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About Alex Hollings

Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.

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NASA’s New Horizons rings in the new year with historic flyby 4 billion miles from the sun

As people all over the world nursed their hangovers from the night before, the members of NASA’s staff that have continued to work despite the partial government shutdown rang in View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments News, Space

Peeing your pants in the cockpit has never been better: Fighter pilots receiving new urine collection and storage gear

It might sound funny to some, but having to pee can be a real problem for military aviators in the fight. Once holding it in becomes distracting, common sense dictates View More ›

Alex Hollings 1 Comment Military Aviation, News

Spain sends a pair of fighters to France to square off against Dassault’s new stealth drone

Two Eurofighter Typhoons from Spain’s 11th Wing, along with their accompanying pilots and maintenance personnel, arrived in France to conduct evaluation flights against the stealthy Dassault nEUROn drone (technically speaking, an View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Military Aviation, News

Check out the amazing pictures and video of a B-2 Bomber flying over the Rose Bowl

On Tuesday, a B-2A Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base’s 509th Bomb Wing kicked off the Rose Parade with an incredible flyover in Pasadena, California. While most of the folks View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Military Aviation, Video

Watch: Former Army Ranger and pilot breaks down why the AC-130 Spectre is the ‘Ranger God in the sky’

Editor’s note: Erik Meisner served in Attack Company, 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment as a rifle team leader with deployments to the Middle East, Central America and Asia. He is View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation

America’s only supersonic heavy bomber is being replaced, but it isn’t being retired (yet)

As America’s secretive new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, continues development, it’s clear that the days of America’s legacy bomber platforms, the B-2 Spirit and the B-1B Lancer, are numbered. View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Air Force, Military Aviation

Buzz Aldrin sets the record straight on Apollo 11 UFOs, but says alien life is a ‘certainty’

Buzz Aldrin, an accomplished pilot and academic best known as the second human being ever to set foot on another celestial body, is popular in a number of circles. His View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments NASA, Space

Russia’s ‘Zircon’ missile reportedly hits Mach 8 in recent test

The race for hypersonic missile supremacy is in full swing, with Russia testing yet another advanced platform this month. On December 10th, Russia conducted a test launch of their new View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments News, Technology

The UFO Question: President Reagan was concerned about UFOs, and he brought it up to Gorbachev

Back in 1985, the fall of the Soviet Union was not yet assured, but the wheels of progress were already moving within the Soviet Bloc. Glasnost, the Soviet policy of View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments History, Space

Watch: Amazing cockpit footage of a C-130 fighting California wildfires earlier this year

A recently released video shows what it’s like to fly in the cockpit of one of the California National Guard C-130s currently working to contain the Carr fire, one of View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Military Aviation, Video
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