Another Interservice and Perry are done and gone – the end of my bullseye ‘season’. It was bitter-sweet, to say the least. Last year I was present at both, but couldn’t shoot for medical reasons; I was determined at the end of last year to get back on the line. However, it only worked out [...]
So I got a call, last minute, before leaving for the Nationals at Camp Perry from Airman magazine. Long story short…Guy #1 at a gas station meets another guy (#2) and gets to shootin’ the breeze. The subject of the USAF pistol team comes up, as well as the impending National Matches at Camp Perry [...]
In 1958 both the Air Force Marksmanship School and the Air Force Gunsmith Shop were created by General Curtis LeMay. The Marksmanship School trained weapons instructors and fostered the development of the Air Force Shooting Teams. The Gunsmith Shop took on the role of maintenance, modification and R&D for Air Force small arms, especially those [...]
Just an old school news-reel from the 1961 Interservice matches at Lackland AFB…