Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama is not a good steward of the nation's defense and foreign policies. ...more

April 29, 2009

Vote Perplexing I am truly bewildered and disappointed today with my fellow Americans. I don't understand how the majority of them could have voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 6, 2008

John McCain's second bid for the White House has had the ups and downs of a wild Navy fighter jet ride. ...more

October 19, 2008

Brittany Lincicome's tee shot on her par-4 finishing hole of Thursday's first round of the U.S. Women's Open took off hot before bending left, not terribly unlike a fighter jet banking for final approach, and settling into three-inch rough under a thick cluster of trees. ...more

June 27, 2008

MADEIRA BEACH - A spent flare from a fighter jet washed up on the beach here, and the Hillsborough County bomb squad is on its way to dispose of it, sheriff's officials said. ...more

May 22, 2008

They weren't your typical snowbirds. They didn't come to Tampa to relax on a beach. And they're nowhere close to retirement. ...more

May 4, 2008

We're guessing that next December, when we are choosing the most interesting stories of 2008, the Iraqi Air Force plane that landed near Venus will be right up there. On Wednesday afternoon, a Cessna with Iraq Air Force painted on its side, made an emergency landing on C.R. 731. For those of us responding to the tips, we envisioned a fighter jet sitting in the road, not a Cessna. As Thursday progressed, and facts revealed that the Cessnas are built for training planes for Iraq, it became a lot clearer. They are shipped from Florida, but the Venus landing caused a flap. ...more

February 21, 2008

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-15 fighter jets amid serious safety concerns after a crash in Missouri on Friday. Officials think the aging plane may have disintegrated in the air. ...more

November 6, 2007