Lt Col Mark Novak | B-29 Doc

2022

LT COL Mark Novak spent 27 years serving in the USAF and ANG, piloting the B-1 Lancer and KC-135, but when he retired, he didn’t stop flying. Today, with over 8,600 flying hours, he’s still racking up more flying the nearly 80 year old B-29 named “Doc” – one of […]

Pat Bowe | Bronze Star | Vietnam

2022

US Army Veteran Pat Bowe received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for his actions during Operation Junction City with the 173rd Airborne Recon unit. The only combat jump in Vietnam since the Korean War. He still carries the shrapnel from his wounds more than 50 years later. This […]

Haden “Gator” Fullam | A-10 Pilot | Afghanistan

USAF Maj Haden “Gator” Fullam is the commander and pilot of the Air Force A-10 Demonstration Team, but there’s much more to this story than just flying airshows. He earned his stunt pilot skills by flying combat missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Jim Horsley | Blue Angels Pilot | 1980-81

He fell in love at first sight with a sleek fighter jet. And that infatuation led Jim Horsely’s aviation career to quickly advance as he fought the NVA in north Vietnam, performing harrowing missions and narrow escapes while many of his friends didn’t. Back in states, he was accepted into […]

Richard Harley | Korean War Veteran

2022

With a rich history of military service in his family, Richard Harley joined to do his part in the Korean War. He enlisted in the Navy and took up the dangerous position of Catapult Launcher. In 1952, the USS Rendova and it’s crew, including Harley, returned to the US and […]

MIKE BROCK | VIETNAM | IRAQ | SOMALIA

2022

He witnessed some of the most historic military events of the 20th century. A 2-part story, Mike Brock served 26 years in the US Marines. As a newly commissioned 2nd Lt, he was sent to Vietnam as a platoon commander where he lead troops on patrols and survived horrifying VC […]