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  • Mistakes on the Goblets

    In 1959 the city of Tucson, Ariz., presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of silver goblets, each bearing the name of one of the 80 men who flew on the Doolittle Tokyo Raid in April 1942. Unfortunately, the jeweler who engraved the goblets made a few mistakes. Nine goblets have misspelled names,

  • Story Ideas

    The National Museum of the United States Air Force offers the media a wide range of interesting and unique topics that can serve as the basis for an attractive feature story. Particular possibilities include:NASA Crew Compartment TrainerWork continues on the NASA Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT)

  • History of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

    The National Museum of the United States Air Force is internationally acclaimed as the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum. It is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright brothers.The museum's origin dates back to 1923 when it started in the

  • Museum Expansion Plans

    In recent years, the National Museum of the United States Air Force® has continued to add historically significant aircraft to its collection and further develop the storyline contained in its galleries. Foreseeing continued growth, museum officials and the Air Force Museum Foundation, a

  • Museum Divisions

    Performing the mission of the National Museum of the United States Air Force® is a complex undertaking. It requires expertise across a broad range of disciplines. Various museum divisions with diverse responsibilities help the museum operate smoothly, often combining efforts to support activities

  • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling

    "Return and Renewal with Honor: Messages for All of Us"Sept. 13, 2013 - 1 p.m.Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling is a highly decorated fighter pilot (Silver and Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts and more) who served 37 years throughout the world in high-level command and staff positions. In his new book, TAPS

  • Col. (Ret.) Gaillard R Peck Jr.

      "America's SECRET MiG Squadron"March 20, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Col. (Ret.) Gaillard R. Peck Jr. will address the 10-year period that the U.S. Air Force secretly trained Air Force, Navy and Marine fighter aircrews in an advanced joint training program against actual Soviet MiG jet fighters. The project

  • Mr. Seth G. Jones

    "Al Qa'ida's Fourth Wave"Nov. 19, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Seth G. Jones is associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corp., as well as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the

  • Col. John Plating

    "Air Transport and the Politics of War"Feb. 21, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Col. John Plating is an associate professor of history at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He earned his Ph.D. in military history at The Ohio State University, and is the author of The Hump: America's Strategy for

  • Mr. Herbert A. Mason Jr.

    "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Development of Air and Space Power, 1942 to 2012"Jan. 31, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Until the 21st century, Special Operations was not a core mission for the USAF. Despite their wartime accomplishments and between-the-war usefulness, Special