Fast Jet Pilot Learns to Fly Slow - Commander gives tips on 'driving bug-smashers'

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  • By Col. Russ Hodgkins
  • Commander, Civil Air Patrol
MAXWELL AFB< AL --  There I was... doing my joint tour running the command center at European Command Headquarters in Stutgart, Germany.  I'd been out of the cockpit for almost four years and was expecting an assignment, probably another staff job.  Like always, i wasn't anticipating any great deals from the personnel system.

We were...