ARTICLES
“The History of American Presidents Flying Aboard Doomsday Planes.” The War Zone. 1 June 2021.
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“We Asked a Former RC-135 Pilot to Choose the Top 10 ‘Spy-Planes' (Though Don’t Call Them That!)." Hush-Kit. 7 February 2021
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“Chasing Soviet Missiles in the Cobra Ball from a Desolate Rock in the Aleutian Islands.” The War Zone. 8 December 2020.
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“US Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome of Light’ Superweapon.” The War Zone. 1 December 2020.
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“Here’s How an EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One of the Most Jaw Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever.” The War Zone. 27 November 2020.
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“A Dozen of the Most Unusual Variants of the Ubiquitous KC-135 Family of Aircraft.” The War Zone. 1 October 2020.
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“Air Force Manned Reconnaissance at a Crossroads.” War on the Rocks. 16 April 2019.
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“How the Strategic Air Command Would Go to Nuclear War.” The National Security Archives. 13 March 2019.
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Fullerton C, Aponte P, Hopkins R, Bragg D, Ballard D. “Lessons learned from pilot site implementation of an ambulatory electronic health record.” Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 19 (October 2006): 303-310.
Ballard DJ, Spreadbury B, Hopkins, RS. “Health Care Quality Improvement Across the Baylor Health Care System: The First Century.” Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 17 (July 2004): 270-81.
“An Expanded Understanding of Eisenhower, American Policy, and Overflights.” Intelligence and National Security 11 (April 1996): 332-44.
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“Ears of the Storm.” Air Force Magazine, February 1992, 38-42. Reprinted in Alan D. Campen, ed., The First Information War (Fairfax, VA: AFCEA International Press, 1992).
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