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Museum Lecture Series

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, d... Read more

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Museum Lecture Series 03: American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets

Museum Lecture Series 03: American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets

German immigrant and retired Air Force colonel Wolfgang Samuel uses official Air Force records and survivors' interviews... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 33: Lessons learned on the global war on terror, from the perspective of a special tactics pararescueman

Museum Lecture Series 33: Lessons learned on the global war on terror, from the perspective of a special tactics pararescueman

Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, who in 2007 was one of six airmen to be awarded the first Air Force Combat Action M... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 08: History of the LC-130 in Polar Operations

Museum Lecture Series 08: History of the LC-130 in Polar Operations

Col. (Ret.) Graham Pritchard discusses the evolution of the C-130, missions now flown by the 109th Airlift Wing, and the... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 13: Vietnam's F-105 Rolling Thunder: Its 2007 meaning

Museum Lecture Series 13: Vietnam's F-105 Rolling Thunder: Its 2007 meaning

Retired Col. Bob Krone discusses the F-105 Thunderchief, its pilots and missions and the 2007 meaning of the war in Sout... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 21: Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Museum Lecture Series 21: Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Best-selling author Dr. Donald L. Miller discusses his award-winning book, “Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Wh... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 43: The Early Wild Weasel Days: The Air Force's first anti-SAM efforts

Museum Lecture Series 43: The Early Wild Weasel Days: The Air Force's first anti-SAM efforts

Former Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Officer (Ret.) Col. Mike Gilroy discusses the challenges and opportunities facing ... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 39: A Rather Bizarre War: The Air Force learns and adapts in Korea

Museum Lecture Series 39: A Rather Bizarre War: The Air Force learns and adapts in Korea

Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, discusses how the Korean War was the first ar... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 22: Challenges of the Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System

Museum Lecture Series 22: Challenges of the Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System

Sean "Skipper" Moulton delves into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a warfighter's perspective.

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 60: The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite

Museum Lecture Series 60: The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite

Phil Pressel discusses the last orbiting reconnaissance camera that used film for photography and how it played an impor... Read more

15 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 38: Recalling the MISTY years

Museum Lecture Series 38: Recalling the MISTY years

World record setting pilot (Ret.) Lt. Col. Dick Rutan discusses his Air Force service, specifically his time as a forwar... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 14: The Flying Greek

Museum Lecture Series 14: The Flying Greek

World War II ace retired Col. Steve Pisanos discusses his 30-year Air Force career, including his six-month evasion of t... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 34: The Black Bats: CIA spy flights over China from Taiwan, 1951-1969

Museum Lecture Series 34: The Black Bats: CIA spy flights over China from Taiwan, 1951-1969

British author Chris Pocock discusses the 'Black Bats' and CIA spy flights over China from Taiwan from 1951-1969.

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 41: Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: Unarmed reconnaissance during the Vietnam Conflict

Museum Lecture Series 41: Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: Unarmed reconnaissance during the Vietnam Conflict

Former Air Force pilot and FBI agent Taylor Eubank illustrates the Vietnam reconnaissance experience from high above in ... Read more

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 04: Integration of the Air Force: The Early Years

Museum Lecture Series 04: Integration of the Air Force: The Early Years

Two men who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen discuss the Air Force between 1941 and 1949.

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 12: Combat search and rescue in Desert Storm

Museum Lecture Series 12: Combat search and rescue in Desert Storm

Retired Col. Darrel Whitcomb relates his and others' experiences from combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions in Southe... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 37: Airpower in the Korean War: America's first jet-age air war

Museum Lecture Series 37: Airpower in the Korean War: America's first jet-age air war

Internationally-recognized aerospace historian Dr. Richard P. Hallion discusses America’s first jet-age air war.

14 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 07: Call Sign Raven: Fighting the Air War in Laos

Museum Lecture Series 07: Call Sign Raven: Fighting the Air War in Laos

Col. (Ret.) Darrel Whitcomb, a former cargo pilot and forward air controller/Raven, discusses how the Vietnam War raged ... Read more

11 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 59: The US Air Force's mission to help create Afghan air power

Museum Lecture Series 59: The US Air Force's mission to help create Afghan air power

Col. Robert A. Strasser and Lt. Col. Tay W. Johannes discuss experiences in building the Afghan Air Force, including res... Read more

15 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 63: B-29 Bockscar

Museum Lecture Series 63: B-29 Bockscar

Retired Col. Joseph Sweeney, the son of Bockscar pilot Gen. Charles Sweeney who was at the controls when the aircraft dr... Read more

15 Sep 2015

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Museum Lecture Series 55: 20 Years as an Air Force photojournalist

Museum Lecture Series 55: 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... Read more

15 Sep 2015

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