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  • 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

  • Northrop “Gee-Whizz” Decelerator Sled

    During World War II, the U.S. military became concerned with pilot injuries experienced during aircraft accidents.  To better understand the problem, the U.S. Air Force ran tests launching this sled down a 2,000 ft. long track at up to 200 mph. The sled was then quickly stopped, producing a

  • Demobilization & Reorganization

    At the time of the Japanese surrender ending World War II, the AAF was the most powerful air force in the world with a strength of some 64,000 planes, of which two-thirds were combat aircraft. Secure in the monopoly of the atomic bomb, the U.S. demobilized quickly, withdrawing troops from around the

  • "Fiery Ginger IV" Vertical Fin

    On display in Fiery Ginger IV's vertical fin. Some of the red, yellow and blue stripes remain on the top of the tail, even after decades in tropical weather. Each stripe represented one of the colors of the 348th Fighter Group's three squadrons. Though not visible today, the unpainted metal areas

  • Col. Neel E. Kearby Medal of Honor

    Col. Neel E. Kearby, a particularly aggressive fighter pilot and motivating leader, often initiated successful flights against superior numbers. On Oct. 11, 1943, Kearby led three of his pilots against nearly 50 Japanese aircraft near Wewak. Tearing through the enemy formation, Kearby shot down six