That Sound…

…of freedom.  It may be an old cliché but hearing military planes take off, land, and fly overhead is the sound of freedom to me.  It gives me peace and a sense of security.  Maybe it’s the years I served in the military or just the patriotic liberty-loving American in me, but I like it.

So it was nice to see an article in the Great Falls Tribune this morning regarding the current military exercise being conducted by the Montana and Ohio Air National Guard units.  It’s Montana’s F-15s against Ohio’s F-16s.  It even has a nice western-style code name, “Hang’em High.”

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