“New Missions, No Missions: The Post Cold War Role of the Air Force Boeing RC-135s and EC-135s.” Combat Aircraft. May 1998, 466-74.
“Burning Wind: Missions au Kamtchatka.” Aéro Journal, September/October 1997, 4-6 (in French).
The Boeing KC-135---More Than Just a Tanker. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing/Aerofax, 1997.
“Superb Stratotanker: Forty Years of ‘Interim’ Service.” Air Fan International, December 1 Color 996, 16-21; and February 1997, 50-57.
“Increvable Stratotanker---Quarante déjà: de l’interim qui dure!” Air Fan, June 1996, 14-19 (in French); and July 1996, 14-21 (in French).
“An Expanded Understanding of Eisenhower, American Policy, and Overflights.” Intelligence and National Security 11 (April 1996): 332-44.
“Building AMT/ERTL’s RC-135V ‘Rivet Joint’.” IPMS Journal 7 (November-December 1994): 39-44.
“Heyl Ha’avir Boeing 707s,” Journal of Military Aviation 2 (January-February 1993): 25-32.
“The Sale of Boeing KC-135 Jet Tankers to France and the Development of French Nuclear Autonomy.” M.A. thesis, Creighton University, 1992.
“Looking Glass.” trans. by Christian Jacquet. Air Fan, February 1992, 16-19, 21-23 (in French); and Air Fan, March 1992, 10-15 (in French).
“Ears of the Storm.” Air Force Magazine, February 1992, 38-42. Reprinted in Alan D. Campen, ed., The First Information War (Fairfax, VA: AFCEA International Press, 1992).
“These Silver Wings.” Daedalian Flier, January 1992, 17-18.
“COBRA BALL and COBRA EYE: Alaskan Observers.” World Air Power Journal 8 (January 1992): 128-39.
“KC-135 Status Report.” Journal of Military Aviation 1 (January-February 1992): 17-24.
“The TELL TWO Stratojets.” Air Enthusiast Quarterly 41, 18-21.
“Wings, Patch Signify More Than Appearance.” Air Pulse, 27 July 1990, 12.
“‘Unwanted’ KC-135 Becomes Air Force Workhorse.” The Goldpanner, 25 August 1989, 3.
“Canada’s Husky Boeings.” Air International, January 1989, 18-23.
“Aircraft Celebrates 32nd Birthday.” The Goldpanner, 9 September 1988, 3.
“A Christmas Wish.” Combat Crew, December 1987, 20-21.
“A Safety Paradigm.” Combat Crew, November 1987, 14-15, 26.
“Canadian Aircrew Visits Eielson.” The Goldpanner, 16 October 1987, 5.
“RC-135s Celebrate Anniversaries.” The Goldpanner, 14 August 1987, 3.
“Looking for a Challenging TDY?” The Goldpanner, 14 August 1987, 3.
“We’re Diverting Where?” Combat Crew, February 1987, 21-23.
“KC-135 Tankers Celebrate Anniversary of First Flight.” The Air Force Times, 6 October 1986, 54.
“KC-135 Celebrates 30th Birthday.” The Pacesetter, 29 August 1986, 1. (This article was also published in Strategic Air Command base newspapers throughout the world.)
“The 135s.” The Pacesetter, 20 December 1985, 8.
Presentations
Principal interviewee for the BBC/History Channel documentary “The Gulf War: Steel Rain,” episode #15 in the “Secrets of War” series. This program evaluated the role of aerial intelligence gathering in the prosecution of the 1991 Gulf War.
“American Diplomatic Goals and the Soviet Reaction to U.S. Strategic Aerial Reconnaissance Missions.” Original research paper presented at the 12 September 1998, “Cold War in Flames” Symposium held at the Strategic Air Command Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
Guest on the Nebraska Public Television program “Consider This,” 20 November 1997, to discuss U.S.-Iraqi relations. Television and radio interviews throughout the week as well.
Guest on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation radio program “Quirks and Quarks,” 20 September 1997, to discuss the 40th anniversary of Sputnik and its effect on science, education, culture, and national security.
“The Unintended Policy Consequences of U.S. Strategic Aerial Reconnaissance.” Original scholarly research paper presented at the June 1997 National Policy History Conference at Bowling Green State University.
“Spy Flights and the Cold War.” 1 April 1997. Presentation at Creighton University sponsored by the Creighton University History Club and Department of History.
Television and radio interviews, 19 February 1997, Omaha, Nebraska, on the death of Deng Xiaopeng and the future of Sino-American relations.
“Perspectives on Recent Developments in Iraq.” With John Calvert, Ph.D., 10 September 1996. The first in a series of Creighton University History Department panel discussions on the history behind the news.
Radio interviews, 6 September 1996, Omaha, Nebraska, on current diplomatic and military issues between Iraq and the United States.
Panel Moderator, “Cold War Strategic Aerial Reconnaissance,” Symposium on Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, May 1996.
“An Expanded Understanding of Eisenhower, American Policy, and Overflights.” Original scholarly research paper presented at the June 1995 annual meeting of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, at Annapolis, Maryland.
“Short of White House Approval---The Way the Kennedy Administration Did Business.” Original scholarly research paper presented at the March 1994 Missouri Valley Historical Society Conference at the University of Nebraska---Omaha.
“Thomas Jefferson: A Mind of Many Facets.” Keynote speaker, 250th anniversary celebration of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, 13 April 1993, Virginia Museum of Science, Richmond, Virginia.
Radio interview, 13 April 1993, Richmond, Virginia, on Thomas Jefferson and his contributions to science, agriculture, and Virginia.