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PNN Meets Blue Angel Number One
What does it take to be the Commanding Officer of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s premier Flight Demonstration team? For Commander Greg McWherter, it takes guts, incredible focus and a sense of humor.
I caught up with Blue Angel Number One recently at the Officers’ Club at NAS Fallon. Even surrounded by some of the best [...]
Navy Bomb Squad Practices for Fallon Air Show
Usually when you want to say thanks to people, you don’t blow things up. If you’re the Navy, sometimes you do. Monday, I watched as the Explosive Ordinance Disposal squad detonated some charges as practice for the upcoming air show at NAS Fallon. The September 11th show is a way for the base to say [...]
We Lost a Good One
Commander Luther “Meat” Hook was meant to have girls, and he had seven of them. This Memorial Day weekend we lost this father, military man and community leader along with three of his daughters from his first marriage. As with many weekends, Luther had flown down to Fresno in his private plane to pick up [...]