Colonel Joseph William Kittinger Jr., a decorated Air Force Veteran, whose service career spanned 29 years passed away on December 9, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. He was born July 27,1928, in Tampa, Florida. From an early age, Kittinger was fascinated with aircraft. He soloed in a Piper Cub when he was 17 and that was…

Madden Travis Works Jr. “Pat”, one of the founders and major contributors to the modern sport of parachuting, was born on St. Patrick’s Day and that’s only the first thing remarkable about the Founder of the CG God Frog Good Vibes Award. Black-belt Space Cadet General “Crazy Pat” Works made his first Jump during 1961…

Former paratrooper Leo Dean started civilian jumping at 75 and made 167 jumps, was also part of an amphibious and airborne assault of 40,000 to 60,000 U.S. soldiers who stormed the beaches of southern France with French and British troops. Leo made a tandem at Perris last year.(see video). Leo worked till his last day,…

“Colonel Maggie” was taken to her final resting place on October 19, 1994 by her Special Forces troops. She is the only woman buried at the Special Forces Cemetery at Fort Bragg. Honorary Army Green Beret Lt. Colonel and honorary Marine Full-bird Colonel Martha Raye was born Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed to Vaudevillian performers Peter…

Starr Wars–The Wrath of ‘Annette’ As Christmas of 1940 neared, Yvonne and her husband of two years, Charles, were at home preparing for the birth of their second child when their London flat was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs. Charles, still recuperating from combat wounds from just a month earlier, was killed. Yvonne’s life was saved…