A Salute...In Two Parts

Here’s a pretty cool vid from the Air Force Association (AFA)…celebrating the USAF’s 60^th Anniversary.

Now for the back-story. I had an interesting exchange with the president of the AFA about this video, and here’s part of the trail:

From: President of AFA
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:37 PM
To: Buck Pennington
Cc: Ted Yorkshire
Subject: RE: Note from AFA President -- You Tube, F-22s, and the Indispensable Air Force

We will check each one.

Ted, ….

Thanks.

MD

Michael M. Dunn
AFA President/CEO

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From: Buck Pennington
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:51 PM
To: President of AFA
Subject: Re: Note from AFA President -- You Tube, F-22s, and the Indispensable Air Force

I spoke too soon. I just went to retrieve the "AFA Salutes Air Force Anniversary" to post it on my blog and find embedding is still disabled.

Best Regards,
bp

On Nov 29, 2007 12:43 PM, Buck Pennington wrote:

Thanks very much, Mr. Dunn! I really appreciate that!

On Nov 29, 2007 12:34 PM, President of AFA wrote:

BP – you are the second one to mention that … and it is now fixed.

Mike

Michael M. Dunn
AFA President/CEO

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From: Buck Pennington
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:08 PM
To: President of AFA
Subject: Re: Note from AFA President -- You Tube, F-22s, and the Indispensable Air Force

Great video. But if you really wanted to reach out and touch the Gen X and Gen Y folks you wouldn't have disabled the embedding feature for these vids. I'd love to host one or more of 'em on my blog but I cannot.

That's a short-sighted policy, to be very kind.

Best Regards,
bp

And all for you, Gentle Reader. Seriously, though…isn’t it nice when folks take your suggestions to heart? My hat’s off to Mr. Dunn and the AFA, in general.