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  • F-15 jets fly over SF Bay Area to honor frontliners battling COVID-19

    05/14/2020 12:02:36 AM PDT · by thecodont · 18 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | May 13, 2020 Updated: May 13, 2020 2:50 p.m. | Douglas Zimmerman
    Those sonic booms heard this morning over the Bay Area were not from the Blue Angels practicing their Fleet Week routine months early, but rather a tribute to those risking their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday morning shortly before 11 am, four California National Guard F-15C fighter jets flew over the San Francisco Bay Area as part of Operation America Strong. The purpose of the flyovers was to recognize frontline personnel dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes essential personnel, healthcare workers and first responders. "A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into...
  • California National Guard's chief quits

    06/07/2005 7:50:39 AM PDT · by SmithL · 10 replies · 706+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 6/7/5 | Dion Nissenbaum
    SACRAMENTO - The two-star general who commands California's 22,000 National Guard troops abruptly resigned late Monday amid allegations that he failed to properly prove his shooting skills for a visit to Iraq and helped line up a military flight for a Republican group planning to visit U.S. aerial defense headquarters in Colorado. Major Gen. Thomas Eres was forced to step down by the Schwarzenegger administration after a two-week investigation by the Times Sacramento Bureau into accusations that the general failed to meet Pentagon requirements for taking a trip into a combat zone and intervened on behalf of a Lincoln Club...