The LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation recently selected its 19th scholarship recipient and hopefully you heard the news on one of the many communication platforms we use these days. Technology is always advancing. Looking back over more than… Read More
Are you really an Air Force pilot?
At eleven years into my service with the US Air Force, I’ve accumulated over 3,000 jet hours, deployed nine times, and have had some of the best experiences a pilot could have. From short-field landings in the remote islands of… Read More
Speech Given at Cheyenne Mountain Commemoration Ceremony on September 11, 2014
Thank you General Hyton for the introduction, and thank you to General Jacoby for the invitation to attend. Prior to September 11th, I had accompanied by husband to his 10 year reunion the United States Air Force Academy… Read More
Protective Measures
Flight Attendants are now the front line for airline security. I recently witnessed this on a domestic flight. The pilot and first officer left the cockpit to use the bathroom on an Airbus 319. These planes have the… Read More
Steady Ahead
With March upon us many residents of the Northern Hemisphere are looking forward to the spring season and some relief from the cold and snowy weather of the past few months. Moving forward toward any goal requires focus,… Read More
Lest We Forget
Memorials, anniversary ceremonies, days of public service are all ways people remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Yet, in some ways, especially recently, lessons from that day seem to be forgotten. Take for example the airlines. After the attacks,… Read More
UPT Graduation, Vance AFB
I recently had the pleasure of attending undergraduate pilot training (UPT) graduation at Vance AFB in Enid Oklahoma. Courtney Schaer was a 2006 scholarship recipient from The LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation. I was also in attendance when… Read More
A Day in the Life of a C-12 Pilot
One of the coolest jobs in the Air Force exists at Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan. On the western edge of the biggest city in the world lies a base with a small unit of Air Force personnel… Read More
Aviation and Minorities
Every once in a while someone will ask me why we do not yet have any Black or African American scholarship recipients, so I decided to address this in this blog. The simple answer is that we have… Read More
A Day In The Life…Courtney Schaer, Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training
As a student in Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) no one day is ever like the next. Sure, the variables remain the same: flights, simulators (sims), academics, stand-up and formal briefs; but there is always something new,… Read More
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