the chicken in Chicken & Dumplings, you best behave". This Rooster is one of the nicest birds we've ever had.

Picture #2 is Abbi at the Rechberg Farm holding 5 year old Lena who was visiting us from Germany. Lena came with her mother Natalie and our good friend Andreas. They live in Weilheim in Bavaria, not far from Munich. It is just about halfway between Augsburg Germany and Innsbruck Austria. Our three guests spent their three week holiday living in our Annex.

Picture #3 is of the big doings in Allen this week. Yup, we're gitten r road Black Toped. People up and down the 3.5 mile parade route were out a watchin the goins on. Some were even taken pictures. Twas truly a sight to behold. Just u a waite, you thunk them cars went by the house fast be4, you aint seen nothin yet!!!! They B like Air Force jets goin by now, SHUUUUSH, or am it WOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!! Anyway, it's a smooth ride now.

Now below we have C4C Samantha's first week knowledge she has to learn. Haven't said much about the girl lately. Am still waiting for her to send me her Academic Schedule so I can post that for you. Perhaps if you read this Sam, you could send it to me. Granny and I are anxious for our trip to Colorado Springs with Jeff, Kathy and Abbi in two weeks. Besides getting to see Sam for Parents Weekend, we will be attending the AF, So. Utah football game. Go Falcons!

Enough already, time to tidy up the house, talk to you all soon.

Just a little FYI. Sam is in Squadron IX, Viking Nine

If your really interested in the command structure of the entire Academy Wing, check it out on Wikopedia. It's really quite interesting.

First Weeks Knowledge

Squadron 1 nickname :Mighty Mach One
Squadron 40 nickname: War Hawks
Code of Conduct
A-10: A/OA-10A and A/OA-10C Thunderbolt II
Primary function: close air support and airborne forward air control
Speed: 420mph
Dimensions: Wingspan 57 ft. 6in; length 53ft. 4in; height 14ft. 8in
Range: 800 miles
Armament: 30mm seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds of mixed ordnance, including 500 pound Mk-82 and 2,000 pound Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bomb; M-129 leaflet bombs, infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75 inch rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Crew: one
KC-10: KC-10A Extender
Primary Function: Aerial tanker/transport
Speed: 619mph
Dimensions: Wingspan 165ft. 4in; length 181ft. 7in; height 57ft. 1in
Range: 4,400 miles with cargo, 11,500 miles without cargo
Crew: four
General Hansford T Johnson (1959): First USAFA graduate promoted to four-star general
First Manned Flight in a hot air balloon built by the Montgolfier Brothers: 15 October 1783 by Pilatre de Rozier
Congress authorized construction of the Air Force Academy: Site chosen by the Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott, 1 April 1954
Unity of Command: Ensures concentration of effort for every objective under one responsible commander
Captain Valmore Bourque (1960): first graduate to die in combat
Know the fourth class ROEs
Element leader: C/Tsgt Danielle M Snider
Flight commander: C/Capt Adam M Bunker
Squadron commander: C/Lt Col Scott D Bogner
Group commander: C/Col Dan W Ecklebe
AOC: Major Tracy Orfield
AMT: Tsgt Jeremiah Dinan