  San Antonio Express-News senior reporter Sig Christenson explains how with the plane next to him in the skies above North Vietnam crippled and leaking fuel, Capt. Bob Pardo performed an aerial maneuver that made him a legend – and almost got him court-martialed. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

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How 15 Seconds of Daring Ingenuity Turned a Texas Fighter Pilot Into an Air Force Legend

  San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on the San Antonio upbringing of Oscar Stewart, a veteran who has been celebrated across the country, along with an off-duty Border Patrol agent Jonathan Morales, for confronting a shooter at a California synagogue on April 27. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Hero Raised in San Antonio Helped Stop Synagogue Shooter

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on the case of  UT freshman Map Pesqueira, whom the Pentagon has stripped of a scholarship worth more than $10,000 a year. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Military’s Transgender Policy Costs San Antonio ROTC Student His Scholarship

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson details the life and service of recently deceased Dick Cole, the last serving member of the legendary Doolittle Raiders who boosted American morale with a daring air raid on Japan in the fifth month of World War II. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Remembering the Last Survivor of the Doolittle Raid

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on how Brig. Gen. Jeanne Leavitt and other Air Force personnel worked with Brie Larson and other members of the ‘Captain Marvel’ film, and how Leavitt’s historic rise to become the first female fighter pilot influence the Marvel character. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

San Antonio Air Force Pioneer Advised Brie Larson for ‘Captain Marvel’ Role

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on changes to Air Force training requirements that may have created the toughest, and most scientific, boot camp ever at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Airmen Wear Their Warrior Faces at Transformed Basic Training

  San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson details the life and career of retired Brig. Gen. Richard Coleman, one of the handful of US military men to reach the highest levels of service to his country after joining the Air Force before he even graduated high school. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Pioneering Air Force General Enlisted at 17

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson discusses the history of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the anniversary of the death of 31-year-old Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman of San Antonio, killed by hostile fire on Jan. 4, 2002. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

The Ongoing Wars In Iraq & Afghanistan

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently interviewed Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first human beings flying to the moon. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Apollo 8 At 50

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson commemorates the Pearl Harbor story of 99-year-old Virgil Lee Ward. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Remembering Pearl Harbor & Survivor Virgil Lee Ward

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson details what the Air Force has learned from the first test of Pilot Training Next, a concept that could one day shorten the amount of time need to train pilots by infusing more technology into their learning. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

'Pilot Training Next' Could Change the Way the Air Force Trains Pilots

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently spoke with the commander of U.S. Army North, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, about the upcoming 101st anniversary of the execution of 19 soldiers in the all-black 3rd Battalion, U.S. 24th Infantry for their role in a deadly Houston riot. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Remembering Executed Soldiers at Fort Sam’s ‘Hangman’s Grove’

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently spoke with 88 year old semi-retired U.S. Army Colonel Basil Pruitt, who continues working a day or two every week at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Pruitt is a true pioneer in his field, and those who follow in his footsteps are unlikely to have a career quite like his. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Still Working For Now, Army Burn Treatment Pioneer Nears Full Retirement

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson recently spoke with Army Spc. Alec Alcoser on the day that he was reunited with his working dog, Alex, weeks after they were both injured in an explosion. You'll hear from Alec himself, as well as what others like him have gone through during the use dogs in the modern US military. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

Wounded San Antonio Soldier, Injured Military Dog Reunited

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson has details on Marine Gunnery Sgt. Enrique Martinez, a 20 year armed services veteran, who because he grew up along the US-Mexico border, was delivered by a midwife, and lacks extra documentation of his birth and upbringing, has been denied a US passport. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

20 Year Marine Veteran Denied U.S. Passport

San Antonio Express-News senior reporter Sig Christenson tells powerful stories of those who fight for the land we love.