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Written by Lt. Col. Joseph P. Hathaway USAF (Ret.), "Skibirds: Adventures of the Raven Gang" is the fascinating history and story of the 109th Airlift Wing, a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York.The wing's mission is to provide airlift support to the National Science Foundation's Arctic Circle and South Pole research program. They fly LC-130H Hercules airlifters, equipped with wheel-ski landing gear, to their Arctic and Antarctica operations. The 109th Airlift Wing is the only unit in the world to fly these aircraft.Using numerous anecdotal stories, the book tells of dangerous missions carrying civilian scientists, survival experts, and their equipment to some of the most remote locations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Frequently, unable to see the snowy "skiway" and landing on ski-equipped LC-130s, they fly inside what Lt. Col. Hathaway describes as the "ping-pong ball." It is a term he uses to describe the inability to tell the ground from the clouds when landing on the snowfield.

"e;I'm going to be so happy now, just wait and see,"e; but I left the altar where I met Jesus and walked back into the same patterns of behavior in my life. Indeed He set me free, but it took a long journey down a lighted path before freedom became my reality.Born into abject poverty then adopted into an alcoholic family, by the time she reached 33 her life was shattered. She was alone, broke, rejected again, desperate, out of hope and done with life. When children are abused, there is a darkness that grabs their soul, establishes strongholds designed to extinguish hope, and tethers their life to repeating cycles of defeat.This captivating true story transparently tells of the darkness of abuse and its profound lasting effects in one woman's life. You feel the weight of the darkness, then, her journey reveals the power of the Light of God to bring healing and wholeness to her as she followed Him in His ways. As she healed, her family system and the very fabric of her life changed. When the change came, she realized God had protected her true identity from the very beginning. The things done to her never took away who she was.