Ron Sligh was born in Arcata in 1966 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1985 after graduating from high school.

The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. Tony Hertz Telegram-Tribune file After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977 ...

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After finishing his four-year term as president of the United States, Joe Biden and his wife returned to the Central Coast on ...

The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977, the Space Shuttle began orbital flights ...