Smokey Stover who it is agreed by most 415th members gave the "foo fighters" their name. The phrase foo fighter, also taken from Holman's strip, was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various unidentified flying objects or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific Theaters of Operations. Though foo fighter initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the 415th Squadron, the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period. Foo Fighters is also the name of a rock band, first heard in 1995.
Smiling in a War Zone Smiling in a War Zone Smiling in a War Zone, also known as Flying Down to Kabul, is a partly documentary film by artist Simone Aaberg Kærn about flying from Denmark to Afghanistan to help a young Afghani girl becoming a pilot. It was filmed in 2002 and released on 14 September 2006. Kærn sees airspace as an expression of individual freedom, void of political borders. In 1999, Kærn made a film about Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) called "Sisters in the sky". Inspired by the WASPs, Kærn obtained a flying license. After the September 11 attacks, airspace became restricted,