SmugMug > keywords > expeditionary > MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon is serviced on the flightline here after "Coronet East" lands.  The Air Force reservists from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, are on their way home after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Coronet East is a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
SmugMug > keywords > expeditionary > MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi in for service and crew rest here.  The Air Force reservists from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, are on their way home after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The fighters are part of "Coronet East," a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
SmugMug > keywords > expeditionary > MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- Maj. Kelly Connell shuts down his F-16 Fighting Falcon engine here.  The pilot from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, is on his way home on a "Coronet East" mission after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Coronet East is a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
SmugMug > keywords > expeditionary > First Lt. John Rinaldo annotates a patient's records after completing an aeromedical evacuation mission Sept. 18 on a C-17 Globemaster III. Lieutenant Rinaldo is a flight nurse serving temporary duty with the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)  (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
SmugMug > keywords > expeditionary > 9/18/08 Daily Photo. Day 197.

This monument memorializes the fact that every member of the American Expeditionary Force of WWI left for the war from Hoboken. This location was a pier from whence they departed. Hence the slogan, "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken!" that was popular during the war. So they tell me, I wasn't there. My grandfather however was. But he didn't leave from Hoboken because he was with the Royal Irish Fusiliers...but I digress...

The moon over Manhattan that I wanted to shoot the other night was perfectly above the Empire State Building tonight when I walked out of the gym...but I had forgotten my tripod and although I tried taking some shots without it, they did not come out. But, low and behold, I turn around and see these flags flying stiff in the breeze and said to myself "Bingo, pic of the day". If you look closely, you will see the flag from the flagpole on the other side of the fountain is also straight out in the breeze.

Sorry I haven't done much commenting this week. Let's just say I have been preoccupied because I have more than a passing interest in the financial news this week and leave it at that.

I was listening to Springsteen's "The Seeger Sessions" album as I took this shot and "My Oklahoma Home" about the dust bowl of the 30's and the havoc that it wreaked on that album in particular reminded me that history has a way of repeating itself.... "everything but my mortgage blown away....". 

These are challenging times indeed.
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MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon is serviced on the flightline here after "Coronet East" lands. The Air Force reservists from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, are on their way home after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coronet East is a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
 > MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon is serviced on the flightline here after "Coronet East" lands.  The Air Force reservists from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, are on their way home after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Coronet East is a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
MORON AIR BASE, Spain -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon is serviced on the flightline here after "Coronet East" lands. The Air Force reservists from the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo, Ohio, are on their way home after supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coronet East is a title given to a group of jet fighters flying with necessary tankers for air refueling and an air transport with necessary maintenance support in tow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
Photo by: visualintel • see photo in gallery

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