Nice to be noticed…
Posted on August 29th, 2004 by uruloki
The Imperial Armorer has a nice post up about the Zoo’s birthday. The thought’s nice, but I’d have to say he’s a couple of months late:
On 1 April 1954, President Eisenhower signed the bill which created the United States Air Force Academy. The first class entered in July of 1955.
At least, that’s the official history is. Of course, he’s an old ground pounder, and they’ve been a little behind for the last couple of decades. 
Now that there’s a Zoomie on board, I think it’ll all get straightened out.
Now, as far as the comment about campuses, I’ll go with USAFA’s anyday, especially in the rear view mirror. I almost went to USNA, and the campus is very pretty, but it can’t match the mountains in winter. Besides, any comparison of the service academies has to mention the fact that the only reason the Army-Navy game is so big is that they rarely, if ever, manage to win the CinC’s Trophy…
For someone who doesn’t deliver ordnance anywhere, bubba, you talk big.
8^)
Of course, I went to Missouri (back when they could stay in the top 20 and win bowl games consistently… so, like not for the last 24 years or so…) and could give a flying flip about the academies in that regard.
But it does at least score some trackbacks and comments, eh?