Task Force Gryphon with Commander Cobra

George Nolly served as a pilot in the United States Air Force, flying 315 combat missions on two successive tours of duty in Vietnam, winning 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 24 Air Medals, flying O-2A and F-4 aircraft. In 1983, George received Tactical Air Command Instructor of the Year Award for his service as an instructor in the Air Force Forward Air Controller course.Following his Air Force duty, he hired on with United Airlines and rose to the position of B-777 Check Captain. He also served as a Federal Flight Deck Officer. Following his retirement from United, George accepted a position as a B-777 Captain with Jet airways, operating throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Phil Orbane author of - Tortured Cardboard. The term “tortured cardboard” sums up what happens to cardboard when making a board game (bound, cut, folded, punched). And, as you’ll learn, great board games often reflect whatever “tortures” culture. Each gained immortality after a chaotic beginning and a chance survival. Why? Because—be it chess, backgammon, Clue®, Monopoly®, Scrabble®, Settlers of Catan®, or one of ten others featured in this book—each is replete with “lessons” applicable to achievement in your life.As the twenty-first century gathers momentum, our love affair with board games continues to strengthen. They involve us, they refine social skills, and they teach great lessons applicable in real life.“Tortuous” is the journey of every great board game, from birth in chaotic times, through survival by mere chance, to raging popularity and eventual immortality. Tortured Cardboard reveals how the great ones came to endure and—all fun aside—how each teaches us something about our own behavior while providing “rules” that can work in your life.

David S. Brody is an author who writes stories about the pre-Columbia days of America and the exploration of the land from that time. Brody has expressed a strong interest in the secret history of North America and also in the belief that America was explored and traveled through well before the days of Columbus.Much of Brody’s work has been highlighted in his Templars of America series. These are stories that have been heralded as unique works that are especially for fans of Dan Brown and others who write in the field of historical fiction.Brody is a former attorney who graduated from Tufts University and Georgetown Law School. He has studied pre-Columbian exploration for years and has served as a director of the New England Antiquities Research Association. http://davidbrodybooks.com/wordpress/

The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today.He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future. https://behindtheblack.com/

Major David Toon (retired)Retired Army Aviation Officer, Helicopter Pilot: OH-58 Scout, UH-1 Huey, AH-64 Apache, Combat Veteran: Operation Iraqi-Freedom II,Contractor: Irag/Afghanistan [masked]), BS degree in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ 2015), Staff Sergeant - Electronic Warfare Intercept Systems Tactical Repairer (Military Intelligence-33S), Aerostat Flight Technician-M22 [masked]).MUFON Field InvestigatorMUFON member

Rachel Lance is an author and Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University, where she conducts research out of their Hyperbaric Medicine facility. She enjoys scientific non-fiction, and is passionate about writing because it lets her share with the world her love of finding the answers to complex riddles. https://rachellancewrites.com/

Mr. Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948. He moved to the Long Island suburbs in 1954 and returned to the city in 1957 where he spent most of his childhood. He graduated from the State University of New York, Brockport campus, worked as a reporter and feature writer for a number of newspapers, and finally as a staff writer forRolling Stone Magazine. In 1975, he dropped out to write books on a full-time basis. He has no formal training in architecture or the related design fields.He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, RPI, the University of Virginia and many other colleges, and he has appeared before many professional organizations such as the AIA , the APA., and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.He lives in Washington County, upstate New York https://kunstler.com/

David Bushman is a longtime television curator at The Paley Center for Media and an adjunct professor of media at colleges in the New York area. He is the author of Twin Peaks FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About a Town Both Wonderful and Strange (2016) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Sunnydale’s Slayer of Vampires, Demons, and Other Forces of Darkness (2017).

Barry L. Becker retired in 2013. He formerly was a marketing consultant to the biometrics security industry and consumer sector. He has served as both the vice-president of marketing for Eyedentify from 1984-1986 and transitioned to vice-president of international sales for Eyedentify, from 1986-1991. The company specialized in eye retinal technology for positive identification. He traveled over 500,000 miles during the period from 1985-1990.He has been engaged in all aspects of marketing and sales for over thirty-five years. In 1987, his article entitled “Eyedentify counters security threat,” appeared in the Journal of Defense & Diplomacy. https://theericksenconnection.com/

Peter D. Shay’s outstanding freshman effort is both a personal and institutional history of a small tactical Navy helicopter unit in Vietnam, HA(L)-3 “Seawolves,” that reads fast and furious, but not without a penchant for details. The story is an exciting for read for any aviation enthusiast or military historian. The Navy’s only “brown water” light attack squadron during Vietnam is little known outside the squadron passageways of the Navy’s HSC and HSM commands. Shay, himself a former HA(L)-3 pilot during the war, shares the incredible story of Allen “Wes” Weseleskey and his daring rescue mission of U.S. Army Rangers at Cao Lahn on March 9, 1968. The book traces Weseleskey’s career in biographical fashion, introducing him as an adolescent and continues to chronicle relevant career milestones into the twenty-first century. The bulk of the book’s material hovers around Weseleskey and HA(L)-3’s operations in 1967-68, which have been glossed over in most published Vietnam “battle” histories.

Cheryl Costa is a native and resident of upstate New York who saw her first UFO at age 12. A military veteran, she’s a retired information security professional from the aerospace Industry. She’s been a speaker at the International UFO Congress and at the MUFON Symposium. Besides being a journalist, she’s also a published playwright. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Empire State College in entertainment writing.

"Wolf of Clontarf," a new novel by Thomas J. Howley, offers an exciting look into the tumultuous chapter in Irish history when the Irish fought back the Vikings and helped to preserve the learning and culture of continental Europe and Christianity.

As commander cobra continues to fly around on projects when he should be at the mic, another great new-guest pre-record (thanks to Skywatcher for pulling all the levers and strings) for Task Force Gryphon. Mark Nesbitt, writer, historian, guide, and paranormal investigator focused on Ghosts of Gettysburg. The recent anniversary of the epic battle in Pennsylvania during the American Civil War is the center piece of Mark's journey as child visiting the site on a family vacation to a US Park Ranger at the park, and then onto writing and research which led him into the rich and compelling experience of this very incredible place. ' Gettysburg may very well be, acre for acre, the most haunted place in America' Mark Nesbitt. Please enjoy the latest guest willing to take the TFG email."

August Cole was daring enough to receive an email from commander cobra to be a guest on TFG. An author exploring the future of conflict through fiction and other forms of “FICINT” storytelling. His talks, short stories, and workshops have taken him from speaking at the Nobel Institute in Oslo to presenting at SXSW Interactive to tackling the “Dirty Name” obstacle at Fort Benning. With Peter W. Singer, he is the co-author of the best-seller “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War” (2015) and “Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robot Revolution” (2020). Our discussion will center around Ghost Fleet and Burn In, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and the near future affects on military conflict, society, and economics.