Community Chat

[Cakers1]

sylvia: Awesome! We've been to Galveston and Nacogdoches.

Someday if you head back this way to visit let me know. I'll spring for a good Mexican restaurant. I think we can find one around here.

[sylviahomeatlast]

I LOVE Mexican! O/T My daughter and I ate Huge guacamole and queso fundido and chips all the way across South Mexico. They don't make that here. We usually reunion in SanAntonio.

It's fun to watch the Thunderbirds. I don't know where they're based.

[dooBdoo]

I've never seen the Thunderbirds. Your thread prompted me to read about their history, Sylvia. Thanks!

Pretty cool (excerpts):

"In 1947, while the jet age was still in its infancy, military aviation was hurtled into the future with the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service. Just six years later, on May 25, 1953, the Air Force’s official air demonstration team, designated the 3600th Air Demonstration Unit, was activated at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The unit adopted the name “Thunderbirds,” influenced in part by the strong Native American culture and folklore from the southwestern United States where Luke Air Force Base is located ...

... Millions of people have witnessed the Thunderbirds demonstrations, and in turn, they’ve seen the pride, professionalism and dedication of hundreds of thousands of Airmen serving at home and abroad. Each year brings another opportunity for the team to represent those who deserve the most credit: the everyday, hard-working Airmen voluntarily serving America and defending freedom."

(U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds History, link goes to: http://afthunderbirds.com/site/history/)