STARS:Surface to Air Recovery System By Colonel John Gargus (USAF, Retired)Originally published in the April 2019 Sentinel Surface to air recovery system (STARS) was the most exciting operational capability of the

Skyhook Recovery:A Brief History By Lonny HolmesOriginally published in the April 2019 Sentinel The recovery of personnel from the ground by a flying aircraft became practical in the early 1960s and

SOG Boss Jack Singlaub Gives Chapter 78 Members a Mission Editor’s note: This account of a meeting at the home of the late MG John Singlaub carried a significance not mentioned

Independence-Born, Owens Valley Raised: Remembering Captain James Birchim By Debra Holm The story of Captain James Birchim began on July 16, 1946, in Independence, California, a small town in

SFA Chapter 78 August, 2025 Chapter Meeting Guest Speaker, Jerry A. GuzzettaAuthor of I Walked With Heroes Guest speaker Jerry Guzzetta, who we first met at the July Chapter meeting at