Richard Swank

University of Iowa 96 • USAF Veteran (MX Officer on RC-135U/V/W, U-2S, E-3B/C AWACS, A-10C) • Co-host of the Superpower Logic Podcast

[Robert J. O'Neill @mchooyah]

Your anxiety isn’t going to give you an extra day of life at the end. Go outside. The sun’s out…

[Richard Swank @swank88]

#Duty

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

Fifty years ago today, Air France Captain Michel Bacos showed the world what true moral courage looks like.

When Flight 139 was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, the non-Jewish passengers were eventually released. Bacos and his crew were also offered their freedom.

However, Bacos, who also served in the French army under DeGaulle, refused to leave his Jewish passengers. All his crew also refused, without exception.

Instead, they chose to remain alongside the 94 Jewish hostages, fully aware of the danger they faced. As Bacos later said, abandoning his passengers was simply "unimaginable."

Days later, they were freed in the legendary Israeli rescue mission, Operation Entebbe, led by Yoni Netanyahu, who would die in the battle.

For his extraordinary courage, Bacos was honoured by both France and Israel. Yet his greatest legacy was not the medals he received, but the example he set: that decency, duty and humanity must never yield to terror or antisemitism.

Michel Bacos was a true hero. May his life, his courage and his memory forever be a blessing and an inspiration.

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@TomcatJunkie

[Robert J. O'Neill @mchooyah]

250 years after we declared independence, we graciously hosted a sovereign nation in the World Cup while simultaneously bombing them. And you said we weren’t gonna have any fun…🎉

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@Irina_exh Aced it! 20/20

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@MeNMyRC1

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@KJordan1579 This is excellent news!

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@DustyBottoms04 She was a pretty girl! RIP Leia.

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@DustyBottoms04 Happy Anniversary!

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@DustyBottoms04 So sorry Mike...💔

[KJam12 @KJordan1579]

Did you know USAID admitted only 4%~7% of funds made it into the hands of local actors?

Unfortunately it’s true….check out episode 3 of @SuperpowerLogic where @swank88 and I discuss….

- Foreign Aid Industrial Complex
- Credentialism
- Scott Bessent returns Treasury to its OG roots & the policies of the man himself, Alexander Hamilton!

And more…

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Aerial view of the damage in La Guaira, Venezuela. Devastating! �

[Superpower Logic @SuperpowerLogic]

SLP Episode 3 https://t.co/iTWAhfOwHw via @YouTube

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@TomcatJunkie 658 times and counting

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@TomcatJunkie I like to think they do talk to each other 😎

[KJam12 @KJordan1579]

USAID was a slush fund for the corrupt regime in DC.

If only 4%~7% of the funds make it to local actors you know it’s corrupt. The remainder is skimmed off by admin costs, NGO’s/non profits, major corporations, international orgs like UN, WTO, etc and other insiders to enrich themselves.

In 2025 of the total $175 billion in international development aid, Ukrainian orgs and causes associated with Ukraine received the most at $45 billion while orgs and causes related to the poorest countries received $29 billion in total.

US provided little Ukrainian aid but Europe directed most of their aid there.

Don’t be fooled by @RoKhanna propaganda, USAID acknowledged themselves very little aid gets directly into the hands of local actors

[Richard Swank @swank88]

😂😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🤣🤣

[Richard Swank @swank88]

@thenewarea51 The idea that the POTUS' aircraft has to have 4 engines is so dumb. POTUS flies the VC-32 several times a year with no issues.

[Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day @NormSNLJokes]

Playing in a music store in New York this week, Kenny G set a world record by holding a saxophone note for forty-five minutes.

While he did warn spectators that it would be quite boring, it should be noted that it is every bit as boring to hear Kenny G play DIFFERENT saxophone notes for forty-five minutes.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

This pilot won at life, but I hate seeing these great patriots retire. You just know when you see that gray hair and the American flag tie, you’re flying with the highest quality pilot.