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After returning home, he met with members of the Texas National Guard and learned about Angel Flights, a program in which pilots fly fallen service members home to the United States. Smith contacted a longtime friend, singer-songwriter Radney Foster , and together they wrote a song called "Angel Flight," which Foster recorded on his CD Revival ...
Silver Wings, originally known as Angel Flight, was founded at the University of Omaha as a local auxiliary organization in 1951, [1] and formed as a national organization in 1952. [2] Starting out as an all-female organization, Angel Flight was more of a national idea with various names.
Angel Flight is the name used by a number of groups whose members provide free air transportation for passengers in need of medical treatment far from home and ...
Since 9/11 and the War on Terror, the country music industry’s close relationship with the military and songs like Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American ...
7. Angels & Airwaves, "The War" Tom DeLonge paints a vivid picture of the horrors of war in the aptly titled "The War" from his debut album with Angels & Airwaves.The song is anti-war but pro ...
Toby Keith wrote this song in response to his father's death and the 9/11 attacks in 2001. At first, he was reluctant to record the song and decided to only play it live for military personnel. Later however, Marine Corps General James L. Jones convinced him to record it saying that it was his "duty as an American citizen to record the song ...
Radney Muckleroy Foster (born July 20, 1959) [1] is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer.Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo, recording three studio albums and with nine singles on the country charts.
Kenneth Mervyn Thomas (born July 1, 1965) is an American country music singer and former United States Army Ranger. Thomas was deployed in support of Operation Restore Hope as a member of Task Force Ranger in Somalia, and served in the Battle of Mogadishu. Thomas works as a motivational speaker drawing from this experience as an Army Ranger.