LIVE! in Print: October 2006 issue

In our October 2006 issue...

LIVE! focuses on Laughlin Air Force Base, its heritage, its future, and its impact on Southwest Texas.

Thirteen Days on the Brink of Armageddon

No matter what came before, or what came after, the heritage of Laughlin Air Force Base is firmly tied to how the men assigned there in 1962 responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
forward by Joe Hyde
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A Wild Ride from the Edge of Space

As a pilot of one of the nation’s top-secret spy planes, Col. Vic Milam (USAF, retired) chose adventure, combat determination, patriotism, technical skills and a keen sense of aesthetic appreciation as touchstones in his career as a high flyer.
by BILL SONTAG
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The Sky Still Burns in Your Memory

 

This is a personal story for publisher Joe Hyde to write. He pays tribute and recounts the career of his father he never knew, a Laughlin AFB U-2 pilot.
by JOE HYDE
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The Missiles of October

U.K. author and U-2 historian Chris Pocock takes us through a short play-by-play of the Cuban Missile Crisis, including the valor of the pilots who flew those dangerous missions...many were flown from Laughlin.
by CHRIS POCOCK
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The Planes will Keep on Flying

Laughlin’s maintenance chief, Bob Wood, looks back at how he rose to the position of caring for the largest fleet of aircraft in the Air Force.
by BILL SONTAG
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A Bid Farewell to Randolph AFB’s T-6 Demonstration Team

It was a great stint he had as a pilot for the T-6A “Texan II” Aerial Demonstration Team—A stint that has met an abrupt end, with the military-wide budgetary cuts that funding the never-ending global war on terrorism demands.
by JENNIFER LITZ
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Laughlin Honors a Hispanic Business Leader

Richard A. Castro owns the McDonald’s hamburger franchise in El Paso. He came to Laughlin AFB to pay tribute to his childhood hometown and memories of Laughlin AFB. Laughlin reciprocated and he was warmly welcomed at his reunion at Club XL to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
by ALEJANDRA VALDEZ
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More Jets, Bigger Mission

Laughlin is gaining more jets, more props, and 400 additional personnel and family members into the Southwest Texas economy. Here is the story behind it and what it means to you.
by BILL SONTAG
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So You Want to be a Fighter Pilot?

Lt.. Col. Om Prakash, the commander of the T-38C squadron here, explains how Laughlin AFB is re-engineering its training focus to prepare young air warriors for the modern battlefield.
by JOE HYDE
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How Laughlin May Cause a Real Estate Boom

Laughlin is outsourcing its base housing and moving more people in. Where will all their people stay? The answer may foment a sellers’ market in real estate.
by BILL SONTAG
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Will you receive a copy of LIVE! in Print? LIVE! is direct mailed to over 24,000 households and businesses in a 9-county region, from Eagle Pass to Del Rio, to Sonora. And Sanderson, TX to Rocksprings, to Brackettville, to the Frio River. New distribution this month includes Eagle Pass, Leakey and Ozona, Texas. You can find a copy of LIVE! in print at Cafe Centrale, The Ramada Inn Del Rio, The Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, the Sonora, TX Chamber of Commerce, and Avanti Restaurant.