Lecture Series - National Museum of the USAF
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Lecture Series - National Museum of the USAF
The Lecture Series features an exciting array of speakers who impart a diversity of perspectives on USAF heritage. Lecturers include active duty or retired military members, specialists in research, development and technology, and historians and authors.
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Vision and Genius in the R&D Gallery
Dr. Squire L. Brown discusses the museums Research & Development Gallery, which exhibits a unique collection of aircraft that challenged the imaginat...
Hexagon KH-9
Phil Pressel discusses the last orbiting reconnaissance camera that used film for photography and how it played an important part in U.S. intelligence...
Titan II - Few but Powerful
Dr. David K. Stumpf gives an overview of the Titan II program, culminating in a discussion of just how close a Soviet weapon would have had to come to...
Afghan Air Power
Col. Robert A. Strasser and Lt. Col. Tay W. Johannes discuss experiences in building the Afghan Air Force, including resources, organizational interac...
Taps on the Wall
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling shares his experiences as a prisoner of war, along with the poetry and prose he composed and memorized.
Secret MiG Squadron
Col. (Ret.) Gaillard R. Peck Jr. addresses the 10-year period that the U.S. Air Force secretly trained Air Force, Navy and Marine fighter aircrews in...
USAF Special Operations Forces
Air Force Special Operations Command historian Herbert A. Mason Jr. discusses the "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Devel...
20 Years as an Air Force Photojournalist
Six-time Military Photographer of the Year Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock discusses how he became a photojournalist in the Air Force and where it has ta...
America's Canine Heroes
Dogster.com editor/writer Maria Goodavage discusses the four-legged heroes who serve our country, what they bring to the fight, how they do it and the...
My True Course
Dutch Van Kirk, the navigator from the B-29 Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, gives a first-hand...
The Air Force in Space ˜ and on the Moon
Former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force colonel David R. Scott talks about his three space missions: Gemini VIII, Apollo 9 and Apollo 15.
Secret World of Space Reconnaissance
Learn about the Gambit 1 KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9 reconnaissance satellites during this presentation by CIA officers Dr. Robert A. McDonal...
Air Force One ˜ Zero Failure
Col. (Ret.) Mark W. Tillman, the nations 12th presidential pilot, gives a first-hand account of remarkable moments in history with his experience as...
Tuskegee Airmen
Dr. Daniel L. Haulman, an historian with Air Force Historical Research Agency, discusses the Tuskegee Airmen, who were for decades virtually ignored i...
Six Months with a CCATT RN in Afghanistan
Lt. Col. Deborah Lehker speaks about her deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan, as a Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) nurse and the goal of enha...