a i r f o r c e a s s o c i a t i o n

annual report

2010

Cover photo / TSgt. Rebecca F. Corey, USAFReport design by Darcy Lewis, Air Force Magazine

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Mission 2Letter from the Leaders 3Accomplishments 4

Educate 4Advocate 9Support 12

Supporting Our Mission 20Financial Performance 36Membership Statistics 37AFA Leadership 39

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AiR FORCE ASSOCiATiOnAir Force Memorial Foundation

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The Air Force Association, founded in 1946, exists to promote Air Force airpower.

We EDUCATE the public about the critical role of aerospace power in the defense of our nation, ADVOCATE aerospace power and a strong national defense, and SUPPORT the United States Air Force, the Air Force family, and aerospace education.

AFA is a 501(c)(3) independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization, to which all donations are tax deductible. With your help we will be able to expand our programs and their impact. We need your support and ongoing financial commitment to realize our goals.

AFA disseminates information through Air Force Magazine, airforce-magazine.com, the Mitchell Institute, national conferences and symposia, and public outreach. Learn more about AFA by visiting us on the Web at www.afa.org.

The Air Force Memorial Foundation is a 501(c)(3) affiliate of AFA whose purpose is to provide enduring oversight and stewardship for the Air Force Memorial. All contributions to AFMF are tax deductible.

AFA Veteran Benefits Association is a 501(c)(19) veterans organization and affiliate of AFA that provides benefits and services to veterans and their families. All AFA members are eligible to participate in AFAVBA programs.

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Dear Friends and Supporters of the Air Force Association,

We are pleased to present to you the Air Force Association’s Annual Report for 2010.

In the following pages, we share an in-depth analysis of the past year. You might notice that a key to our success in 2010 came from strengthening our current programs and expanding their reach. We cannot overstress the importance of your role in our continued effectiveness. Our mission is achieved through a myriad of initiatives. Your contributions enable AFA to educate the public about the pivotal role aerospace power plays in the defense of our nation; advocate aerospace power and a strong national defense; and support the United States Air Force, the Air Force family, and aerospace education. We appreciate the exceptional support we receive from our members, industry and corporate partners, and our chapters, states, the entire Air Force family, educators, congressional staffs, and volunteers.

Throughout 2010, AFA actively engaged in reaching out to the public, and our outreach and education efforts continued to positively impact many.

We continued to educate the public about aerospace and airpower issues with several outreach efforts, including Air Force Magazine and the online Daily Report, the Notes from the President, and transcripts from exceptional speakers at our own conferences, symposia, and programs.

CyberPatriot has grown exponentially! CyberPatriot is a high school cyber defense competition that excites, educates, and motivates students to pursue further education in cyber security and other STEM disciplines. Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and US Department of Defense dependent schools in Japan, Korea, and Guam were represented this year in CyberPatriot III.

Our efforts to advocate have been supported by discussions on Capitol Hill, Air Power Advocates groups, media outreach, and fast-growing social media activity. We have aggressively and successfully incorporated social media (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, AFA Blog) into our regular outreach efforts, allowing us to reach more people more frequently than ever. They have served as invaluable tools for enabling dialogue between members, supporters, and fans on a range of topics.

As the premier research arm of AFA, the Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies continues to sponsor important research, publish several papers then discussed in the widely attended Mitchell Hours. The Air Force Breakfast Series allows Air Force leadership to interact with industry leaders, the media, and the public, promoting greater understanding on the critical role of Air Force airpower in the security of our nation.

We continue to provide oversight and management of the Air Force Memorial. This past year, it has been the setting for countless special activities, including holiday ceremonies, wreath-layings, and even a Hollywood film production. AFA is incredibly proud of the statement this remarkable memorial continues to make while being a constant reminder of our great heritage.

The Association is a 501(c)(3) charitable educational organization, and donations to AFA are tax deductible. We deeply appreciate the special gifts from members and industry partners that create numerous scholarships, educational grants, fellowships and other educational efforts.

As we move into 2011, we look forward to working with our members, supporters and friends to address the challenges of the future. It is with your support that AFA remains THE FORCE BEHIND THE FORCE.

Sincerely,

S. Sanford Schlitt Michael M. DunnChairman of the Board President/CEO

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MikE DUnnPresident/CEO

S. SAnFORD SChLiTTChairman of the Board

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Each month, all AFA members receive Air Force Magazine, the journal of the Air Force Association and flagship publication of the AFA publications enterprise. The Magazine has a long and proud history, having been in existence since before there was either an Air Force or an Air Force Association.

Over the decades, Air Force Magazine has evolved into one of the world’s foremost defense publications. It bears no resemblance to the small, parochial, inward-looking “house organs” so typical of most associations. It maintains the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and integrity while covering a broad range of military, foreign, and intelligence issues. Though it exists to serve the AFA membership, Air Force Magazine is also a significant voice to the wider world: read, respected, and frequently cited by members of Congress, defense officials, and other media.

The excellence of our Magazine is of premier importance to the Association. It provides AFA members with the facts, figures, and straight analysis needed to stay abreast of major Air Force, airpower, and defense issues. The Magazine, with in-depth articles of a historical nature, also fosters appreciation for airpower heritage and lore.

The staff of Air Force Magazine also produces the annual May Almanac and a wide variety of special publications such as conference programs and Mitchell Institute reports. The May Almanac is a heavyweight compendium of facts and figures about Air Force people, equipment, budgets, bases, organizations, leaders, heroes, and much more. This invaluable reference tool is referred to throughout the year, and the Air Force orders hundreds of extra copies for airmen to use as basic desk reference.

Air Force Magazine’s online “Daily Report” allows for comprehensive

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coverage of breaking news. This electronic news source is now considered a must-read by those who need to know about the Air Force, airpower, and national security. Many defense officials begin their day with the Daily Report, and have commented that it’s the single best source for news about the Air Force.

Available either by daily e-mail blast or online at www.airforce-magazine.com, the Daily Report brings airpower professionals up-to-the minute news along with useful graphics, testimony, and in-depth pieces.

One testament to the quality of work the Air Force Magazine staff puts together comes from the large number of reprint requests we receive. In 2010, there were 56 official requests to reprint Air Force Magazine articles from organizations such as the Air War College, the Joint Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence, the Naval War College, NATO Special Operations School, the Spaatz Center, Squadron Officer College, and the US Army Command and General Staff College.

These official reprint requests do not count the numerous and uncountable number of times our work has been cited, linked-to, or referenced by the other news organizations and blogs that draw from our work. Sometimes we are credited as a source of information, but often we are not.

The Magazine has a team of editors and production personnel that would be the envy of any defense publication, and the Air Force Magazine enterprise finished 2010 on solid financial footing despite the continuing weakness in the general economy.

Whether the subject is operations, programs, policies, history, or heroism, Air Force Magazine is a trusted and valued authority.

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highlighting Airpower issuesOur President and CEO continues a regular series of Notes from the AFA President. These letters, sent via e-mail, highlight current Air Force issues and AFA positions and are sent to 80,000 AFA members, members of Congress, the Air Force community, and citizens interested in airpower around the world. His e-mail address list —and the reach and impact it represents—continues to grow.

informing AFA Members “AFA Update” has provided information on AFA benefits and veteran, retiree, and Tricare issues, reaching more than 70,000 AFA members and non-members of the Air Force community via e-mail twice monthly.

Educating Lawmakers and their StaffsCongressional outreach programs include briefings, targeted meetings, and Secretary/Chief of Staff of the Air Force receptions reaching hundreds of Congressional staffers and members, with attendance increasing at virtually every event.

Leveraging Social MediaAFA has taken many initiatives to leverage social media in our day-to-day activities. Our social media forums including the AFA blog, wikis, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have become invaluable tools for dialogues with our members, supporters, and fans. These discussions range from current events, airpower issues, AFA resources, and updates on our Conferences, Symposiums, other events and programs throughout the year. Currently these outlets reach over 10,000 individuals directly with countless others reached by association. Social media are an integral part of our overall

president’s notes, member updates, congressional briefings, and social media

marketing efforts for AFA, CyberPatriot, and the Air Force Memorial. These avenues have enabled more rapid sharing of information and have been a key element in carrying out our mission to educate.

If you haven’t already done so, make sure to become a fan of the Air Force Association, CyberPatriot, and the Air Force Memorial on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.

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Despite the economy, AFA’s conference and symposia continue to attract an increasing number of attendees and the technology expositions overall show growth in corporate sponsorships, exhibit space sold, and exhibit revenue. Growth of any kind for exhibits in this economy is a real positive as the trend for trade shows nation-wide shows a drop in displays and participation. These events and others sponsored by AFA offer valuable professional development opportunities for the Total Force and help educate the public on airpower issues.

Air Warfare Symposium and Technology ExpositionAFA’s 26th annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposi-tion—held for the third year at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida—attracted more than 1,000 attendees, an increase of almost 100 over 2009, and another 216 signed up to attend only the Technology Exposition. There were also 29 news media, nearly doubling the number that covered the 2009 event. The larger venue has enabled AFA to continue to expand the Technology Exposition and to add a CyberPatriot competition. In 2010, the square foot-age of the exposition floor space increased by approximately 2% over 2009. And, total sponsorships in 2010 were almost double the number of the previous year.

Air & Space Conference and Technology ExpositionAFA’s three-day Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in its second year at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., attracted nearly 6,000 attendees, including 80 defense-aerospace reporters. It featured some 71 speakers over 45 workshops, forums, and addresses. Although the Technology Exposition had fewer overall entities exhibiting, the exposition footprint increased by just under 3% over 2009. And the average booth space grew by more than 62 square feet for an almost 20% increase over 2009. Additionally, industry sponsorships were about 56% higher than anticipated. Continuously networking with industry partners and working with each company individually to determine where each finds value has helped this program grow. Of note, too, a contribution by Corporate Sponsor Boeing enabled 350 students from the Air Command and Staff College to attend.

conferences/symposia, technology expositions, afa breakfast series, and other events

Global Warfare SymposiumThe AFA Global Warfare Symposium held in Los Angeles in 2010 attracted 425 attendees and 20 reporters. It showcased top military and commercial leaders who addressed strategic warfare issues, particularly in the Pacific region; space contributions to combat; and current challenges affecting the military, civilian, and commercial space partnership. AFA plans to move the event, which has been held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, to the Hyatt Century Plaza in Los Angeles in 2011 as part of its effort to continue to expand participation.

New Corporate Membership ProgramThe AFA Industrial Associate Program ended Dec. 31, 2009, and on Jan. 1, 2010, AFA launched its new AFA Corporate Membership Program. In its first year, the program attracted 91 companies. Among the benefits to each company are 50 full individual memberships and a listing in AFA’s online Corporate Member Directory. The program provides a variety of opportunities for industry to put its products and programs in front of decision-makers at every level and provides industry employees with opportunities to pursue professional educa-tion, networking, and to meet potential new customers. Of note, while AFA requires Corporate Membership to exhibit (and sponsor) at its technology expositions, several Corporate Membership companies are not currently exhibitors at AFA’s shows.

AFA Air Force Breakfast SeriesSince October 2009, AFA has been hosting Air Force Breakfast programs, which are held 10 times each year in Crystal City, Virginia, with speakers provided by the Secretary of the Air Force’s office. These events consistently attract leaders of aerospace industry and defense-aerospace media representatives.

Other AFA Eventsn AFA’s annual Air Attaché Reception was a very successful event attended by both Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz.

n The AFA Chalet at the Joint Services Open House at Andrews AFB, Maryland, featured its largest turnout to date. In attendance were many AFA industry partners and members of the foreign at-taché community along with members of their embassies.

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Attendees at the 2010 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition chat with exhibitors. (Photos/Guy Aceto)

For information on AFA Technology Expositions or to become a sponsor at any AFA event,

contact: Mary Ellen Dobrowolski: mdobrowolski@afa.org

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In its third year, the General Billy Mitchell Institute for Airpower stud-ies continued to advance, led by independent Director Dr. Rebecca Grant. AFA founded the institute to honor the leadership of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell through timely and high-quality research, writing, and speaking on airpower and its role in the security of the nation.

In 2010, the Mitchell Institute had another strong year extending advocacy and discussion of airpower—air, space, and cyber—throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and wider national community.

The institute hosted seven Mitchell Hour presentations—four with accompanying reports noted below—on various airpower topics:

n The Contested Air Commons—with Oliver Fritz, Director of Stra-tegic Planning, A8X, Air Staff, and Lt. Col. Kelly Martin, Fellow at Center for a New American Security.

n F-35 in a Downdraft—with Barry Watts, Senior Analyst, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Vice Adm. (Ret.) Den-nis McGinn, former Director, Navy Air Warfare; and Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF, then Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveil-lance, and Reconnaissance.

n Hypersonic Power Projection—presented by Dr. Richard P. Hal-lion, former Historian of the Air Force, and Dr. Mark Lewis, former Air Force Chief Scientist.

n Air Force UAVs: Secret History—presented by Dr. Thomas P. Ehrhard, Special Assistant to USAF Chief of Staff.

n Long Range Strike—special panel during AFA’s 2010 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition with Dr. Rebecca Grant as moderator and Mark A. Gunzinger, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr., USAF (Ret.)

n The Radar Game—presented by Dr. Rebecca Grant with Col. Michael A. Fantini, Division Chief, Combat Force Application, Hq. USAF, and Col. Leonard D’Amico, Assistant Division Chief, Combat Force Application.

n Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory—presented by Col. James C. Ruehrmund Jr., USAF (Ret.), Deloitte Consulting, and Dr. Christopher J. Bowie, Northrop Grumman Analysis Center.

Attendance levels for each session ranged from 45 to more than 80. Audience members included a good mix of analysts, industry representatives, foreign attaches, active duty military, and media. Vice Chief of Staff Howie Chandler attended the UAV session and other sessions included Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. (Ret.) and Gen. Lawrence A. Skantze (Ret.). Press coverage was excellent especially for the hypersonics, UAV, and force structure trends events.

The Mitchell Institute Press published one Mitchell Paper—Hyper-sonic Power Projection by Dr. Richard P. Hallion—highlighting the start and current state of and potential for hypersonics technology, with an accompanying Mitchell Hour (see above). The MI Press also published three book-length Mitchell Studies, each publicly released during a Mitchell Hour. The studies were:

n Air Force UAVs: The Secret History, adapted by Dr. Thomas P. Ehrhard from his doctoral thesis.

n The Radar Game: Understanding Stealth and Aircraft Survivability, a reprise of Dr. Rebecca Grant’s 1998 paper with a new foreword by the author.

n Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory 1950-2009, adapted from research and analysis by Col. James C. Ruehrmund Jr., USAF (Ret.) and Dr. Christopher J. Bowie.

The Mitchell Institute also hosted another Mitchell Anniversary Dinner. This special event included remarks by Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz on the Air Force’s case for long-range strike.

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Read more about the Mitchell institute and access reports and more via http://www.afa.org/mitchell/

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AFA’s CyberPatriot (CP) made great progress in a busy year that included successful execution of initial full national deployment following the decision early last year by AFA’s Board of Directors to institutionalize the program. A funding pledge in March from Northrop Grumman as “Presenting Sponsor” enabled CP to begin that national deployment—opening the CyberPatriot competition to JROTCs from all Services and also non-CAP/JROTC teams. Contributions by Raytheon, AFRL, and AFOSR, plus considerable in-kind support from SAIC, Microsoft, and General Dynamics Ad-vanced Information Systems (GD AIS) provided additional support. Additionally, SAIC generously funded scholarships for the winning teams in CP’s proof-of-concept competition.

Part of that institutionalization included finding full-time dedicated staff. In March, Laine Martens transferred from AFA Membership. In June, Ken Lesley, an MIT-educated Washington, D.C. high school teacher, joined the staff as CP Director of Education and Com-petition. And in July, Bernie Skoch, a retired USAF briga-dier general, took charge of the program as CyberPatriot Commissioner. In November, Rachel Batt joined CP (shar-ing her time with the Mitchell Institute). Also in November, CP hired Eric Danner.

CP received charter ap-proval from AFA leadership to launch its Board of Advi-sors to provide AFA with an experienced group of senior leaders who can help achieve CP goals. Dr. Paul G. Kaminski agreed to serve as Chairman. The other initial members are: Larry D. Cox (Senior VP and GM, Intelligence & Informa-tion Solutions, SAIC), Lynn Dugle (President, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems), Dr. Christopher B. Howard (President of Hampden-Sydney College), Lester L. Lyles (CEO, The Lyles Group), Judith A. Miller (Former DOD General Counsel), Linda Mills (Corporate VP and President, Information Systems, Northrop Grumman), Arthur L. Money (former Asst. Secretary of Defense and CIO), Harry D. Raduege Jr. (Chairman, Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation), and Lou Von Thaer (President, GD AIS).

Northrop Grumman appointed Diane Miller, a corporate-level vice president, as its CP Program Director, and six additional Information Systems VPs to its CP steering committee. Each then identified a subordinate for a working group to support CP.

However, a few efforts did not flow smoothly. When the original online developer for CP’s Competitor Relationship Management sys-tem failed to produce a system that could meet functional registration requirements, AFA’s IT staff created a “stop-gap” registration system

cyberpatriotThe NaTioNal high school cyber DefeNse compeTiTioN

For information on CyberPatriot, visit www.uscyberpatriot.org or contact: Laine Martens: lmartens@uscyberpatriot.org or call 703-247-5800

on the AFA website. CP then engaged a new developer SusQTech to deliver the full required capability by August 31.

Work by AFA’s Vice Chairman for Aerospace Education identified a Facebook game to serve CP as both a marketing and educational tool. CP arranged with AvatarLabs to develop the first stage by January 2011 and received the draft development document on schedule in August 2010.

CyberPatriot III kicked into high gear during this period, as the program moved into its first full season of nationwide open com-petition. Superb outreach by AFA’s volunteer leadership and AFA chapters brought more than 660 teams to the competition. There were 489 teams registered in the All Service Division, which, for the first time, included JROTC units of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in addition to Air Force JROTC and Civil Air Patrol cadets. Additionally, 189 teams registered in the new “Open Division” com-prising high schools with no JROTC affiliation.

Competition began as planned in October and No-vember with online rounds of competition for the All Service and Open Divisions respectfully. The competition was generally smooth, al-though technical challenges required CP staff’s and our partners’ strong attention. Successive online rounds in November and December and early January 2011 were improved.

The two highest scoring teams from each service JROTC program and CAP earned a trip to AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition in Florida in February 2011. Additionally, the two highest scoring All Service Division

“at large” teams, both CAP squadrons, also earned the Florida trip. Open Division teams competed online as well to be among the 12 teams to be invited to the CP-III National Finals Competition in Washington, D.C.

Planning for CP-IV accelerated as well during the period. We have established aggressive growth goals for team registrations, necessitating a critical review of our existing competition structure and technical competitive architecture. That review is ongoing.

To support our goals, CP is developing a set of partnerships that likely will result in the designation of some particularly strong participation areas as “CyberPatriot Centers of Excellence.” CP also secured additional funding during the period, consummating a strategic sponsorship with Boeing.

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health Care issues

n Attained TRICARE coverage for gray area reserve component retirees.

n Expanded window of active duty TRICARE coverage for mobilizing reservists.

n Established a new requirement that will provide service members who are diagnosed with PTSD/TBI a medical exam before administrative separation.

n Defeated $110/day increase in TRICARE Standard inpatient co-pay.

n Required DOD report on impact of law barring employer TRICARE incentives.

Active/Reserve Force issues

n Won 3.4% basic pay raise, effective Jan. 1, 2010 (0.5% above budget proposal).

n Won significant absentee voter protections for personnel and families overseas.

Retirement and Survivor issues

n Increased future payments of Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance.

n Authorized recalculation of retired pay for Guard and Reserve retirees who are recalled for 2+ years.

Veterans and Military Family issues

n Enabled Veterans’ Administration to receive advance appropriations authority, which will prevent end-of-year funding disruptions.

n Expanded family medical leave to include families of deploying active duty members.

n Won authority for military spouses to choose same domicile state as active duty member.

n Authorized internship pilot program in federal agencies for active duty spouses.

n Required DOD report regarding the impact of deployments upon dependent children.

Weapons Systems RecapitalizationAdvocated for the following:

n Replacing the aging tanker fleet in the most expeditious manner possible.

n Preserving the next generation long range strike platform development program.

n Establishing a robust production rate for F-35 to mitigate the impact of the fighter bathtub in the Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve.

n Continuing acquisition of the C-17 and modernization of the C-5 fleet.

n Making concurrent and balanced modernization of Guard and Reserve assets.

n Instituting more robust investment in the Air Force’s cyberspace capabilities.

n Sustaining investment in the Air Force’s strategic infra-structure to enable effective shaping and deterrence.

n Increasing investment in modern equipment for the Air Force Special Operations community.

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AFA’s legislative interface includes briefings by AFAers, such as the one Bob Largent (center), former AFA Chairman of the Board, presented in May 2010 to Missouri lawmakers. Pictured with Largent (from left) are Sen. David Pearce; Rep. Denny Hoskins; Brig. Gen. Stephen Cotter, Missouri Air Na-

tional Guard; Col. Leonard D’Amico, 509th Operations Group commander; and Rep. Scott Largent.

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top issues for 2011AFA’s Top Issues for 2011, which were approved by the Board of Directors and national delegates at the national convention in September 2010, represent AFA’s positions on the current and ongoing issues facing the Air Force today.

SUPPORTing OUR AiRMEn < The strength of the Air Force is found in the men and women who serve. The Air Force Association

supports them and honors their service.

< AFA is especially proud of Air Force men and women—active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian—for their sacrifices on behalf of our nation.

CARing FOR VETERAnS & RETiREES < TRICARE is an earned benefit that meets the unique demands of military service. As a nation, we

must always maintain our promise to care for those who served.

RECAPiTALiZing ThE Aging FLEET < Make a swift and binding decision to allow rapid production of new tankers.

< Continue modification of the C-5B/Cs; gain the flexibility to retire the older C-5As; keep the C-17 production line open.

< Make a full commitment to the F-35 program, ensuring a rapid production rate.

< Develop procedures for Remotely Piloted Aircraft on their eventual beddown and operations within the US.

< Develop and acquire new long-range strike assets by 2020.

< Retain CSAR as a core Air Force mission and field a replacement CSAR helicopter.

SECURing SPACE AnD CyBERSPACE < Fully fund and support space situational awareness, space protection programs, and assured

access to space.

< Invest steadily and strategically on space capabilities and recognize the US must retain clear superiority in this critical mission area.

< Focus on developing the next generation of cyber security experts and capabilities and be able to quickly inject new technologies into key enclaves to secure the network and support the mission.

STREngThEning ThE nUCLEAR MiSSiOn < Provide life extension programs that ensure safe, reliable, and secure nuclear weapons and

maintain the responsive production infrastructure to deter, assure, and provide stability.

< Sustain delivery systems and warheads for the foreseeable future, but just as importantly, nuclear support equipment and infrastructure.

inVESTing in AiRPOWER < Develop a national industrial policy to attract and maintain an experienced workforce.

< Promote early learning in foundational studies, including science and math, to stimulate development of the next generation of engineers, scientists, and technicians.

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air force memorial foundation2010 Events at the Air Force Memorial

Promotion ceremonies 30Retirement ceremonies 27Enlistment/Re-enlistment ceremonies 8Band concerts 18Tours 100Special events 110

Chief of Staff arrival ceremonies 5Heritage wreath-layings 10Honor Flight and AFA Knoxville WWII Tours 63WASP wreath-laying ceremony AFA Team of the Year tour Wounded warrior cycling event French College Interarmees de Defense tour German military NBC defense & self-protection school staff & students Laurel Valley High School AFJROTC wreath-laying ceremony Bike DC community ride AFA/AFSA memorial wreath-laying ceremony Air Force Academy Society of Washington wreath-laying ceremony AFA/AFMF Flag Day ceremony Sousa Festival community band concert US Air Force Band Independence Day concert AFSA/AFMF Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony Air Force unit & functional organization tours 5AFM volunteers GI party USAF Cycling Classic

Memorial Fourth year VisitorsApproximately 246,000 people visited the Memorial in 2010. Worth highlight-ing are the nearly 8,300 people attending the USAF Band’s summertime concerts, and the almost 10,000 Independence Day visitors that enjoyed the incredible panoramic view of our nation’s capital and fireworks.

For more information visit the AFMF online at www.airforcememorial.org or on Facebook

n AFM Volunteer DocentsWe continue to ask for volunteers to help support activities at the Memorial. Our volunteers are essentially the “face” of the AFM by greeting visitors, providing information, answering questions, and at times leading tours. Currently, we have a small trained group of volunteer docents but certainly additional volunteers are needed so please call, 703-979-0674 or e-mail, AFMF@airforcememorial.org to volunteer or with questions.

n Airmen heritage ArchivesDuring the year 2010, the Foundation’s “first-step” efforts to develop the Airmen Heritage Archives were successful and this computer-ized database is now accessible on-line and will be accessible at the Memorial in late spring 2011. This program concept is intended to gather and preserve the organizational, program, and personal professional history of our Air Force, AF heritage organizations, and AF people. The goal of the Archives is to provide a readily acces-sible central database that can be used as a resource for current and future generations of visitors and families to study and to more fully understand and appreciate the contributions and sacrifices of our country’s Airmen. We will continue to update and upgrade the quality and quantity of information to “Make Your Story Our History” through the use of direct mail and directed phone calls.

About the FoundationThe Air Force Memorial Foundation (AFMF) provides the daily Air Force Memorial (AFM) management oversight and direct event plan-ning and support that helps ensure the AFM becomes and remains a national place of reverence, remembrance, celebration, and pride for its hundreds of thousands yearly visitors. Inherent and critical to this mission is preserving the heritage of America’s Airmen.

The AFMF was formed in 1992 as a tax exempt, charitable, histori-cal, and educational organization. (It is incorporated in the District of Columbia and has been granted a 501(c)(3) status by the IRS and contributions are 100% tax deductible.) It was created to build a national memorial to commemorate the contributions, sacrifices, courage, and heroism of America’s Airmen and the technological achievements that have made American airpower the most formi-dable in the world.

The Memorial was dedicated in October 2006 to the millions of patriotic men and women who have distinguished themselves in the service of their country in the US Air Force and its heritage organizations.

In April 2007 the AFMF officially became affiliated with and fully part of the Air Force Association. AFA formally signed an agreement to provide oversight governance and a day-to-day operational pres-ence at the Memorial. This day-to-day presence is provided by the two staff members of the AFMF.

Preserving Air Force heritageAFA through the AFMF has defined an Air Force Memorial vision for the 2017 time period. A significant goal of this vision is the preserva-tion of Air Force Heritage. Several actions are on-going to help us meet this vision. Three that can use your support are the on-going volunteer docent program, the annual Airman’s Society program, and the recently unveiled Airmen Heritage Archives.

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Pitsenbarger AwardsEach year AFA awards $400 grants and a certificate of achievement to Air Force enlisted personnel who have graduated from the Community College of the Air Force in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree and who exhibit distinguished activity encompassing leadership, teamwork, citizenship, community service, dedication, personal development, and academic achievement. They also must have a commander’s endorsement. In 2010, AFA presented 378 Pitsenbarger Awards, which are named for A1C William H. Pitsenbarger, a pararescue jumper who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroic actions during the Vietnam War.

Spouse ScholarshipsIn 2010, AFA awarded three education scholarships of $2,500 each to spouses who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees. The recipients of these scholarships must be spouses of active duty or reserve airmen who have demonstrated academic achievement and participated in community activities. The 2010 recipients are: Tammy Wisco of Arlington, Massachusetts, who worked as a civil engineer and is now pursuing a masters of engineering degree; Lauren Croft-Mahajan of Columbus, Mississippi, who has a master’s degree in criminal justice and is working for a doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in forensic psychology; and Kirstina Barry of Ventura, California, who is seeking a masters in environmental science.

JROTC Instructor GrantsContinuing its long tradition of support for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs, AFA provided $10,000 in 2010 to help promote aerospace education activities, including making 20 $250 grants to JROTC instructors.

CAP Educator and Unit GrantsIn 2010, AFA awarded nearly $20,000 to support Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aerospace education activities. The grants go to teachers who are members of either CAP or AFA to help them further aerospace knowledge among their students and to CAP units to support science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) activities. AFA awarded grants in the amount of $250 each to 39 educators and to 40 CAP units.

Outstanding CAP, JROTC, ROTC CadetsEach year AFA works with CAP, JROTC, and ROTC officials to honor individual cadets who have demonstrated outstanding focus and energy in their aerospace endeavors. Each detachment, squadron, or unit selects an outstanding cadet and presents an AFA medal, ribbon, and certificate to the cadet. In 2010, AFA awards went to 179 CAP cadets, 890 JROTC cadets, and 143 ROTC cadets.

Lt. Col. Romeo and Josephine Bass Ferretti ScholarshipIn 2010, AFA presented a $2,500 scholarship to Karina Altman to help pursue a degree in marine biology at Texas A&M University at Galveston. This is one of four annual scholarships AFA has presented thanks to a $250,000 endowment provided by the late Lt. Col. Romeo Ferretti, USAF (Ret.) and late Mrs. Josephine Bass Ferretti. The recipients are minor dependents of Air Force active duty or reserve personnel who have demonstrated both merit and need. Both Colonel Ferretti and his wife were long-time supporters of AFA and advocates of education. Colonel Ferretti began his military career as a P-61 pilot in World War II, retiring from the Air

Force after 23 years and afterward becoming a stock broker and financial planner. His wife was a secondary and high school teacher for 30 years and taught a variety of courses for airmen at MacDill AFB, Florida.

Capt. Jodi Callahan Memorial ScholarshipAFA awarded the $1,000 Capt. Jodi Callahan Memorial Scholarship in 2010 to SSgt. Ryan VanArtsdalen, who is pursuing a Master of Aeronautical Science degree with an emphasis on aviation management and aerospace safety systems and was selected to attend Officer Training School. Recipients of this annual scholarship must be an active duty or full-time reserve Air Force officer or enlisted member seeking a graduate degree in a non-technical field. Donations to the Jodi Callahan Memorial Fund make this annual scholarship possible. Captain Callahan, who was pursuing a second master’s degree at the time of her death, was an under-40 AFA National Director and Aerospace Education Foundation Trustee.

Spaatz AwardIn 2010, AFA bestowed the Gen. Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz Award on Maj. Jeffrey A. O’Grady, along with an accompanying $1,000 and replica of the Spaatz plaque. AFA presents the Spaatz award annually to the Air Command and Staff College graduate with the paper that best advocates Air Force aerospace power, in this case, the paper titled “From ‘Whack-a-Mole’ to Three-Dimensional Chess: Leveraging Airpower to Defeat the IED.” This award is made possible through an endowed gift by Rebecca Spaatz-Nagel to honor her father, General Spaatz, who not only served as Air Force Chief of Staff but also, after his retirement, as AFA Chairman of the Board, continuing his strong advocacy of telling the airpower story.

Grantham University ScholarshipAFA manages the selection process for Grantham University Scholarships awarded to an active duty airman or AFA member or dependent of either category. In 2010, AFA helped select Dameyon Beaman, a former Air Force medical technician and now a mental health technician for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky. He will receive a full four-year online degree program scholarship valued at approximately $34,000 and books and software. Beaman plans to complete a bachelor’s degree and then pursue a master’s in hospital administration.

Aerospace Education Educator GrantsEach year AFA promotes aerospace education within K-12 classrooms through its Educator Grant program, which awards up to $250 grants to meet the unmet and unfunded educational needs of students. AFA selects projects it believes will significantly influence student learning through development of innovative aerospace activities within a school’s prescribed curriculum. For the 2010-11 school year, AFA awarded 108 Educator Grants, totaling $26,470.

Visions of Exploration GrantsUSA TODAY Education and AFA, which began the Visions of Exploration program 20 years ago as a means to enhance elementary, middle, and high school student skills in STEM courses and aerospace education, have reached nearly 13 million students over the course of the program with the help of AFA’s more than 200 local chapters. For the 2010-11 school year, the Visions of Exploration program sponsored 856 classrooms, reaching some 150,000 students.

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group Life insurance PlansAFA Veteran Benefits Association paid more than $2.6 million in death benefits in 2010 to the families of Members insured under its Term Life and Accidental Death insurance policies. More than 20,000 Members participate in these group life insurance plans which are exclusive to AFAVBA and do not contain exclusions for war or terrorist activities or for flying personnel.

Dividend payments totaling more than $228,000 were mailed to

insurance proGrams

AFAVBA continues to focus on business development, forming new relationships in 2010 with Mutual of Omaha, Chartis Insur-ance, Lifelock, International Cruise and Excursions, Journey Education, and USAA. Additionally, the strong relationship with MetLife was expanded to include a fifth MetLife product offering to Members—group legal services.

business deVelopment

The AFA headquarters building is a landmark in the Washington, D.C. area and a great source of pride for the association. AFA is the sole owner of the building and occupies about 25 percent of its space. About 75 percent of the building is leased to other organizations. We are pleased to report that the building is fully leased and occupied and should provide a steady stream of revenue in the years ahead.

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The AFA Veteran Benefits Association (AFAVBA) is an affiliate of the Air Force Association (AFA). AFAVBA is a 501(c)19 Veterans Organization formed to manage the Veterans Advocacy and member benefit programs of AFA. AFAVBA supports legislation that will improve the quality of life for all Veterans who have

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participants in the Decreasing Term Life Insurance plan in 2010, essentially returning a portion of the premium paid for their insur-ance protection.

Other insurance ProgramsOther insurance programs benefitting members include dental, whole life, critical illness, health, hospital, Cancer, and supple-ments to both Medicare and TRICARE.

Other AFAVBA ProgramsAFAVBA staff also work on special projects for AFA including the 2010 “Air Force Album”, collector’s ornaments, greeting cards, membership directories, and more.

served our nation. All AFA Members are also members of AFAVBA.

www.afavba.orgWe encourage you to review the benefit programs of AFA’s Vet-eran Benefits Association at www.afavba.org.

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SSGT. JOSEPH R. ATONTactical Air Control Party11th Air Support Operations Squadron (Air Combat Command)Ft. Hood, Tex.Home of Record: Roseville, Calif.

Directed aircraft delivery of 27,000 pounds of weapons to support 60 troops-in-contact actions and killed 42 enemy forces, during 180-day deployment to a remote forward operating base in Afghanistan. … Determined origin of enemy fires, exposing his position, to enable precise close air support (CAS) strikes. … Controlled simultaneously B-1 and MQ-1 aircraft while tracking eight individuals emplacing improvised explosive devices (IEDs), resulting in all insurgents being neutralized. … Prepared a response team and controlled an AC-130 gunship dur-ing a successful rescue of an isolated soldier. … Led recovery team digging out a soldier trapped in building collapse, saving five lives and ensuring evacuation of wounded. … Created 10 hours of CAS courseware, helping instruct dozens of Army joint fires officers.

SSGT. ZULLY M. BIRKBECK (fORMERLY RENON)Financial Management Journeyman56th Comptroller Sq. (Air Education and Training Command)Luke AFB, Ariz.Home of Record: Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico

Instrumental to the $134 million operations and maintenance budget program execution at Luke Air Force Base. … Selected as Air Force Financial Management Airman of the Year for 2009. … Oversaw $26 million in funding and helped provide contingency operations financial guidance during deployment to Central Command theater of operations. … Certified 117 documents—error free—worth about $19 million. … Trained other airmen on new way to handle unsettled orders, cutting the list by 95 percent in three months and prompting CENTCOM-wide adoption of her strategy. … Worked on teaming with vendors outside the wire, speeding delivery of supplies from two months to just one week.

TSGT. ANTHONY G. GRAHAMFlight Production Expeditor18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (Pacific Air Forces)Eielson AFB, AlaskaHome of Record: Tellico Planes, Tenn.

Led maintenance on USAF’s oldest active duty F-16s, overseeing 4,056 scheduled maintenance actions and 230 repairs. … Guided 38 maintainers who generated 2,892 sorties and 5,026 flight hours to complete wing’s annual flying hour program. … Supervised 55 airmen and 15 aircraft for a Red Flag exercise that produced 247 sorties and verified combat skills of more than 20 pilots. … Created cannibalization procedures and targeted 56 tasks and 12 high-fail areas which increased on-time aircraft maintenance to 93 percent. … Readied his organization for a 10-aircraft, multisite deployment with 100 passengers and 41 short tons of cargo that met all maintenance metrics over the course of 245 sorties.

The Air Force Outstanding Airmen program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement, and personal achievements. The program was initiated at AFA’s 10th annual National Convention, held in New Orleans in 1956. The selection board comprises the Chief Master Sergeant

of the Air Force and the command chief master sergeants from each USAF major command. The selections are reviewed by the Air Force Chief of Staff. The Air Force awards the 12 selectees the Outstanding Airman ribbon with the bronze service star device. They also wear the Outstanding Airman badge for one year.

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SSGT. ROBERT GUTIERREZ JR.Combat Control Craftsman21st Special Tactics Sq. (Air Force Special Operations Command)Pope AFB, N.C.Home of Record: Chula Vista, Calif.

Directed and controlled more than 40 CAS strikes and strafing runs while under intense enemy fire against a well-trained insurgent force estimated to be 200 strong. … Controlled air strikes and medical evacuations that eventually led to the successful extraction of all team members and casualties. … Served 90 days in western Afghanistan before being wounded in the chest during a battle with Taliban forces. …Continued in action, killing his attacker and directing CAS strikes within 30 meters of his location. … Curtailed convalescent leave to serve as a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) instructor.

SMSGT. STEVEN HIGGINSWing Inspections, Readiness, and Exercises Superintendent48th Fighter Wing (US Air Forces in Europe)RAF Lakenheath, EnglandHome of Record: San Francisco

Deployed to Iraq for six months as a counter radio-controlled IED electronic warfare instructor, serving as the electronic warfare senior enlisted leader with an Army unit. … Led 52 field site electronic warfare technicians. … Commanded 10 outside-the-wire missions. … Helped ensure more than a hundred soldiers were mission ready again in less than 24 hours after a convoy attack. … Found and cleared 110 RCIEDs. … Executed more than 300 system precombat checks, identifying and replacing 50 faulty systems that protected 200 vehicles and 700 people. … Oversaw more than 300 maintenance actions and 131 threat updates.

TSGT. STEPHEN R. HUNTER JR.Explosive Ordnance Disposal Craftsman944th Civil Engineer Sq. (Air Force Reserve Command)Luke AFB, Ariz.Home of Record: St. Petersburg, Fla.

Completed 107 combat missions, destroying 29 IEDs and clearing 3,000 kilome-ters of critical supply routes while on a short-notice mobilization—his second six-month deployment to Iraq. … Volunteered to help manpower-strapped active duty counterpart squadron, training seven regular Air Force counterparts and certifying explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians on vital range tasks and critical war skills. … Swept 70,000-plus acres of Goldwater Range, dispos-ing of more than 4,000 items of unexploded ordnance and recycling 548 tons of scrap metal. … Considered a top tactical range operations EOD instructor. … Developed an inventory system that achieved 100 percent accountability and doubled user productivity.

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MSGT. JAMES P. MOGRENSecurity Forces Craftsman72nd Security Forces Sq. (Air Force Materiel Command)Tinker AFB, Okla.Home of Record: Wheatridge, Colo.

Provided command and control after explosive device detonation on deployment to a provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan. … Maintained security and aided the injured, resulting in award of Bronze Star Medal. … Led security operations for 95 convoys that enabled quality assessments on 27 projects valued at $3.2 million. … Planned and executed numerous joint missions with coalition forces, including working with French forces to secure volatile valleys in the area. … Conducted 60 critical meetings with Afghan government officials, building trust and teamwork that impacted daily lives of some 350,000 people. … Supervised 13 humanitarian assistance actions that delivered 20,000 tons of aid to 3,600 Afghan families. … Detailed security specifications for construction projects, working to NATO standards.

SRA. CHERYL A. MOORE Multisource Analyst8th Intelligence Sq. (Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Agency)JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HawaiiHome of Record: Portland, Ore.

Earned one of only two instructor rated officer certifications given so far in USAF for the multisource analyst position. … Analyzed Predator video, enabling com-pound Hellfire strikes on enemy forces in CENTCOM theater of operations. …Warned combat units of imminent threats and protected forces against snipers, IEDs, and ambushes. … Worked outside her specialty and excelled in combat with minimal training or supervision. … Led intelligence fusion for 120 remotely piloted aircraft missions with 1,300 hours on target giving critical situational awareness for 240 combat operations. … Instructed nine analysts on innovative exploitation techniques, increasing ISR reporting in-theater by 23 percent.

SRA. RYAN D. PfEIfERSecurity Forces Journeyman791st Missile Security Forces Sq. (Air Force Global Strike Command)Minot AFB, N.D. Home of Record: Aurora, Colo.

Executed three emergency deviations to convoy routes, enabling forward units to meet convoy commander’s intent and uphold nuclear weapons security. … Improved convoy briefing creation and distribution process, saving two hours on each convoy and more than 200 man-hours annually. … Served as a heavy weapons team leader for 120 convoys, up 50 percent from the previous year’s total and all conducted without incident. … Led security teams for 49 nuclear system movements. … Performed 72 hours as a security escort team leader for increased mission operations, allowing three missile sequence code changes to be accomplished without delay. … Selected to aid group conducting nuclear systems route vulnerability study, helping verify and mitigate 300 routes.

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SSGT. KENNETH I. WALKER IIITactical Air Control Party Journeyman116th ASOS (Air National Guard)Camp Murray, Wash.Home of Record: El Paso, Tex.

Supported four JTACs at five forward operating bases, working with the Army’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, on his fifth deployment to CENTCOM theater of operations. … Led CAS missions for nine named operations. … Spent more than 135 hours on combat patrols. … Directed 18 precision strikes, employing more than 48,000 pounds of ordnance. … Controlled more than 1,600 rounds of ordnance during 88 troops-in-contact situations, inflicting 33 enemy kills. … Directed strikes and returned small-arms fire, saving numerous US and coalition lives, after dismounting a vehicle struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. … Led CAS missions during a 40-hour firefight, destroying an enemy bunker and saving some 200 coalition forces. … Provided armed CAS overwatch for a critical medical outreach mission, helping build indigenous support. … Spearheaded CAS support for an eight-hour search mission, neutralizing the enemy threat and providing safe passage for some 100 US and Afghan forces.

A1C SAMUEL A. SIEWERTFire Protection Journeyman437th Civil Engineer Sq. (Air Mobility Command) JB Charleston, S.C.Home of Record: Oconomowoc, Wis.

Extracted a cardiac arrest patient from a civilian aircraft, enabling first responders to revive the patient and save his life. … Recognized immediately that a routine medical call was in fact a suicide attempt, providing correct care for patient survival. … Applied advanced lifesaving techniques to twice revive a patient who had been ejected from a car. … Recalled to duty to help battle a raging fire in military housing, following up by helping the victim with relocation. … Rescued an individual pinned by two cars, stabilizing a broken leg and treating internal injuries—patient recovered. … Controlled a C-17 aircraft fire to the point of origin, securing a pathway for 13 individuals on board and helping save a multimillion dollar aircraft.

MSGT. SARAH A. SPARKSSupply ManagerHq. Logistics, Installation, and Support Division (Air Force Space Command)Peterson AFB, Colo.Home of Record: Taos, N.M.

Served one-year deployment as a logistics advisor for the Afghan National Security Forces, advising the Afghan two-star logistics and materiel readiness director and synchronizing efforts across the Ministry of Defense. … Led 225 convoys and ensured safety of 1,400 passengers along 1,600 miles with no mishaps. … Man-aged Afghan National Army (ANA) depot capability for 134,000 soldiers, 11,000 weapons, a $350 million vehicle fleet, and $65 million worth of radio equipment. … Spearheaded a total review of national Afghan logistics policies and procedures, slashing expected rewrite time from 18 months to four months. … Facilitated $13.7 million supply warehouse upgrade at ANA national depot. … Led Air Force Global Logistics Supply Center review for AFSPC, identifying and resolving nine critical and six major logistics concerns.

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air force team of the Year programAFA works with the Air Force each year to honor a career field under the Team of the Year Program. The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and the major command-level command chief master sergeants select the career field—historically an enlisted field—and identify individual members who clearly display supe-rior technical expertise, attract the praise of their superiors, and provide leadership and inspiration to others.

For 2010, the Air Force chose Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) sensor operators as the Team of the Year, selecting five airmen to represent the field’s more than 500 sensor operators. AFA hon-ored those five during a reception and a ceremony in the Wash-ington, D.C. area as part of a four-day program that included visits with Air Force leaders at the Pentagon and a visit with each team member’s Congressman on Capitol Hill.

MSgt. John L. Allen, MQ-1B Sensor Operator, 3rd Special Opera-tions Squadron, Cannon AFB, New Mexico, flew 212 hours in support of combatant commanders. He was instrumental to the elimination of 18 enemy combatants, the capture of 12 high value individuals, and the detention of 41 al Qaeda forces. He also was instrumental to the develop-ment of the Dragon Operations Center

TSgt. Ryan K. Carabajal, MQ-1B Sensor Operator, 111th Recon-naissance Squadron, Ellington Field JRB, Texas, coordinated more than 150 combat sorties, accumulating more than 300 combat hours in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He provided 85 hours of full motion video to ground commanders, developing patterns of life intel-ligence for coalition combat operations and conducted armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) for three convoys.

MSgt. Richard E. Jones, RPA Sensor Operator, 78th Reconnais-sance Squadron, Creech AFB, Nevada, led a team of 93 highly skilled sensor operators through daily combat operations in the Air Force’s first weaponized and only dual capable RPA squadron. He also served as first

sergeant, operations superintendent, and RPA sensor operator instructor and flight examiner for Reserve and active duty personnel.

SrA. Abbey L. Korovich, MQ-1B/MQ-9 Sensor Operator, 17th Re-connaissance Squadron, 432nd Operations Group, 432nd Wing, 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Creech AFB, Nevada, flew 230 combat support sorties, amassing 652 hours of armed reconnaissance, prosecuting 921 targets. She personally targeted five enemy compounds by guiding seven weapons during a complex multi-ship attack, destroying 21 anti-coalition militants.

SrA. Jon B. Turney, MQ-9 Instructor Sensor Operator, 29th Attack Squadron, 49th Operations Group, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, flew 364 instructional hours during formal training unit surge operations, resulting in 92 qualified MQ-9 Sensor Operators ready to join overseas contingency operations and support the stand-up of additional MQ-9 combat air patrols. He created an MQ-9 Community of Practice, providing real-time and easily accessible RPA data to users Air Force wide.

2010 Team of the YearPictured at the Air Force Memorial in Arling-ton, Va., from left: MSgt. Richard Jones, SrA. Jon Turney, TSgt. Ryan Carabajal, SrA. Abbey Korovich, and MSgt. John Allen.

Above: The five RPA sensor operators repre-senting the 2010 Team of the Year attend an informal reception with AFA representatives, including then Vice Chairman-Field Opera-tions James Lauducci, and Air Force officials, including Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz (at left in red sweater) and CMSAF James Roy (standing left in light blue shirt).

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AFA created its National Aerospace Teacher of the Year Award to recognize K-12 teachers for their accomplishments and achievements in building enthusiasm among their students about science, technology, engineering, and math and prepar-ing those students to use STEM skills to contribute to tomor-row’s technologies. The association began the Teacher of the Year award program 25 years ago.

In 2010, AFA selected Allen Robnett of Gallatin High School in Gallatin, Tenn., as its National Aerospace Teacher of the Year.

Robnett teaches aviation, astronomy, physics, and college-level algebra. His efforts to promote STEM courses has included building a small observatory on the school’s rooftop and outfit-ting the nine-foot-diameter structure with a rotating dome and a one-foot diameter telescope. He also painted two classroom walls with black paint and glow-in-the-dark spots to create a miniature planetarium. And, he rounded up 12 flight simulator stations to help teach aviation theory.

In an innovative approach to “sell” science and technology to students, Robnett offers rides around the school cafeteria in a hovercraft driven by a leaf-blower. He also helped obtain ap-proval from the Tennessee Department of Education to create two new programs at Gallatin—“Aviation Theory and Practice” and “Astronomy and Space Exploration.”

2010 National Teacher of the Year At top: Allen Robnett, teacher at Gallatin High School in Tennes-see, with student Tony Tuttle.

At left: Robnett whirls student James Jackson in a swivel chair to demonstrate gyroscopic effects.

AFA presented Robnett with a $3,000 cash award and plaque at its National Convention in the Washington, D.C. metro area. AFA also presented cash awards to the second and third place national-level teachers of the year—Carolyn Bushman of Utah received $2,000 and Cyndi Stone of Florida, $1,000.

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The Air Force Association would not be able to carry out its mission without its generous benefactors—AFA corporate sponsors. These companies support AFA throughout the year at our annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition, Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition, and Global Warfare Symposium. We would like to thank the following companies for their generous and continuing support.

Strategic Partners (from $200,000)

Platinum Sponsors ($100,000 to $199,999)

Silver Sponsors ($5,000 to $49,999)

Event Sponsors (up to $4,999)

gold Sponsors ($50,000 to $99,999)

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Often referred to as the “best in the air,” the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are respected and revered by many. It is because of this reputation and honor that the Air Force Association named the planned giving society the THUNDERBIRD SOCIETY. This was established in 2005 to recognize those individuals who invest in the future of the Air Force Association through a living legacy of commitment. These friends have made provisions for planned gifts which include life income arrangements, bequests and provisions in their wills or trusts, or life insurance policies in which the Association is a beneficiary.

Craig and Connie AllenBoyd AndersonJohn E. AppelMichael and Patricia BoltonTutt BradfordClarence BrownJudy Church James CorbettOllie CrawfordBradford CummingsDonald DavisMike and Pam DunnAngela DupontJustin and Deann FaiferlickJosephine Bass Ferretti*Edward and Marilyn garlandkenneth A. gossMartin harrisharold and Rose hennekeRobert D. hudson Jr.R. J. iacino

Joseph kabotThomas J. kempBob and Virginia kershawSteve and Susan LundgrenBill and kathy McguthBilly McLeodRansom MeriamJack Millerherman nickelAdam P. OhlJohn RediganDon RiceJerry RileyJack n. Rothausnora RuebrookSandy and Patricia SchlittJoseph ShriberWilliam Spruance*Joe and geri SutterCharlie ThomasJerry and Mary White

ChARTER MEMBERS

Timothy Brock

Jim and Bonnie Callahan

David* and Marguerite Cummock

gordon Jackson

Bob and Becky Largent

glenn Schaffer

Loren and Randy* Spencer

Ray and Carole Turczynski

Realized Planned gifts in 2010

Phyllis Melviin

Charles Richter

John Wood

MEMBERS

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* Deceased

Then Chairman of the Board Joe Sutter presents An-gela Dupont a certificate denoting her membership in the Thunderbird Society during the 2010 AFA National Convention.

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LEgACy WingS CLUB

James and Bonnie Callahan

Glenn J. Schaffer

DiAMOnD WingS CLUB

Michael and Pam Dunn

George and Vicki Muellner

John N. Miller

Charles G. Thomas

PLATinUM WingS CLUB

Buck and Mary Buckwalter

Philip Cerniglia

Bob and Becky Largent

Larry A. Lawson

Craig Truman

Leonard and Betty Vernamonti

gOLD WingS CLUB

David Dietsch

George M. Douglas

Joseph and Adelaide Fenton

Jim and Marie Lauducci

William R. Looney

Donald Rice

S. Harry Robertson

Sandy and Patricia Schlitt

Peter B. Teets

Jerry and Mary White

Silver Wings Club

Craig and Connie Allen

Boyd Anderson

Wade C. Ashley

Ruth Bayer

D. M. Best

David and Joan Blankenship

Larry S. Brooks

Brad B. Bryan

David J. Bunce

Pat and Judy Condon

William and Phyllis Croom

Stephen J. Dillenburg

George F. Dutrow

William Fedor

Edward and Marilyn Garland

Fred D. Gibson

O. Thomas Hansen

Donald J. Harlin

Richard E. Hawley

Peter J. Hennessey

Robert W. Hicks and Col. Sue Ann

Olsavicky

Charles D. Hill

Clarence N. Horlen

Wayne R. Kauffman

Lois James Larson

Steven and Susan Lundgren

Lester L. Lyles

I. A. Morris

Richard B. Myers

Robert S. Noone

Jon Pensyl

Jack and Gretchen Price

David L. Robertson

Nora Ruebrook

John A. Shaud

Robert L. Shick

James W. Simons

Joseph and Geri Sutter

William T. Turlington

Scott and Barbara Van Cleef,

Louis D. Van Mullem

Andrew W. Waters

Edward Wootten

Charles and Ursula Zimkas

BROnZE WingS CLUB

Donald Akers

Robert B. Allan

Mark B. Allen

John R. Arrowsmith

Michael and Patricia J. Bolton

Louis L. Borick

Bill M. Brady

William J. Bristol

Roy W. Browne

John R. Burt

Richard Buxton

Angelo G. Carras

Lynn A. Carroll

Suzann Chapman

George B. Coover

Charles S. Cristol

Robert T. Dambach

Joseph P. Dirosario

David P. Dry

Donald A. Durant

Frank H. English

Justin and Deann M. Faiferlick

Paul W. Finnegan

Bryon Gene Fish

Gordon E. Fisher

Richard Frette

Emil and Lily Friedauer

Robert W. Gillies

David A. Green

William R. Grider

George L. Hahn

Tokio Harada

Martin H. Harris

Maxine S. Haun

Harry Hengel

Harold and Rose F. Henneke

Sir Lenox Hewitt

James Howell

John I. Jenkins

Robert W. Johnson

Russell W. Keiter

Thomas and Ruth Kemp

George Kibe

Ralph W. Knight

William R. Knoepfle

Jack L. Kreisher

Maximilian Lamont

Howard E. Leach

Andrew S. Leong

Eugene B. Lewis

Jon Lienemann

Carrington Lloyd

Francis A. Madsen

George A. Magan

Hans Mark

Carl E. McDonald

Richard S. Merdian

Donald D. Michel

Donald R. Michels

James R. Morris

John W. Mortland

James B. Murphy

Barry J. Musser

John Nally

Robert H. Neitz

Brian O. Normandin

William D. O’Bar

Peter J. Papasifakis

Lawrence R. Paretta

Earl G. Peck

Edward P. Pernotto

Robert Pike

Roy L. Pinkerman

John J. Politi

Paul D. Puttock

Ronald Quist

Regner C. Rider

James H. Sammons

Joan Sell

David A. Sidwell

Ray B. Sitton

Lawrence and Patricia A. Skantze

Fred R. Sloan

Eldon R. Smith

Virginia Snow

Ernest C. Spivey

William H. Stevens

Harry Stowers

Alvin I. Sutton

We greatly thank and recognize the more than 25,000 donations given to the Air Force Association during 2010. AFA would not be able to accomplish the many things listed on the previous pages without the generous support provided by our donors.

To that end, we especially thank our Wings Club members—those who contributed a cumulative amount of $150 or more during the year. Listed on the following pages are the Wings Club donors for 2010.

Those individuals giving at the Silver Wings level and above are invited to special events and receptions during the year and honored during the Air and Space Conference in Washington, D.C. each year.

Thank you, Wings Club Donors 2010!

(We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the names on this and following pages; however, should a mistake have been made, we apologize and ask that you let us know so we can correct the data.)

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At the 2010 National Convention, AFA Chairman of the Board Joe Sutter presents a token “guide dog” signed by all delegates to Don Harlin, who “retired” as official AFA Chaplain.

Eric P. Taylor

James Thurman

Marvin L. Tooman

Mahlon H. Trout

Pat L. Unterseher

Vincent Villavicencio

T. R. Wicksted

Mark and Marlene J. Worrick

Stuart S. Wright

WingS CLUB

Thomas R. Aaron

James E. Ackert

Malcolm M. Adair

William L. Adams

John C. Adams

Charles Adams

Richard Ahlquist

Charles Alday

Donald O. Aldridge

P. Alexandrakos

Michael D. Allen

Robert G. Allen

Robert C. Allen

John A. Almquist

Laura V. Alvarado

John E. Amorello

Arnold E. Andersen

William J. Andersen

Darrell L. Anderson

Marcus Anderson

D. Anderson

Ralph D. Anderson

Jerry E. Andress

Duane P. Andrews

R. W. Angel

Carl R. Anspach

Milton C. Anthon

Paul K. April

Raoul L. Arceneaux

Harold L. Archer

Leon Armour

Robert L. Arnold

Richard W. Ashby

Gerald L. Auerbach

June H. Augustine

Wayne W. Austin

Harold R. Austin

Alden I. Avery

William K. Bailey

David E. Bailey

Donald J. Bailey

Francis H. Balcom

Robert G. Balderree

Vern Baldeshwiler

Mary R. Baldwin

Roland E. Ballow

Robert R. Baltzer

Charles W. Banchiere

John E. Barber

J Thomas Barclay

Loin D. Barker

Suzanne J. Barlett

Lloyd N. Barnes

Patrick W. Bartlett

J. Addison Bartush

Joseph M. Baskin

William W. Bassett

James L. Bates

Francis Bates

Kurt W. Bauer

Robert W. Bazley

Richard W. Beck

James Beck

Richard A. Beckett

Robert J. Bednar

Jerome Beiderman

Donald R. Bell

George M. Bell

Charles L. Beneze

Kent R. Bennett

Gale A. Bennett

Glenn E. Bennett

Howard H. Benton

Kenneth E. Berger

Robert K. Berninger

Nobuko Berryman

R. Berube

Myrwood C. Besozzi

Michael A. Bethancourt

A. P. Biancardi

Edgar D. Bigelow

Robert W. Bigony

Kenneth E. Bigwood

Howard Birch

Forrest M. Bird

Homer E. Bishop

Elliott B. Black

Matthew Black

Thomas A. Blake

Mike Blakley

Robert H. Blankenship

Grady M. Blaylock

Scott Bloom

Paul Blossom

Jasper H. Boatright

Mike P. Bocchicchia

Shawn M. Bohannon

Jack D. Bond

Leo D. Boone

Charles Booth

Marvin L. Borgman

Fred A. Bounds

Charles W. Bowman

Cynthia Bowser

Darrell C. Boyd

Clay Boyd

Robert Boyer

W. J. Boyne

Blair L. Bozek

Tutt S. Bradford

William J. Brake

Harold P. Branch

Floyd J. Brazile

Carl D. Bridges

Roy Bridges

Charles Brinson

Judith E. Brisbois

John T. Brock

Cecil D. Brooks

Marvin R. Brown

Rex Brown

Lloyd W. Brown

Charles W. Brown

Harold L. Brundage

John A. Brunet

Reginald C. Brunson

James R. Bruzewski

Robert E. Buck

William E. Buckley

Allen R. Buente

Henry W. Bulk

Leighton R. Burns

John W. Burt

Lawrence Bustle

William Byrd

Andrew Cali

David Campbell

Mike Capito

John J. Capulli

Robert R. Carda

Jack R. Carey

D. W. Carleton

Dorothy C. Carlson

Charles F. Carlson

Emma Carpenter

Myron B. Carpenter

Robert B. Carr

Clarence L. Carson

John R. Casper

John M. Cassel

Joseph J. Catanoso

Guy R. Caviness

Abbie Caywood

John Chain

Claude H. Chan

William D. Chandler

Christopher Charney

William Cheney

Gus T. Childs

Howard G. Chilton

Roger Christgau

C. L. Christon

Henry E. Cicci

Peter A. Cipriano

Samuel Cirelli

Jesse J. Citizen

Kenneth B. Clark

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Barry W. Clark

Arthur A. Clayton

Stephen S. Cleveland

Earl B. Clifton

Gary Cloninger

David H. Coats

Stephen Cocks

John A. Cohn

Richard P. Colbert

David Colella

William D. Coleman

John W. Collens

William L. Conley

Tim Connell

Gary S. Connor

James B. Connors

Thomas P. Conway

Michael J. Cook

William Cooper

David D. Cooper

Frank M. Coorsen

George H. Copening

William H. Corbett

James W. Corbett

Philip Corral

Robert E. Corsi

Jesse W. Couch

Francis J. Coughlin

Henry J. Cournoyer

Roger R. Cowell

Michael G. Cozort

Kenneth B. Craib

Tommy F. Crawford

Ronald N. Crawford

W. L. Creech

James S. Creedon

Jacques J. Creppel

James M. Crosser

Melvin C. Crowder

Earl E. Crowson

Richard M. Crummett

Delmar W. Crusinberry

James D. Cullison

Donald L. Culver

Philip E. Curtis

Lewis G. Curtis

Joseph J. Dacko

Stephen H. Dalrymple

Gerald Daniel

James W. Daniel

Robert C. Daniels

John R. Danielson

Daniel J. Darnell

W. H. Daudistel

J. P. Davies

Mike De Penning

Eugene Deatrick

Kimberly J. Decker

Bernard Deeter

James M. Dellaripa

J. Denizot

Richard W. Dennis

Craig Dennis

Aaron Devinsky

James C. Dich

Mark Dickerson

Robert Dillon

Joseph C. Dobson

James J. Dobson

John R. Dolny

Joe C. Domhan

Peter L. Donahoe

William J. Donahue

William H. Doolittle

Barnabas F. Dorreiter

G. Dostal

Leon Dotson

Stanley P. Drake

Donald L. Drake

Phillip A. Drake

Jill Drake

Donald F. Drenkhan

Walter D. Druen

Taylor Dulaney

William D. Duncan

H. R. Dunlap

William J. Durr

Harry V. Dutchyshyn

Elton E. Dyal

Richard F. Dyer

William H. Easton

George H. Ebbs

Billie B. Eby

C. E. Eckermann

Joseph C. Educate

Harold H. Edwards

Gerald B. Edwards

Robert L. Eigel

Charles Eilers

David Eisenberg

Louis E. Eliacin

Richard S. Ellis

Mike Elmore

Todd R. Emerine

Egon Engers

Lawrence M G. Enomoto

Charles S. Epstein

Duane H. Erickson

Emmett Evans

Richard E. Evans

Myron Everton

Earl M. Fabik

Louise V. Fager

Robert T. Farah

Francis A. Farmer

Willet D. Faulkner

Patrick F. Feely

Mary S. Feik

George W. Fenimore

Michael Fenske

Wayne Ferguson

Walter T. Ferry

William R. Feth

John B. Ficklin

Frank Fierro

Robert W. Finley

Lalo Fiorelli

Ray F. Fitch

William F. Flaherty

Mark Flake

Seymour Fleisher

Thomas W. Foley

William T. Follis

John Foray

Walter B. Forbes

William J. Ford

John H. Ford

A. Robert Fortney

John S. Foster

Lonez Fox

Charles B. Fralick

Winton E. Frankel

John H. Frantz

Douglas Fraser

Andrew Frechtling

John Fredrickson

Dan W. Freeman

Marvin L. Freimund

Eugene Friske

J. Edwin Frobisher

Howard J. Frohman

David Frostman

Richard Fujishige

James Fullerton

James E. Fultz

Bob Funicello

Norman C. Gaddis

Leonard T. Galante

Wayne W. Gamble

Marcelino Garcia

Oscar M. Garcia

Samuel and Eileen M. Gardner

Wayne E. Garrett

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Richard J. Gedeon

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Edward A. Gellings

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James C. Gorman

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John R. Grant

Robert V. Green

John C. Greene

Homer Gregory

Paul T. Gregory

Mary Griffin

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David B. Grover

Doris W. Gustafson

Joseph A. Guthrie

Kenneth J. Hacker

Lawrence T. Haddock

Kenneth Hadeen

Frederick L. Hafer

Kenneth Hagan

Charles R. Hagerhjelm

Robert D. Hall

Richard L. Hall

Richard C. Hall

George A. Hall

Richard P. Hallion

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Gail S. Halvorsen

Braxton Hamblen

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Air Force senior officers salute members of the World War II-era WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots), hon-ored during AFA’s 2010 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition.

John W. Handy

Richard M. Hanes

Troy A. Hargis

Arthur L. Hargrove

Grover W. Harless

Robert L. Harmon

Douglas Harper

Clifton Harris

Edward Harris

Charles Harris

George B. Harrison

Howard Harvey

Vernon L. Hastings

Monroe and Dee Hatch

C. E. Hatcher

Samuel A. Hatfield

Michele V. Hauser

George A. Havran

Frank T. Hayes

William A. Hemphill

Lisa J. Hendel

Jim W. Henderson

Paul M. Hendricks

Roger D. Hendricks

Dan and Judy C. Hendrickson

Rose L. Henneke

Ronald A. Henrikson

Jack A. Henry

James H. Hensley

Robert J. Herculson

Fred J. Hermanns

Leon E. Hess

Lowell K. Hess

Maynard N. Heth

Scott K. Heurich

Guy C. Heyl

Robert Hickman

Edwin H. Higgins

Robert H. Hill

Alyan Hill

John C. Hille

Joe S. Hilliard

Wayne A. Hilton

John P. Hindman

James E. Hinkle

William T. Hobbins

Russell L. Hobbs

Billy S. Hockaday

John R. Holcomb

Eric J. Holdaway

Ralph H. Holden

George F. Holland

Roy L. Holley

Cullen A. Hollister

Lawrence P. Holt

Malcolm P. Hooker

Joseph J. Hope

R. E. Hopper

Guenther O. Horn

Ernest L. Howell

Martin N. Hoyt

Perry E. Hudson

James D. Hughes

Greg Hughes

James S. Hui

Carel T. Humme

Ralph Hummel

James E. Hungerpiller

Charles Huntoon

Charles Huntoon

Wallis V. Hurlbutt

Alfred Hurley

Richard L. Hurley

Johnny Husak

Donald B. Hyde

Larry G. Ingold

Archie Ingrassia

Ted Insley

Bryan K. Ishihara

Roger L. Jacks

Allen A. Jackson

Robert Jackson

Gordon C. Jacobson

Stewart Jaehnig

James Jamerson

Edward C. Jedrey

Jerry W. Jennings

David Jensen

Paul D. Jessop

James S. Jett

John G. Joern

Samuel R. Johnson

Jimmy L. Johnson

Aubry H. Johnson

Marshall L. Johnson

Duane E. Johnson

Earl E. Johnson

John F. Johnson

William O. Johnson

George R. Jones

Dean H. Jones

Gerald L. Jones

Alan Jones

James B. Jones

Frank B. Jordan

Henry Jordan

S. Jordan

Edward E. Joseph

Douglas Joyce

John P. Jumper

John E. Jundt

John P. Kaczmarek

Werner S. Kaestel

Helen L. Kaestner

Marvin L. Kahl

George C. Kaiser

Herbert H. Kamm

Clinton S. Kanase

Carl R. Kane

Norval M. Kane

Helen L. Karabin

Demetrios Karnezis

Karen L. Kaylor

James M. Keck

Stephen P. Keiser

Donald E. Keller

John E. Keller

Ruth A. Kemp

Virgil D. Kempton

David A. Kenefake

Garland M. Kennedy

Joseph A. Kennedy

Michael C. Kerby

Robert S. Kibling

Stanley Kimball

Ernest King

Omer L. King

H. L. Kirkpatrick

Saul N. Kitz

Lee E. Klaus

Randolph H. Knarr

Brett W. Knaub

Rena L. Knight

James A. Knight

Charles R. Knoche

John Knowley

Robert L. Kollman

Raymond Komnick

Edwin G. Kooker

Marvin Kotter

Michael D. Kozak

Karl K. Kramer

William J. Kriz

Herbert I. Kronk

Larry Krull

George P. Kucinic

Chris A. Kumnick

Nancy C. Kunkel

Yasuo Kurai

John Kyriazis

Joseph J. La Tona

Glyn Laird

Robert C. Laliberte

N. C. Lamb

Peter A. Land

Billie Landers

Larry L. Landtroop

Raymond J. Langhauser

Louis F. Laporta

Joanne Laposa

Kevin Larkin

Richard Larkin

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Alfred Larsen

Donavon K. Larson

Doyle E. Larson

John A. Lasley

Jimmy S. Lassetter

Byron H. Lawrence

Norman T. Lawrence

David Le Fevre

Jack Leavell

Alvin J. Lebsack

Warren G. Ledbetter

Robert E. Lee

Terry S. Lee

Garry Lee

Lawrence E. Lee

Richard G. Leech

Raymond H. Lehman

Robert L. Leininger

Glenn Lemasters

Robert L. Lesnett

James S. Lewis

William H. Lewis

Robert H. Lilac

Paul H. Lilly

James Lindsay

Bill H. Lingle

Henry Link

W. Linnenbach

George Liotis

Malcolm Lively

Harrison Lobdell

Norma M. Loeser

Allan W. Lomer

Donald H. Long

James L. Loomis

Anthony M. Lopilato

Joseph Lovaglio

Albert Lowe

James Lowery

Michael D. Lubin

Richard J. Luckay

John H. Ludwig

Dennis E. Lundquist

Donald T. Lynch

Harvey W. Lyter

Elizabeth Macaulay

Edward Mack

James W. Mackey

Bruce MacLane

Neil Madeley

Dennis O. Madl

John Madsen

Frank M. Maes

Harry Magazu

Henry M. Maine

Robert Maines

Keith O. Malkemes

Patrick J. Mango

Harry R. Mankins

John H. Manley

David R. Manning

Otis G. Mannon

Hisham S. Mansour

James K. March

William C. Marckhoff

G. Thomas Marsh

Edward D. Marsh

V. H. Marshall

Andrew W. Marshall

Nancy Martin

Shirrel G. Martin

Francis T. Martin

Edward Martinez

Joseph W. Marusich

Harold F. Mason

Robert L. Massena

Mabel Matsumoto

Frank J. Mauro

James R. Maxwell

Russell V. May

Glenn E. Mays

Brian K. Mazerski

Frank J. Mc Mullan

Evelyn M. Mc Williams

Kenneth H. Mcarn

William McCabe

W. B. McCalla

John W. McCance

Mark D. McClendon

Robert A. McConnell

Robert S. McCormick

Donald L. McDaniel

Stephen C. McDavitt

Terry A. McDonald

Tim McDonald

John Mcinnes

Robert McKaig

J. R. McKechnie

Rodney J. McKinley

Ivan and Mary L. McKinney

Ray F. McKissack

Joseph J. McLachlan

Felix J. McLarney

John F. McLaughlin

Billy A. McLeod

Francis T. McLoughlin

Leroy D. McMichael

Charles R. McNeill

Joseph McRae

Thomas R. Meredith

Frank J. Merklein

Charles F. Merz

Mary M. Mestemaker

Ronald W. Mielke

Eric M. Miller

Elmer Miller

Bobby D. Mills

Russell Mills

Donald K. Minner

Charles Minning

Margaret Y. Mishima

George C. Momberg

Edwin J. Montgomery

Grace M. Moody

Kenneth L. Moore

Ruth A. Moorhatch

Thomas F. Moran

Ronald L. Morey

Dale H. Morgan

Erin Moriarty

John A. Moross

W. Thomas Morrissey

Henry F. Morrissey

David R. Moss

Richard D. Moulson

Robert R. Moyer

Forrest M. Muhle

Robert D. Munn

James Munroe

Gerald R. Murray

John E. Murray

George P. Musser

Jonathan Myer

Jack W. Myers

Ronald C. Myrom

B. T. Nabors

Charles Nadeja

George M. Nakano

J. Patrick Naughton

Gordon G. Neal

Thomas H. Neary

Richard R. Neel

Jack D. Neihouse

Travis Nelson

F. P. Nelson

Ronald L. Nelson

Frank J. Nephew

James W. Newgent

Morris H. Newhouse

Lloyd W. Newton

Herman K. Nickel

Alan F. Niedringhaus

Mark Nixon

Paul J. Nobels

James W. Noblitt

Walter E. Norwood

M. Novakovic

Charles Noyes

Mike Nutgrass

William Nuttall

Francis W. Nye

William J. O’Brien

John P. O’Brien

Russell M H. O’Day

James Oden

John F. O’Donnell

Richard D. Ohlinger

Arthur R. Oliver

Thomas R. Olsen

William E. O’Neil

James J. Orgeron

Hermann K. Orlet

Sean V. Orme

James J. Orth

Joseph Orwat

Robert M. Orwig

Leander J. Ostendorf

Eric A. Osteraa

Robert I. Osterberg

Arthur E. Overton

Clyde Owen

Louis F. Owens

John D. Pace

George H. Page

Thomas Palazzi

Frederick Pang

Edward H. Parker

Robert E. Parsons

Charles L. Patterson

Gordon F. Penick

Paul Peoples

Timothy A. Peppe

Howard I. Perry

Keith Perry

Howard I. Pervine

Thomas M. Petersen

Travis Petersen

Donald L. Peterson

Clovis L. Petrin

Edward J. Philbin

Normand A. Picard

Richard C. Pickett

Ervin J. Plank

Ronald E. Platt

Preston Plous

H. D. Polumbo

Clair Potter

Thomas J. Powell

John Powell

Alfred C. Powell

Robert J. Praggy

Steven R. Prebeck

Craig J. Priebe

Joseph C. Prior

Donald L. Puckett

Reginald Pudlow

Robert W. Pugh

Phyllis Quandt

Joseph E. Quinn

Ronnie R. Radford

George E. Rahn

Philip Raia

William M. Raiczak

William E. Rains

Ronald D. Ramsden

Ralph L. Ramsey

Warren N. Ramsey

James B. Randels

Reba B. Ransom

William Rast

Stanley N. Ratto

Merle R. Rauscher

Roland R. Raymond

Fred J. Rector

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Parker and Lucy Greene pose with Gen. Gary North, commander of Pacific Air Forces, during AFA’s 2010 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition.

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Joseph C. Reeves

Warren E. Reid

Bill Remsen

Richard C. Renairi

Allen Resburg

Arden L. Reynolds

Howard L. Rice

Charles A. Rice

David W. Rice

Walter Rich

Donald V. Ridenour

David R. Ridenour

O. T. Ridley

Patrick D. Rife

Carl A. Rispoli

Elston E. Roady

Dennis C. Roberts

Jack H. Roberts

Millard F. Roberts

Ronald B. Roberts

Carl M. Robinson

Peter Robinson

James Robinson

William E. Robinson

Glenn R. Rockwell

Elmer B. Roddy

Frank E. Rodeffer

Linda M. Rodgers

David H. Roe

William H. Roewer

Harry K. Rogers

Richard A. Rogers

F. Michael Rogers

Charles W. Rogers

Robert E. Rooney

Jack Rosenau

John A. Rosenwald

Robert Ross

Robert J. Ross

Daryl D. Ruehle

Guy H. Ruggles

Glenn A. Rushman

David S. Russell

John P. Russell

Carlyle L. Ruttledge

Ralph R. Ruyle

Michael E. Ryan

John Ryan

Thomas M. Sadler

George J. Sakaldasis

Gene L. Salisbury

Carolyne D. Sample

William A. Sample

Calvin Samson

Mark J. Sandstrom

Gary E. Sanger

Edward Sapp

Edward Sapp

Gary G. Satterfield

William E. Sawrey

John J. Schantz

Werner Scharmach

Daniel A. Schary

Leo J. Scheberle

Maurice G. Scheider

W Jay Schell

Victor E. Schelling

William E. Schesser

Don A. Schiemann

Joseph W. Schiffino

Charles Schimmel

Robert C. Schlagal

Grant W. Schleich

George Schnackenberg

Albert G. Schneider

Carl H. Schneider

Gerrit J. Scholten

Victor L. Scholten

James Schoonmaker

Broster J. Schroeder

Carl Schubert

Magnus R. Schuldt

Robert L. Schulke

Charles Schulte

William Schulte

Robert J. Schwartz

Taylor G. Scott

Victor Seavers

Bernard Seegel

Walter C. Seelye

John L. Selesky

Ennio S. Senia

Kenneth W. Setzer

Orlando C. Severo

F. Sewart

R. L. Shackle

John C. Shahbaz

Mary F. Sharp

John F. Sharp

Charles O. Sharpe

Alexander W. Shearer

David H. Shelton

James H. Shelton

Olen D. Sheperd

George J. Sheplock

Donald W. Shepperd

John T. Sheridan

Donald E. Sheriff

R. S. Sherman

James L. Sherrard

Byron D. Shiner

Daniel L. Shires

Rollin R. Shoemaker

R. Shofner

Philip Short

Ronald R. Sibila

Frank Sicurella

Gary M. Siembab

Leon R. Sikes

Mervyn I. Silberberg

Justo O. Silva

Henry Simon

Nigel Simpson

Denise Singleton

Paul L. Sinopoli

Richard N. Sisson

Stephen Slivinski

Michael W. Smiley

Michael M. Smit

D. Bruce Smith

Harold A. Smith

Harold A. Smith

Richard E. Smith

Kenneth S. Smith

Robert Smith

Philip Smith

Donald Smith

Clarence R. Smith

Joseph F. Smith

William Smukler

William W. Snavely

William B. Snyder

Ralph W. Snyder

A. Soper

R. E. Spaid

Marvin G. Spallina

Lawrence R. Sparks

Paul N. Spencer

Kenneth A. Spencer

Charles G. Spengler

Robert H. Spielman

Paul J. Sprunger

Robert H. Stanage

James C. Stancil

Jewell E. Stanfield

Paul P. Stanley

Audrey Stebenne

Moise S. Steeg

Thomas G. Steele

D. J. Steere

Robert G. Stein

Arthur W. Stelson

Robert R. Sternecker

Conrad J. Stewart

Douglas D. Stewart

Donald W. Stewart

Leeann R. Stewart

Robert W. Stimming

Hobart R. Stockdale

Stewart A. Stoddart

Thomas R. Stokes

Robert Stone

Robert H. Stone

Donald Stott

Robert F. Stotts

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Corporation, Foundation, and Matching gifts to the Air Force Association

Robert B. Stover

James A. Stover

Fred I. Strawn

Gerald L. Strohmeyer

Robert Stuart

Andrew Stumpf

Richard Sudheimer

Donald L. Suiter

C. R. Sullenger

Kevin J. Sullivan

Norwood L. Surles

William H. Swan

Val A. Swan

Charles D. Swanner

Kenneth J. Sweet

Wesley H. Swift

Joseph A. Swiney

George H. Sylvester

Ronald C. Szarlan

James F. Tacker

William B. Tallon

Leon M. Tannenbaum

Roy W. Tate

John Taylor

William B. Taylor

Richard I. Taylor

Robert A. Taylor

Burl M. Teague

Truman S. Terry

John J. Thackaberry

Thomas L. Thacker

Andy R. Theriault

Bob F. Thoens

Lowell Thomas

Robert L. Thomas

David H. Thomas

Gary H. Thomas

Earl L. Thomason

Kenneth L. Thompson

F. L. Thompson

Dan E. Thompson

Lucien T. Thompson

Paul W. Tibbets

John B. Tiberi

David B. White

Norman White

William Whitney

Robert F. Whitney

Elbridge M. Wiegmann

Charles L. Wilcox

Russell M. Wilhelm

Gary R. Wilken

Frank M. Williams

David O. Williams

Billy F. Williams

Ellsworth E. Williams

Michael O. Williams

Vernon C. Williamson

W. E. Williamson

S. M. Willinger

Gareth A. Wilson

Billy B. Wilson

James L. Wisdom

Dennis Wisebaker

Herman Woellhart

Harry Wolff

Donald Wollin

Stephen R. Wong

Richard C. Wong

Marinda Wood

Thomas B. Wood

Charles L. Wood

Richard Wood

William Woods

Theodore S. Wortrich

Vernon L. Wright

Sidney J. Wright

Larry F. Wright

Woody E. Wright

Timothy P. Wright

James J. Wynard

Gerald D. Young

Billy S. Youngs

John F. Yount

James Zagorski

James W. Zavies

Robert L. Zeiher

M. M. Zeine

Michael E. Zettler

Paul W. Zgraggen

John F. Zimmerman

Richard Zwirblis

A couple of AFAers get down to airpower basics with a paper airplane during a lull in business at the 2010 National Convention. (Photo by Guy Aceto)

John Tien

Tom Tilghman

Albins Tillers

Alois J. Tlush

Harold W. Todd

Richard A. Tokarz

George W. Tolbert

Frank Tonini

Richard D. Trapp

James Trapp

Edgar L. Troth

Jerrold S. Trumbower

Albert S. J. Tucker

Bradley E. Turner

William G L. Turner

Donald R. Turos

Alfred Ullstrom

Douglas E. Utley

Michael E. Valentine

Joan L. Van Scoy

Robert Van Sice

Linn D. Van Woerkom

Eduardo Vargas

Dave Vautrinot

Henry Viccellio

Robert I. Vick

Kenneth B. Viktor

Fred Villali

Hugh G. Vincent

Donald A. Voigt

Barnabas Vorreiter

Joseph F. Wadsworth

Philip E. Wagner

Marie L. Wagner

Robert M. Walker

Ollie M. Walker

Robert M. Walker

James R. Walsh

Stephen D. Walsworth

John C. Walter

Edward M. Walters

Arthur L. Walters

Randell S. Wance

Robert W. Ward

Clark Ward

Richard B. Warner

Claudius E. Watts

Donald Weaver

Alice M. Weaver

Vernon E. Webb

Leroy Weber

Howard J. Weber

Neil Webster

Cyril Weinberger

Max Weintraub

Gary Wesselmann

Lloyd A. West

Norman B. Westbrook

Edward I. Wexler

Marc J. Wheeler

Barry B. Whipple

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The Air Force Association is grateful to these donors who made a gift to the association between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2010, in memory of or in honor of the following individuals:

in memory and in honor of Gifts to afa

In Memory ofContributor

Paul W. AireyCharles Zimkas

Lew Allen Jr. Catherine and Roger Cowell

Lila W. BaxterBill Croom

Lester BerlinHenry and Sharon LinkJim and Bonnie Callahan

Lois BraymesDanyon Braymes

Donald Ray CarithersMichele Tripp

Mary CondonVirginia Kershaw

Leighton H. Coleman Jr.Joseph and Adelaide Fenton

Dave CummockJack and Gretchen PriceRobert Rudolph

Robert CutlerSir Lenox Hewitt

Attilio DezzaniShirley Blewer

Robert GardnerFloyd E. Wilstron

Lt. Col. (Ret.) William J. GibsonLt. Col. Dean Hartman

Edward HermanSue and Ed BazdzieckiJames and Lynda BruceMr. and Mrs. Thomas Katonak

Ronald C. LakeMSgt. Wendy Weidenhamer

Joseph LaposaJoanne Laposa

James P. LeBlanc Sr.Lt. Col. Philip Short

James MulliganSusan Conte

Cecilia NickelHerman Nickel

Chuck SellSandy SchlittJohn Carter and Virginia SnowRuby L. Douglas

Eunice Bennet SpruanceE. C. MorriseyMr. and Mrs. David ColellaThomas KempJames SulpiziJoseph OttoBob and Becky LargentWilliam CoxTheo DresslerDonn DevineMike DuganTim HopperDawn BarlowWilliam LynchKurt SkoglundMike HarrisAndrew SalasJoe and Geri SutterStan NewmanStephen KoperMargaret NapolitanJohn AdamsMr. and Mrs. Preston SpruanceDavid RobertsonGeorge EbbsThe Men and Women of the 166th Airlift WingJack and Gretchen Price

Jim W. HendersonMark and Evelyn WorrickDonald and Susan HuntJohn and Linda ConawayRichmond Depeyster TalbotHugh and Christy BroomallMike and Pam DunnJohn BryanJohnson M. TaylorDon and Rose ShepperdDaniel MontplaisirJonathan GroffBoyd AndersonClarence AtkinsonEdward and Vivian PhilbinJudy ChurchBruce BaerErnest SchwabHarry Robertson

Ronald StevensDr. Tran Stevens

Robert TaillonRichard and Judy Day

Lt. Col. Spann WatsonMaj. Kenneth Klein

Iris WeissJoseph and Adelaide Fenton

Norman L. WinterPremier Environmental ServicesJeffrey HausingerSandy and Les Perlman and their childrenSteven and Jill DorfmanVita Maria ElockToby and Dale FeigesJohn and Nancy EubankGeorge and Rebecca KibeCynthia BowserJames J. Richard

In Honor ofContributor

Lt. Col. Ernest G. BergerBarbara Bumgarner

Mike DunnJoe Sutter

Joe SutterMike DunnSteve Dillenburg

Lt. Col. Donald PapaveroLalo Fiorelli

Maj. Gen. Suzanne VautrinotRocky Mountain Chapter AFCEA

Braedon Michael ZimkasCharles Zimkas

(We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the names; however, should a mistake have been made, we apologize and ask that you let us know so we can correct the data.)

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The following fellowships were created as a way for chapters, or individuals, to honor, thank, or recognize others, while helping the Air Force Association philanthropically support its programs.

H.H. Arnold Fellows(represents $5,000 contribution)

Joe Sutter AFA Board of Directors

Gen Bernard A. Schriever Fellows(represents $2,500 contribution)

Brig. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves Schriever ChapterHonorable Gary Payton Schriever Chapter

Ira Eaker Historical Fellows(represents $1,000 contribution)

Gen. Thomas K. Andersen Langley ChapterGen. Norton A. Schwartz Langley ChapterSMSgt. Larry S. Brooks SMSgt. Larry S. BrooksCol. Michael F.Canders Iron Gate Chapter

afa fellows for 2010

name Sponsor name Sponsor

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Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellows(represents $1,000 contribution)

Sandy Schlitt AFA Board of DirectorsJim Lauducci AFA Board of DirectorsBlair Ellis Langley ChapterCol. Blaine Holt Iron Gate ChapterThe City of Hampton, Virginia Langley ChapterMaj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch Utah Chapter 235Warren Kozak Iron Gate Chapter55th Wing Central Florida Chapter9th Reconnaissance Wing Central Florida ChapterFirebee “Lightning Bug” Program Central Florida ChapterL-3 Communications Central Florida ChapterRaytheon Company Central Florida ChapterThe Boeing Company Central Florida ChapterDennis M. Moran Central Florida ChapterJeannie Austin Central Florida Chapter

Langley Honorary Heritage Fellows(represents $500 contribution)

Hunter Riggins Langley ChapterJean Yokum Langley Chapter

Fellows of the Association(represents $500 contribution)

Lt. Col. Randy Royce DW Steele Chapter

Scott Associates(represents $100 contribution)

Eldo Platte Jeff Platte“Sandy” Latimer Jeff Platte

Utah Aerospace Education Foundation Fellowships(represents $50 donation)

Vickie Ahlstrom Utah State AEFEmma Smith Utah State AEFDonna Lee Trease Utah State AEFCarolyn Bushman Utah State AEF

Outgoing AFA Chairman of the Board Joe Sutter was named an Arnold fellow for 2010. Here, Sutter (right) helps Director Emeritus Johnny Alison (center) present the Alison National Aerospace Award to the Raytheon Company at the 2010 National Convention.

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supporting our mission

The following individuals have made a cumulative lifetime gift of $10,000 or more to the Air Force Memorial since project inception. We gratefully acknowledge these significant contributors with designation as Hap Arnold Fellows. As General Arnold was a key figure in the birth of the United States Air Force so too are these individuals key to the birth of the national Air Force Memorial and to its continuity as the place to remember and to honor America’s Airmen.

hAP ARnOLD FELLOWS

Bruce, Barbara, and Robert ArnoldCol. Alfred and Naomi Asch, USAF (Ret.)Col. Jeffrey and Katherine Barnett, USAF (Ret.)Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.)Maj. Gen. George M. Douglas, USAFR (Ret.)The B. Edward Ewing FamilyLt. Gen. Buster C. Glosson, USAF (Ret.)Maj. Jon M. HerronCapt. Robert D. Hillmann (Given in honor of Captain Hillman

by Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hillmann)Robert E. and Rebecca N. Largent MSgt. Lionel L. Leblanc, USAAF/USAF (Ret.)Maj. Gen. Richard B. H. Lewis and Rebecca GrantT. Allan and Grace McArtorMaj. Gen. Timothy P. and Jane Malishenko, USAF (Ret.)Sarah and Ross Perot Jr.Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Plugge IV, USAF (Ret.)Jack C. and Gretchen V. PriceBrig. Gen. William W. Spruance, USAF (Ret.)Tracey TurnerMr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

Corporation and Matching gifts to the Air Force Memorial Foundation

90th Bomb Group Association

Air Force Sergeants Association

American Legion Auxiliary

American Legion Post 71

Central Florida Chapter AFA

Desot Central Elmentary School

Disabled America Veterans Auxiliary

DW Studios Productions LLC

Horizons Association

Key Bridge Marriott

L3 Communications

Matco Tools

Mechanical Contractors Association

Myers Family Foundation

National Weather Service

Pennsylvania State AFA

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts

Regina Foundation

SC Conservation District

Tawani Foundation

Elements of the USAF Band perform at the Air Force Memorial in June 2010.

LEgACy SOCiETy(As of Dec. 31, 2010)

The Legacy Society was established in 2009 to recognize those individuals who have invested in the future of the Air Force Memorial through a living legacy. These friends have made provisions for planned gifts which include life income arrangements, bequests, and provisions in their wills or trust, or life insurance policies in which the Air Force Memorial is a beneficiary.

MembersTimothy BrockJane Colgan

Wayne JessupNora Ruebrook

Lucy Works

Realized Planned gifts for 2010Phyllis Melvin

air force memorial foundation Giving

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afmf airman’s society

AiRMAn’S SOCiETy $1,000+

Jeff Kandle

Leonard and Betty R. Vernamonti

Andrew Curtis

Edward Wootten

Robert B. Airey

Bruce Keplinger

John Mitchell

Whit Peters

AiRMAn’S SOCiETy $500-$999

Norton Bain

Louis L. Borick

Warren L. Bryan

Frank Buzard

Ralph R. Carr

Robert D. Chervek

Robert Conaway

Donald L. Culver

Antonio G. Cumuze

William L. Dotson

James T. Drace

Michael and Pam M. Dunn

A. Robert Fortney

Greg Greenquist

John C. Hille

Delbert W. Kohrt

Joseph J. La Tona

Richard Z. MacDonald

George A. Magan

Carol D. McDowell

Dale H. Parrish

James A. Pattillo

Phillip R. Porter

John G. Rice

Gene L. Salisbury

Michael A. Snodgrass

Raymond C. Tagge

Victor B. Tate

Milton H. Towne

Hubert E. Wrenn

AiRMAn’S SOCiETy $200-$499

Donald O. Aldridge

David Alley

Otto Anderson

Rogelio Aparicio

Wilfred E. Archer

Eugene T. Arnold

John R. Arrowsmith

Clarence Atkinson

Joseph J. Azzarelli

George Barnes

William W. Bassett

William D. Bathurst

Craig W. Bergin

Robert K. Berninger

Thomas P. Bigwood

Charles H. Bloom

Robert L. Bohach

Dean Boles

Fred C. Boli

M. M. Bonner

John Bottos

Charles E. Bowen

John R. Bozek

Margaret W. Brandon

Donald L. Brawley

James Brightwell

William J. Bristol

Dale F. Brown

Diane L. Brown

Roy W. Browne

Brad B. Bryan

Buck and Mary T. Buckwalter

Henry W. Bulk

Bernal G. Butterworth

Richard Buxton

Michael F. Cammarosano

Max Campbell

Rex A. Carnes

Donald E. Caswell

Joseph J. Catanoso

James E. Chadburn

Edward Chandler

Suzann Chapman

Richard Chevalier

E. A. Ciotti

Ralph C. Clapper

William K. Clark

Robert W. Clement

Charles Cleveland

Alton Cockrell

Donald Coleman

Oral R. Compson

Jimmie E. Cone

Phillip Cooke

Lyle Corey

Kenneth B. Craib

Charles S. Cristol

John V. Croul

George T. Cushman

George T. Dalziel

Robert T. Dambach

Carlton R. Damonte

James A. Davis

Lewis E. Dawson

Bradley W. Day

Chester Day

Donna DeCillis

Pamela A. Derrow

Phillip A. Drake

George F. Dutrow

James Edwards

Rolland England

Frank H. English

Frank M. Eppler

Nels S. Estrem

John H. Exner

Nickolas J. Fank

David S. Farrow

Robert H. Farwell

Melvin Faust

Janette B. Felger

David G. Fennessy

Michael Fenske

Manuel Fernandez

Richard Fijishige

William P. Finke

Douglas Flack

Seymour Fleisher

George A. Fortner

George A. Fortner

Wayne L. Freeman

Daniel P. French

Ardelle W. Frenk

Richard Frette

Joseph F. Fritzie

Michael Frketich

Lucien G. Fugere

Bob Funicello

Michael Fusco

Frank J. Gasperich

Daniel Gates

Kenneth W. Gero

Arthur Gerwin

Joseph Glasser

Bruce Gold

Harry Goldsworthy

Richard D. Gonzalez

Mac K. Gough

John T. Grablewski

James R. Graham

Robert E. Grisnik

Constance Hackett

Larry D. Hager

Michael A. Hairston

Richard L. Hall

Donald T. Halterbeck

Robert E. Hanson

Norman H. Happel

Grover W. Harless

Donald Harlow

Donald R. Hawthorne

Edward E. Heit

Owen J. Hendry

We greatly thank and recognize the many donations given to the Air Force Me-morial Foundation during 2010! Through this generous support, the Memorial is able to continue to honor America’s Airmen, preserve heritage, and host a variety of events and programs throughout the year.

To that end, we especially thank our Airman Society members; those who contributed a cumulative amount of $200 or more during 2010. Listed on the following pages are the Airman’s Society members for 2010.

Thank you!

supporting our mission

CMSAF James Roy renders a salute during the May 31, 2010, Memorial Day ceremony at the Air Force Memorial. At right is AFA’s James Lauducci and, left, Dan Derrow of the Air Force Sergeant’s Association. (USAF photo/SMSgt. Raymond Sarracino)

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Harold and Rose F. Henneke

Raymond C. Hepler

Robert J. Herculson

Harold L. Hering

Ralph W. Hess

Diane M. Hezlep

Robert W. Hicks

Franklin G. Hill

Philip W. Hill

Roger H. Hill

Richard Hobaugh

Joel Hollingsworth

Allen L. Hostetler

Paul G. Hough

Edward W. Hughes

Dennis Hugo

Donald B. Hyde

Robert B. Jenkins

William D. Jenkins

Gary Jensen

Aubry H. Johnson

Kyle S. Johnson

Samuel R. Johnson

Ralph E. Jones

Wanda P. Jones

John P. Jumper

Vachel R. Keaton

James M. Keck

Carl T. Keehn

John J. Kelly

John G. Kelly

Thomas J. Kemp

Frank Kibelsbeck

Norman V. Kinsey

Robert Kirkpatrick

William R. Knapp

Ralph W. Knight

Otto J. Koerber

Jack D. Koser

Joannis Koskinas

Theodore Kowalski

Raymond Krupp

Bernard W. Kruyer

Robert J. Kuehn

Dennis Kullander

Michael J. Labounty

F. Laignel

W Hanes Lancaster

William Lang

Gene A. Langenbach

Will Lathern

Richard L. Lawson

John Lee

Andrew S. Leong

Eugene B. Lewis

Richard B H. Lewis

Ernest R. Liberatore

Richard Liszewski

Len G. Litton

Frank T. Logan

Margaret K. Luttrell

Michael S. Lyons

Donald Mac Donald

Francis A. Madsen

Daniel R. Mahon

Carl Mangum

Patricia Marek

Paul J. Marmino

Maurice L. Marshall

Dannie Martin

Linda A. Martin

Russell L. Martin

Harry B. Massingill

Michael J. McCarthy

Thomas McCarthy

Stephen C. McDavitt

Kenneth L. McDonald

Charlie T. McGugan

Arthur L. Mcintye

Joseph J. McLachlan

Gerald J. McMahon

Linda M. Mendoza

Frank J. Merklein

Mary M. Mestemaker

George D. Miller

Patrick D. Miller

Billy E. Mims

Seth A. Mize

David P. Mjos

Victor E. Mondelli

Billy B. Morgan

William R. Morton

James H. Mueller

George and Vicki K. Muellner

Donald L. Muir

Edward Muramatsu

Eric C. Murdock

Donald L. Myers

John Nally

Bob Neff

Joseph F. Nerad

Lloyd W. Newton

Lois B. Nicklas

Colin J. Nisbet

Barbara Nist

Robert S. Noone

Seymour M. Ober

Myles M. Ohta

Harry Opel

Peter J. Papasifakis

Thomas Pappas

Lawrence Pass

Charles L. Patterson

James L. Pattillo

Bruce H. Pauly

Earl G. Peck

Carl Penaranda

Gordon F. Penick

Michael Perlman

Joseph T. Pisciotta

Jonathan H. Plott

Irven V. Pope

Joseph T. Price

Norman E. Purdy

George Purifoy

Dallas B. Ratliff

Joseph C. Reeves

Donald G. Rhoads

Carl A. Rispoli

Q. C. Roberts

Nancy Robinson

William H. Roewer

Joseph E. Ross

Drusilla D. Rowe

Clifford L. Sayre

William J. Schaff

Albert J. Scheibly

Don A. Schiemann

Egon Schottleutner

Charles J. Seabrook

Richard Seebers

Bruce D. Sexton

R. L. Shackle

John C. Shahbaz

Elwood M. Shaulis

Riley Shelnutt

R. S. Sherman

William E. Sherman

Rollin R. Shoemaker

Louis Siegel

James H. Sills

Alvin Silvey

Thomas N. Simmons

Ross J. Simon

Jean E. Simpson

Ivan J. Singleton

William Singleton

Lawrence and Patricia A. Skantze

Aubrey Sloan

Eldon R. Smith

James R. Smith

Kenneth H. Smith

Noel E. Smith

Wayne L. Smith

Omar G. Snyder

William B. Snyder

Michele Sobel

Ernest C. Spivey

Carl W. Sprague

Thomas Steeves

Jerry J. Stephens

David E. Sterling

Harvey B. Stevens

Roger J. Strelow

Ernest H. Stroud

Alvin I. Sutton

Mike Suzich

Frederick Swanson

John F. Swartz

Ronald C. Szarlan

Roy W. Tate

Chester D. Taylor

Craig P. Taylor

Dan E. Thompson

Ernest N. Thorp

Arthur R. Tilley

Oscar C. Tissue

Chester R. Titus

James C. Treat

F. Trogdon

Jerrold S. Trumbower

Charles D. Tyler

John J. Van Malden

Louis D. Van Mullem

William A. Verkest

Robert I. Vick

Gregory L. Vitalis

Barnabas Vorreiter

Robert Walker

Andrew W. Waters

Edward Watts

William Webb

Larry D. Welch

Frank M. Williams

Omer E. Williams

Charles B. Winn

Lorena Wockenfuss

Edward W. Wolak

Thomas E. Wolfe

William C. Wolfinger

Wendell M. Wong

Herman C. Wood

Edward W. Woodward

F David Yoder

Michael E. Zettler

Michael J. Ziegler

James Zink

(We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the names on this and follow-ing pages; however, should a mistake have been made, we apologize and ask that you let us know so we can correct the data.)

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supporting our mission

The Air Force Memorial Foundation is grateful to these donors who made a gift to the foundation between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2010 in memory or in honor of the following individuals:

in memory and in honor of Gifts to afmf

In Memory ofContributor

Lt. Col. Bernard Abel, USAF (Ret.)Col. William S. Bernfeld

CMSAF Paul W. AireyRobert B. Airey

Stanley E. Allen Sr.Lois A. AllenLaura E. TyminskiMalvina U. BovenizerPatrick BrodieLucille Hampton

Col. Nicholas ArabinkoMaj. Douglas J. Flack

Leslie Alan AvittDavid Peterson

Lt. Col. Harold F. Beadner, USAF (Ret.)Irene A. Beadner

Col. Neil D. BeckenhauerCol. George T. Dalziel, USAF (Ret.)

Norman W. BocklageLois Dister

Maurice R. CantorHelen Cantor

MSgt. John Calvin ChurchillDeborah Andersen

Sgt. Roy A. DavenportJanet Drummond

A. Theodore DesmedtMr. & Mrs. Michael FunkMr. & Mrs. Steve Cernadas/Koca

CMSgt. William R. DresslerDonna Jones

Lt. Col. Roland B. Elam Jr.Debra L. WardenckiJeanette SandiferLinda Pickering

Col. Albert W. Estes Jr. USAF (Ret.)Marlene C. Lee

Prentice Hilman P.H. FarrisMarisol Navarro

Oscar FenglerCol. James I. Wheeler, USAF (Ret.)

Lt. Col. Earl Furnace, USAF (Ret.)Lauren Fithian

Col. Fredrick GlassLori Meloch

Lt. Col. John W. Gross, USAF (Ret.)Betty L. Tally

Lt. Col. William John GutosMr. & Mrs. Gregory Gresh

Henry HansenMr. & Mrs. Victor Pagan

Fred HargesheimerCol. Eric C. Murdock

1st Lt. Nick HattelHelen C. Ashbaugh

SMSgt. George V. HatzNancy YuelkenbeckFranklin L. TiptonCathy S. TharpJoan ScharfKathleen E. ScharfRosalind RayLaura PundtEva S. MillerMr. & Mrs. Charles JackCharles J. Gieringer Dorothy E. FinlayRosemarie EngerRobert E. DillonPatrick BurtonRachel S. Bachenberg

John HaworthChantelle Sliman

Lt. Col. William H. Hill, USAF (Ret.)Beverly RightmireLee Christian PerkinsMartha Guthrie

SMSgt. Gregory A. HudsonLinda Pokorny

SSgt. Gordon Errol JohnsonMaria Johnson

A memorial honoring the World War II-era Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was among the many wreath-laying ceremonies conducted at the Air Force Memorial in 2010. (USAF photo/SMSgt. Kim Allain)

A member of the Marine Corps Business Executive Forum is one of thousands of visitors in 2010 to the Air Force Memorial. (DOD photo/Cpl. Christopher A. Green)

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Col. Donald L. Keplinger, USAF (Ret.)Maj. Gen. Michael A. SnodgrassDorothy SilvanicVictor McDonaldLinda GoodbrakeLinda EgentowichMr. & Mrs. Paul HamiltonLt. Col. Mark D. Engeman

Lt. Col. William D. Key, USAF (Ret.)Oscar G. LidstromDavid L. Brunson

Lt. Col. Andre Kocay, USAFR (Ret.)Richard W. Dyer

Lt. Col. Arthur Kinder, USAF (Ret.)Christine L. Kinder

Martin KuhlmanPat WillettLinda M. MendozaNancy M. Finn

MSgt. Melvin (Skip) Levangie Jr.Wanda Levangie

Col. Joseph E. LaposaJoanne Laposa

SSgt. Larry LawrenceLinda Koci-Biondoli

Lt. Col. Edgar M. LewisCol. Jonathan Myer, USAF (Ret.)Col. Edwin M. Krejci

Col. David E. Littler, USAF (Ret.)Patricia Marek

2nd Lt. Henry Lee LopezSyble L. Gaugh

Brig. Gen. Lyle E. MannJohn A. Hollstein

Col. Elmer L. Masters, USAF (Ret.)Lt. Col. Nancy Peters-Janover

Lt. Col. Leroy MillardVan Goodsell

Maj. John W. Mitchell Jr.Col. John W. Mitchell, USAF (Ret.)

Billy Lee Morris, USAF (Ret.)Linda S. Thompson

Lt. Col. James A. MurphyRosey Murphy

Donald E. NelsonPenny Koerner

Capt. Neelian NelsonCol. Nancy L. Caldwell

Harold W. RayShelley Depew

Maj. Harold RinardJoan M Rinard

1st Lt. Frederick C. RogersMary Lee Rogers

Lt. Col. Joseph L. RossJoseph E. Ross

MSgt. Joseph ShandorRichard Shandor

Col. Robert E. SmithCarrie Butler

Lyall StrubeJim Strube

Lt. Col. Herman C. Tracy Sr.William Allman

Col. Lorin TrubschenckJanet CoghanBetty W. Bogue

Col. Lewis A. WheelerJean M. Wheeler

SMSgt. Lawrence Wick, USAF (Ret.)Mary E. WilhelmDavid L. WadeCamille PaulsenConnie MillerMr. & Mrs. Gervis E. HentzMr. & Mrs. Dan M. DietschWilliam E. DerbyshireRoberta CaldwellClay S. Blackburn

MSgt. Amy WingerCMSgt. Pamela Derrow

Elizabeth C. YenckelSMSgt. Donald T. WiesterCeleste WellsLouise CanterMary T. LoveKenneth M. Boyd

In Honor ofContributor

MSgt. Tim BarfieldCMSgt. Pamela Derrow

John BergmanNanci Ryan

Maj. Charlotta BlalockCMSgt. Pamela Derrow

MSgt. Billie H. BloughJimmie Shackelford

Gen. Roger BradyCMSgt. Pamela Derrow

2nd Lt. Gordon BuchmillerW. A. Hare

MSgt. Amanda Conaway, USAFSMSgt. Robert Conaway, USAF (Ret)

CMSgt. Pamela DerrowDan DerrowDonald Schroeder

Lt. Daniel D. A. DuncanWilliam M. Rader

Col. Scott T. FikeDarrell Steele

Col. Steve HarrisonRobert King

CMSgt. Antonio HickeyCheron Nieves

Roger HillMark Hill

Col. Dean G. HullingsDonna Decillis

CMSgt. Jack JohnsonCMSgt Pamela Derrow

Joseph KoesterCMSgt Pamela Derrow

2nd Lt. Megan KuchanJanice Cope

1st Lt. Jonathan J. MaldaAndrea L. Rodway

Maj. Brian McKayStella Wolf

Joseph M. MyersBrenda J. Myers

MSgt. Javier OrtegaCMSgt. Pamela Derrow

Chuck SellGen. Ralph E. Eberhart

Col. Robert E. Smith, USAF (Ret.)Bonnie Bartle

Andrew P. SovesChris Soves

Samuel R. SpencerShirley A. Urtz

Joe SutterCMSgt. Thomas W. Gwaltney, USAF (Ret.)Fred Niblock

CMSgt. Patrick WhitleyScott Gilson

Michael M. WilliamsCMSgt. Anthony Vanburen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dale YarberChris Yarber

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memBership statistics

Total AFA MembershipAs of Dec 31, 2010

Composition of AFA MembershipAs of Dec 31, 2010

memBership statistics

Membership by RegionMembers affiliated with chapters as of Dec 31, 2010

Central East 10,837Far West 10,498Florida 9,527Great Lakes 7,278Midwest 6,710New England 2,594North Central 2,976Northeast 7,209Northwest 4,585Rocky Mountain 5,732South Central 6,464Southeast 7,055Southwest 6,526Texoma 11,930

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2009 (audited)

Air Force Association/AFA Veteran Benefits AssociationConsolidated Statement of Activities

Air Force Association/AFA Veteran Benefits Association

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Dec. 31, 2009 Assets

Year Ended Dec. 31, 2009

Financial perFormance

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted RestrictedRevenue Contributions:

Calender $188,522 - $188,522General $543,178 $40,000 $17,327 $600,505Air Force Memorial Foundation $464,921 - $464,921Lapel Pins $267,497 - - $267,497Mailing Labels $201,927 - - $201,927Visions $110,318 - - $110,318Decals $126,829 - - $126,829LA Ball $41,258 $41,258Fellowships $25,400 $25,400

Total Contributions $1,969,850 $40,000 $17,327 $2,027,177

Investment Earnings $194,750 $41,755 - $236,505Air & Space Conference and

Technology Exposition $3,622,553 - $3,622,553Membership Dues $2,279,865 - - $2,279,865Member Group Insurance Programs $1,869,112 - - $1,869,112Magazine $1,483,772 - - $1,483,772Building Operations $1,780,246 - - $1,780,246Royalties $786,051 - - $786,051Symposia $613,162 - - $613,162Industrial Associates $14,900 - - $14,900Other $131,484 - - $131,484

Net Assets Released from Restrictions $1,110,784 -$1,110,784 $0Total Revenue and Support $15,856,529 -$1,029,029 $17,327 $14,844,827 Expenses Program Services:

Membership $2,737,852 - - $2,737,852Member Group Insurance Programs $1,126,312 - - $1,126,312Professional Development $1,626,026 - - $1,626,026Magazine $3,989,137 - - $3,989,137Air & Space Conference and

Technology Exposition $670,878 - - $670,878Aerospace Education $542,597 - - $542,597Field Operations and Communications $796,971 - - $796,971CyberPatriot $25,368 $25,368Industrial Associates $4,707 - - $4,707Mitchell Institute $120,340 - - $120,340Air Force Memorial $374,710 - - $374,710

Total Program Services Expenses $12,014,898 0 0 $12,014,898 Supporting Services:

Building Operations $2,042,803 - - $2,042,803General and Administrative $1,454,443 - - $1,454,443

Total Supporting Services Expenses $3,497,246 0 0 $3,497,246 Fundraising Expenses $1,009,138 - - $1,009,138Total Expenses $16,521,282 0 0 $16,521,282 Change in net Assets before Other items -$664,753 -$1,029,029 $17,327 -$1,676,455 Change In Pension Liability $1,003,888 - - $1,003,888Inrealized Loss on Marketable Securities $2,446,775 $167,226 - $2,614,001Fair Value Loss on Interest Rate Swap $310,002 - - $310,002Capital Additions: Life Membership Fund $270,475 - - $270,475Changes in Net Assets $3,366,387 -$861,803 $17,327 $2,521,911 Net Assets - Beginning of Year $21,446,644 $1,418,296 $853,996 $23,718,936

net Assets - End of year $24,813,031 $556,493 $871,323 $26,240,847

Cash and investments Cash and Cash Equivalents $3,745,109Certificates of Deposit $1,220,000Marketable Securities:

Debt Securities $6,632,483Equity Securities $11,503,906Total Marketable Securities $18,136,389

Total Cash and Investments $23,101,498 Accounts Receivable Trade, Net of Allowance for $399,971

Doubtful Accounts of $4,029 Pledges Receivable $407,054Premium Refunds $911,755Accrued Interest $126,993Other 0Total Accounts Receivable $1,845,773 Prepaid Expenses $311,565 inventory $57,608 Property and Equipment Land $929,491Building and Improvements $21,148,739Furniture and Equipment $1,519,729 $23,597,959Less Accumulated Depreciation -$10,111,665Total Property and Equipment $13,486,294 Other Assets $1,674,568 Total Assets $40,477,306

Liabilities and net Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable $1,642,331Premium Refund Payable $245,000Accrued Expenses $529,876Deferred Revenue:

Membership Dues $916,157Magazine Subscriptions $81,884Meetings $442,004

Total Deferred Revenue $1,440,045Note Payable $6,589,689Capital Lease Obligation $77,400Interest Rate Swap $268,957Accrued Pension Liability $3,443,161Total Liabilities $14,236,459 net Assets Unrestricted $24,813,031Temporarily Restricted $556,493Permanently Restricted $871,323Total Net Assets $26,240,847 Total Liabilities and net Assets $40,477,306

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2010 (unaudited)REVEnUE

ExPEnDiTURES

Conferences and Symposia $4,474,134

Membership $1,658,537

Contributions $3,713,577

Investments $2,217,415

Advertising sales $1,470,681

Insurance $2,009,733

Building Leases $1,791,780

Corporate Members $399,375

Commissions $841,821

Other $99,517

Total $18,676,570

Member Benefits (Magazine, etc.) $5,986,292

Insurance $872,892

Educational events $3,255,709

Scholarships and awards $1,013,024

Building operations $2,277,195

Air Force Memorial $595,245

Administration $2,805,443

Fundraising $714,217

Total $17,520,017

Financial perFormance continued

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AFA Chairmen of the Board and national Presidents

Edward P. CurtisChairman, 1946-47

C.R. SmithPresident, 1948-49 Chairman, 1949-50

George C. KenneyPresident, 1953-54 Chairman, 1954-55

Carl A. SpaatzChairman, 1950-51

Thomas G. Lanphier Jr.President, 1947-48 Chairman, 1951-52

Harold C. StuartPresident, 1951-52 Chairman, 1952-53

Arthur F. KellyPresident, 1952-53 Chairman, 1953-54

John R. AlisonPresident, 1954-55 Chairman, 1955-56

Gill Robb WilsonPresident, 1955-56 Chairman, 1956-57

Thos. F. StackPresident, 1960-61 Chairman, 1961-62

Joe L. ShosidPresident, 1973-75 Chairman, 1972-73 Chairman, 1975-76

John G. BroskyPresident, 1981-82 Chairman, 1982-84

James M. McCoyPresident, 1992-94 Chairman, 1994-96

John P. HenebryPresident, 1956-57 Chairman, 1957-58

James M. TrailChairman, 1958-59

Julian B. RosenthalChairman, 1959-60

Howard T. MarkeyPresident, 1959-60 Chairman, 1960-61

Joe FossPresident, 1961-62 Chairman, 1962-63

Jack B. GrossChairman, 1963-64

George D. HardyPresident, 1969-71 Chairman, 1966-67 Chairman, 1971-72

Jess LarsonPresident, 1964-67 Chairman, 1967-71

Martin M. OstrowPresident, 1971-73 Chairman, 1973-75

Gerald V. HaslerPresident, 1977-79 Chairman, 1976-77

George M. DouglasPresident, 1975-77 Chairman, 1977-79

Daniel F. CallahanChairman, 1979-81

Victor R. KregelPresident, 1979-81 Chairman, 1981-82

David L. BlankenshipPresident, 1982-84 Chairman, 1984-85

Edward A. StearnChairman, 1985-86

Martin H. HarrisPresident, 1984-86 Chairman, 1986-88

Sam E. Keith Jr.President, 1986-88 Chairman, 1988-90

Jack C. PricePresident, 1988-90 Chairman, 1990-92

Oliver R. CrawfordPresident, 1990-92 Chairman, 1992-94

Gene SmithPresident, 1994-96 Chairman, 1996-98

Doyle E. LarsonPresident, 1996-98

Chairman, 1998-2000

Thomas J. McKeePresident, 1998-2000 Chairman, 2000-02

John J. PolitiPresident, 2000-02 Chairman, 2002-04

Jimmy DoolittlePresident, 1946-47 Chairman, 1947-49

Robert S. JohnsonPresident, 1949-51

Peter J. SchenkPresident, 1957-59

John B. MontgomeryPresident, 1962-63

W. Randolph Lovelace IIPresident, 1963-64 Chairman, 1964-65

Robert W. SmartPresident, 1967-69

Continued on p. 40

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Stephen P. CondonPresident, 2002-04 Chairman, 2004-06

Robert E. LargentPresident, 2004-06Chairman, 2006-08

AFA Chairmen of the Board and national Presidents Continued

AFA Executive Directors/President-CEOs

Willis S. FitchExecutive Director

1946-47

James H. StraubelExecutive Director

1948-80

Russell E. DoughertyExecutive Director

1980-86

David L. GrayExecutive Director

1986-87

John O. GrayExecutive Director

1987-88

Charles L. Donnelly Jr.Executive Director

1988-89

John O. GrayExecutive Director

1989-90

Monroe W. Hatch Jr.Executive Director

1990-95

John A. ShaudExecutive Director

1995-2002

Michael M. Dunn

2007-President-CEO

Donald L. PetersonExecutive Director, 2002-06President-CEO, 2006-07

AFA leADers

Joseph E. SutterChairman, 2008-10

S. Sanford SchlittChairman, 2010-

AFA national TreasurersW. Deering Howe 1946-47G. Warfield Hobbs 1947-49Benjamin Brinton 1949-52George H. Haddock 1952-53Samuel M. Hecht 1953-57Jack B. Gross 1957-62Paul S. Zuckerman 1962-66Jack B. Gross 1966-81George H. Chabbott 1981-87William N. Webb 1987-95Charles H. Church Jr. 1995-2000Charles A. Nelson 2000-05Steven R. Lundgren 2005-10Leonard R. Vernamonti 2010-

AFA national SecretariesSol A. Rosenblatt 1946-47Julian B. Rosenthal 1947-59George D. Hardy 1959-66Joseph L. Hodges 1966-68Glenn D. Mishler 1968-70Nathan H. Mazer 1970-72Martin H. Harris 1972-76Jack C. Price 1976-79Earl D. Clark Jr. 1979-82Sherman W. Wilkins 1982-85A.A. “Bud” West 1985-87Thomas J. McKee 1987-90Thomas W. Henderson 1990-91Mary Ann Seibel 1991-94Mary Anne Thompson 1994-97William D. Croom Jr. 1997-2000Daniel C. Hendrickson 2000-03Thomas J. Kemp 2003-06Judy K. Church 2006-09Joan Sell 2009-

Vice Chairmen for Aerospace EducationL. Boyd Anderson 2006-07S. Sanford Schlitt 2007-10George K. Muellner 2010-

Vice Chairmen for Field OperationsJoseph E. Sutter 2006-2008James R. Lauducci 2008-2010Justin M. Faiferlick 2010-

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AFA’s Twelve Founders AFA’s First national Officers and Board of DirectorsThis panel of officers and directors acted temporarily until AFA membership at the first national convention, in September 1947, democratically elected a representative group.

John S. AllardH.M. Baldridge William H. Carter Everett R. Cook Burton E. Donaghy James H. Douglas Jr.

G. Stuart Kenney Reiland QuinnRufus Rand Earl Sneed James M. Stewart Forrest Vosler

Benjamin F. Warmer Lowell P. Weicker Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney John Hay Whitney

BOARD OF DiRECTORS

OFFiCERSPresident Jimmy DoolittleFirst Vice President Edward P. CurtisSecond Vice President Meryll FrostThird Vice President Thomas G. Lanphier Jr.Secretary Sol A. RosenblattAssistant Secretary Julian B. RosenthalTreasurer W. Deering HoweExecutive Director Willis S. Fitch

John T. BrockOviedo, Fla.

Robert W. DrewesNorth Little Rock, Ark.

Angela DupontHaverhill, Mass.

W. Lee EveySpringfield, Va.

Emil M. FriedauerMary Esther, Fla.

Wayne R. kauffmanAgoura, Calif.

Larry A. LawsonFort Worth, Tex.

William R. Looney iiiGarden Ridge, Tex.

Rodney J. MckinleyVienna, Va.

Don MichelsLawrenceville, Ga.

John F. PhillipsReston, Va.

Marvin L. ToomanWest Des Moines, Iowa

Scott P. Van CleefFincastle, Va.

*Executive Director (President-CEO) Emeritus

John R. AlisonWashington, D.C.

L. Boyd AndersonOgden, Utah

R. Donald AndersonPoquoson, Va.

David L. BlankenshipTulsa, Okla.

Bonnie B. CallahanWinter Garden, Fla.

Dan CallahanCenterville, Ga.

george h. ChabbottDover, Del.

Stephen P. “Pat” CondonOgden, Utah

O. R. “Ollie” CrawfordSan Antonio

William D. Croom Jr.San Antonio

Julie CurlinLaurel, Md.

Jon R. DonnellyRichmond, Va.

george M. DouglasColorado Springs, Colo.

Michael J. DuganDillon, Colo.

Charles g. DurazoYuma, Ariz.

Samuel M. gardnerGarden City, Kan.

Don C. garrisonEasley, S.C.

Richard B. goetze Jr.Arlington, Va.

Emlyn i. griffithRome, N.Y.

Donald J. harlinLaGrange, Ga.

Martin h. harrisMontverde, Fla.

gerald V. haslerEncinitas, Calif.

Monroe W. hatch Jr.*Clifton, Va.

h. B. hendersonNewport News, Va.

Dan hendricksonPort Angeles, Wash.

harold F. hennekeNashville, Tenn.

Victoria W. hunnicuttGray, Ga.

Leonard W. isabelleLakeport, Calif.

David C. JonesPotomac Falls, Va.

James M. keckSan Antonio

Thomas J. kempCrowley, Tex.

Victor R. kregelColorado Springs, Colo.

Robert E. LargentHarrison, Ark.

hans MarkAustin, Tex.

Robert T. MarshFalls Church, Va.

William V. McBrideSan Antonio

James M. McCoyBellevue, Neb.

Thomas J. MckeeFairfax Station, Va.

Charles A. nelsonSioux Falls, S.D.

Ellis T. nottinghamArlington, Va.

Donald L. Peterson*Fairfax Station, Va.

John J. PolitiFair Oaks Ranch, Tex.

Jack C. PricePleasant View, Utah

Victor SeaversEagan, Minn.

Mary Ann Seibel-PortoArlington, Va.

John A. Shaud*Potomac Falls, Va.

E. Robert SklossPark City, Utah

James E. “Red” SmithPrinceton, N.C.

R. E. “gene” SmithWest Point, Miss.

Loren J. SpencerArlington, Va.

Jack h. SteedWarner Robins, Ga.

Robert g. SteinColorado Springs, Colo.

Charles g. ThomasAlbuquerque, N. M.

Mary Anne ThompsonSouth Yarmouth, Mass.

Walter g. VartanChicago

A. A. WestWilliamsburg, Va.

Mark J. WorrickDenver

Charles P. Zimkas Jr.Colorado Springs, Colo.

Ex OfficioJoseph E. SutterFormer Board Chairman Knoxville, Tenn.

Michael M. DunnPresident-CEOAir Force AssociationArlington, Va.

William J. DendingerNational ChaplainGrand Island, Neb.

gabrielle WilsonNational CommanderArnold Air SocietyEast Lansing, Mich.

AFA national Directors

AFA Directors Emeritus

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AFA leADers

Note: On April 1, 2006, the Air Force Association and the Aerospace Education Foundation combined their activities under the title AFA. L. Boyd Anderson, the last AEF Chairman, became Vice Chairman of AFA for a transitional period.

Aerospace Education Foundation Chairmen of the Board and Presidents

Laurence S. KuterChairman1964-66

John B. Montgomery President1963-64

W. Randolph Lovelace IIChairman1963-64

Lindley J. StilesPresident1964-66

Walter J. HesseChairman1966-69

B. Frank BrownPresident1966-67

Leon M. LessingerPresident1967-68

Eleanor P. WynnePresident1986-87

George D. HardyChairman1986-89

Don C. GarrisonPresident1981-84

James M. KeckPresident, 1988-89Chairman, 1989-94

Gerald V. HaslerPresident1989-94

Walter E. ScottChairman, 1994-96President, 1996-98

Thomas J. McKeePresident, 1994-96Chairman,1996-98

Richard B. Goetze Jr. President, 2000-02Chairman, 2002-03

Jack C. PricePresident, 1998-2000Chairman, 2000-02

Michael J. DuganChairman

1998-2000

L. Boyd AndersonChairman2003-06

Mary Anne ThompsonPresident2003-06

J. Gilbert Nettleton Jr.Chairman1969-73

L.V. RasmussenPresident1968-71

Leon M. LessingerPresident1971-73

George D. HardyChairman1973-75

Wayne O. ReedPresident1973-74

Barry M. GoldwaterChairman1975-86

William L. RamseyPresident1975-81

Chairman Ross Perot, Jr.Vice Chairmen Oliver R. “Ollie” Crawford, Robert D. SpringerSecretary/Treasurer John R. AlisonPresident Edward F. Grillo, Jr.

Air Force Memorial Foundation Founding Board of Trustees

Patrick O. AdamsVictor BartholomewGeorge BrownBeverly ByronStephen “Pat” CondonJoe Coors, Jr.Rudy F. deLeonRichard M. DeanGeorge M. DouglasDonald GammonJohn O. GrayMartin H. Harris

Monroe W. Hatch, Jr.Claude KlobusJoseph KucheraRobert E. LargentDoyle E. LarsonCharles D. LinkT. Allan McArtorJohn R. “Doc” McCauslinJames M. McCoyThomas J. McKeeSteven N. NorbergMichael Parente

Donald L. PetersonJohn J. PolitiJack C. PriceGen. John A. Shaud, USAF (Ret.)R. E. “Gene” Smith, Jr.James Staton

Note: On April 13, 2007, AFMF officially became an affiliate of AFA, with the AFA Officers and Board as its governing authority.

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