How 15 Seconds of Daring Ingenuity Turned a Texas Fighter Pilot Into an Air Force Legend
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
  San Antonio Express-News senior reporter Sig Christenson explains how with the plane next to him in the skies above North Vietnam crippled and leaking fuel, Capt. Bob Pardo performed an aerial maneuver that made him a legend – and almost got him court-martialed. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Hero Raised in San Antonio Helped Stop Synagogue Shooter
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
  San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on the San Antonio upbringing of Oscar Stewart, a veteran who has been celebrated across the country, along with an off-duty Border Patrol agent Jonathan Morales, for confronting a shooter at a California synagogue on April 27. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Military’s Transgender Policy Costs San Antonio ROTC Student His Scholarship
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on the case of  UT freshman Map Pesqueira, whom the Pentagon has stripped of a scholarship worth more than $10,000 a year. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Remembering the Last Survivor of the Doolittle Raid
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson details the life and service of recently deceased Dick Cole, the last serving member of the legendary Doolittle Raiders who boosted American morale with a daring air raid on Japan in the fifth month of World War II. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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San Antonio Air Force Pioneer Advised Brie Larson for ‘Captain Marvel’ Role
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on how Brig. Gen. Jeanne Leavitt and other Air Force personnel worked with Brie Larson and other members of the ‘Captain Marvel’ film, and how Leavitt’s historic rise to become the first female fighter pilot influence the Marvel character. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Airmen Wear Their Warrior Faces at Transformed Basic Training
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on changes to Air Force training requirements that may have created the toughest, and most scientific, boot camp ever at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Pioneering Air Force General Enlisted at 17
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
  San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson details the life and career of retired Brig. Gen. Richard Coleman, one of the handful of US military men to reach the highest levels of service to his country after joining the Air Force before he even graduated high school. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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The Ongoing Wars In Iraq & Afghanistan
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson discusses the history of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the anniversary of the death of 31-year-old Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman of San Antonio, killed by hostile fire on Jan. 4, 2002. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Apollo 8 At 50
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently interviewed Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first human beings flying to the moon. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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Remembering Pearl Harbor & Survivor Virgil Lee Ward
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by San Antonio Express-News
2y ago
San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson commemorates the Pearl Harbor story of 99-year-old Virgil Lee Ward. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson ..read more
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