From the Prez -

It’s already been a busy start to the year with more to come.

For our meeting in January, we had three agents from the Tucson Sector for Customs and Border Protection provide an extensive briefing about their role in providing border security and the challenges they face daily. They then patiently answered numerous ques- tions from our highly engaged members.

At the January meeting, I caught Dick Rob- erts totally off guard when we presented him with an award as our chapter’s 2018 Member of the Year.

We started February by attending the Desert Lightning Team Annual Award Winners Recognition Ceremony where we offered each of the winners a one-year eMembership in the AFA.

Although we didn’t have a meeting in Febru- ary, we started March off with over 70 chapter members and their guests attending the Fri- day, March 1st session of the Air Combat Command’s Heritage Flight Training and Cer- tification Course which is hosted annually by DMAFB. The HFTCC is held before the start of the air show season so that pilots flying WWII, Korean and Vietnam era aircraft can be certified to fly in formation with modern era A-10, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. Break- fast was supplied by two of Community Part- ners, Chick-fil-A El Con and Chick-fil-A Tanque Verde. Thank you.

Thunder and Lightning over Arizona, the air show hosted by the 355th Wing and Davis- Monthan AFB took place March 23-24. We had a booth manned by volunteers from the chapter both days to explain what AFA is and what we do to support the airmen and their families in the greater Tucson area. Although our location wasn’t as ideal as in past years, we still interacted with those that came by and even signed up one new member on the spot; a capability provided by AFA National and we were one of the first chapters able to use it.

Your chapter was selected to host a pilot class for CyberGenerations which took place at the base education center on Friday, March 29. The class is aimed at senior citizens as a cyber safety initiative based upon other education programs that are part of CyberPatriot.

April will prove to be busy as our annual fund- raising golf tournament will take place Saturday, April 13 at The Haven Golf Course in Green Valley.

We also have a guest speaker lined up for our April meeting on Friday, April 26 at Club Iron- wood; more details to follow on that so watch for the email announcing the event.

As is normal for us, we won’t have a May meeting due to Memorial weekend but the Southwest Region Conference will take place in Albuquerque NM, May 31-June 1 at the Hotel Albuquerque. Again more details to follow for those who may be interested in attending.

We’re working on lining up a guest speaker for June before we take a break for July.

Due to the influence of Dick Roberts, our chap- ter again received a donation of $250 from the Aero Club of Arizona at their annual banquet, March 9th in Green Valley. The donation will be used as part of our annual scholarship award to a deserving University of Arizona AFROTC Det 020 cadet which we present in December.

We are always looking for members who want to be involved and everyone is invited to our Executive Committee meetings which are held the first Monday of the month. See the Coming Events listing elsewhere in this newsletter.

Remember, we’re all: A irmen for Life

Remember EDUCATE, ADVOCATE and SUPPORT.

Wally Saeger, President

Tucson Chapter’s January Meeting

At our January 25, 2019 meeting we were lucky enough to have three Tucson Sector Border Patrol Agents do an outstanding presentation. Agents Joseph Curran, Jacob Stukenberg and Jesus Vasavilbaso were

able to present a compelling story about need for

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) and the compelling roles played by the three agencies: Office of Border Patrol (OBP), Of-

fice of Field Oper-

They also make use of UAVs when they are available. Although this technology is a force multiplier, it still comes down to the Border Patrol Agents to identify, locate, and arrest the illegal aliens before they disappear. The agents are trained to track illegal immigrants using technology such as night vision goggles and good old footprints or tire tracks. Every agent is trained as a first responder to pro- vide initial medical care and over 250 are EMTs.

The Border Patrol Agent training takes 19 weeks and covers the areas of the law the agents must know and apply, physical fitness, firearms training, driving training and basic Spanish

L-R: Border Patrol Agents Joseph Cur-

ran, Jesus Vasavilbaso, & Jacob Stuken- berg

ations (OFO), and Air and Marine Operation (AMO).

OBP is responsible for responding to all illegal traffic that crosses the border between the official Port of En- try. They wear green uniforms

OFO facilitates traffic through the official Ports of En- try. Ports are manned by CBP (Customs) Officers. Their uniforms are blue.

AMO provides aerial and marine support for CBP. AMO utilize various manned and unmanned aircraft. Their uniforms are tan.

Customs and Border Protection is one of 22 agencies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) was established May 28, 1924 and provides border security between desig- nated Ports of Entry. There are 6,000 miles of land border: 4,000 miles with Canada and 2,000 miles with Mexico. USBP works with DHS partners across 2,600 miles of coastal border along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlan- tic coast of Florida and Caribbean. There are 20 USBP sectors across the United States.

The Tucson Sector is responsible for 262 linear miles equating to 90,530 square miles and covers almost the whole state of Arizona except the Yuma Sector which starts at the Yuma/Pima county line. There are nine stations within the Tucson Sector. The Wilcox Station is the only station whose area of responsibility does not touch the border with Mexico and is composed mostly of checkpoints.

In FY2017, the Tucson Sector accounted for 45% of all marijuana seizures nationwide and 13% of all arrests nationwide. This was accomplished with a force of 3,691 agents.

The Tucson Sector has 141 miles of Vehicle Barrier (permanent and Normandy) and 71 miles of Bollard Fence for a total of 212 miles of some form of man- made barrier. The remaining 50 miles have a natural barrier such as mountains. When asked, the agents were unanimous in the efficacy of some sort of physical barrier to deter or slow illegal border crossings and their ability to apprehend illegal immigrants.

USBP also uses technology such as remote sensors that are permanent and truck-mounted for mobility.

Heritage Flight F-22

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Serving Arizona's Veterans

as They Have Served Us

The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services (ADVS) provides direct services to Veterans through the administra- tion of 19 Veterans Benefits Offices throughout the state - helping Veterans connect with their VA benefits, two skilled

-nursing Veterans' Home facilities in Phoenix and Tucson provide short and long-term care, the original Arizona Veter- ans' Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista, and two new ceme- teries opened in 2016 in Northern Arizona at Camp Navajo and in Southern Arizona in Marana - north of Tucson.

In addition, the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services provides critical, state-wide coordination and technical assis- tance to services and organizations serving Veterans. This includes activities such as coordinating services across pri- vate and public sectors in serving targeted populations such as Veterans experiencing homelessness, and special needs for the growing population of Women Veterans - many of whom are at-risk, as well as building community capacity to address Veteran employment and higher education.

Services provided by the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services were instrumental in connecting Arizona’s over 600,000 Veterans with over $399 million in Compensation, Pension, Educational and Medical benefits, and grants from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in FY 2017.

More information about the Arizona Department of Veter- an’s Service can be found here: https://dvs.az.gov

YOUR AIR FORCE – DID YOU KNOW?

Located at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb.,

U.S. Strategic Command is one of ten unified com- mands in the Department of Defense. The mission of USSTRATCOM and its 162,000 members is to deter strategic attack and employ forces, as directed, to guar- antee the security of our nation and our allies. The com- mand's assigned responsibilities include strategic deter- rence, nuclear operations, space operations, joint elec- tronic spectrum operations, global strike, missile de- fense, and analysis and targeting. USSTRATCOM's forces and capabilities underpin and enable all other Joint Force operations.

. 2018 Chapter Member of the Year

Dick Roberts was the unanimous selection by your chap- ter’s Executive Committee to be your chapter’s 2018 Mem- ber of the Year. His selection was based upon his tireless

efforts behind the scenes to make the chapter a success. Dick lives in Green Valley and has been a member of AFA since 1994.

In 2018, he chaired our annual golf tournament which was held at The Haven Golf Course in Green Valley for the first time pending the closure of the Davis

-Monthan AFB golf course. Through his dedicated efforts and the executive committee, the April 13th event raised over $4,500. He even volun- teered to chair the 2019 tournament which will again take place at The Haven on April 13th.

Dick is a member of the chapter’s executive committee and he faithfully drives from “the big city” to attend our monthly meetings where his insight is highly valued as we make de- cisions about the direction of your chapter-both program- matic and financially.

Finally, Dick is the editor and whip cracker for your chap- ter’s quarterly newsletter. Without his diligent efforts, the newsletter wouldn’t contain the content it does or be the first

-class product that it is. He puts his heart into every issue and has my sincere appreciation for his efforts.

Thank you Dick for your outstanding work in 2018 and your continued support of Tucson Chapter 105

Wally Saeger, Chapter President

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2018-2019 CyberPatriot XI

It’s hard to believe that CyberPatriot is in its 11th year. What started with eight Junior ROTC high school programs in Orlando FL as a test has grown to almost 6,400 teams from around the world competing in three divisions: Open High School, All Services and Middle School. This year, there were six teams registered in the greater Tucson area and 11 in the Chapter 105 AOR. Unfortunately, team results are reported by team numbers and not team names as are shown on the registration list so only results from four teams were available.

In the early rounds, teams compete within their own divi- sions: Open High School, All Services and Middle School. Based upon how they score, teams in the Open and All Ser- vices are then divided into Platinum, Gold and Silver tiers. Once a team is categorized into a tier, they only compete against other teams in that particular tier. Only teams catego- rized as Platinum are competing to advance to the National Finals. The competition is more difficult at the Platinum level than it is at the Gold level which is more difficult than the Silver level.

Civil Air Patrol Neotoma Composite Squadron from North Tucson was in its 5th year of competing and only two of their six team members had competed in the past. The team ended

up competing at the All- Service Gold level and was able to advance to the Semi- Final round. All of their hard work paid off as they ended the competition as #1 Gold/All- Service team in the NATION. Well done NCS. The team con- sisted of cadets: MSgt Alexan- der Diaz, TSgt William Fricke, SSgt Nathan Poulton, SrA Ria Blackwood, Amn Joey Buix,

Pilot CyberGenerations Class

The AFA CyberPatriot program started 12 years ago as an effort to get high school aged kids interested in STEM

(Science, Technology, Engi- neering and Math) education and cyber security. It started with a cyber defense competi- tion that evolved into cyber education at the high school, middle school, and finally ele- mentary school levels. The

latest iteration is a cyber security education program aimed at more senior citizens.

To test out the course that was de- veloped by AFA National, your chapter was selected to be one of the guinea pigs and we conducted a class on March 29th at the Davis-Monthan AFB education center of the pilot class. Thirteen people attended the class conducted by chapter president Wally Saeger (professional educators don’t need to worry about your jobs, he did OK but not ready for prime time). Those attending the class pro-

vided great feedback and interacted well with others attending so we were able to provide good feedback for potential im- provements/modifications.

Left to Right: kneeling: C/MSgt

Alexander Diaz and C/SSgt Na- than Poulton

Standing: C/Amn Benjamin Snow, C/Amn Joey Buix, C/ SrAmn Ria Blackwood, C/TSgt William Fricke and Assistant Coach Capt Silvia Scotti

and Amn Benjamin Snow.

The team was coached by CAP Lt Col Laura Markiewicz and assistant coach CAP Capt Silvia Scotti. The technical mentor was C/2nd Lt Cannon

Heritage Flight F-35

Smith. C/Smith had been the team’s previous captain but was attending classes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- sity and mentored the team remotely.

Tucson University High School had three teams: one team was classified as Platinum and two were classified as Gold after the preliminary rounds. The Platinum team ended up 2nd in the state round but did not do well enough in the Semi

-Final round to be ranked or advance to the National Finals.

Still all teams competed well and gained valuable experi- ence in the process.

Registration for CyberPatriot XII opened April 1, 2019 and will surely encompass even more teams ready to take on the

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Thunder & Lightning Over Arizona Air Show

March 23-24

STARBASE Arizona is gearing up to wind down another great year here at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Since the beginning of the year in August, we will have seen more than 30 classes from ten schools and four different school districts from across the city of Tucson. That works out to be over 950 students!!

By providing these students with hands-on activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math we are equipping them with the tools to not only be critical thinkers in their current educational environment, but training them to be heavy hitters in the ever-changing world of STEM. STAR- BASE is able to cover a variety of concepts in the 25 hours that students are here on the base, and pique their interest in the hopes that they will further pursue a career in a STEM field.

We are ever grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the DM community, and words cannot express how much we appreciate the support from the base and our active duty vol- unteers. Our program would not be possible without them and our students love and cherish the time spent with the Airmen. If you are ever interested in volunteering with STARBASE, we always have opportunities!! Please contact Mikelle Cronk at cronkm@vailschooldistrict.org for more information.

Thank you

A BIG thank you to El Con and Tanque Verde Chick-fil-A’s for providing chick’n minis and fruit trays in support of the Her-

itage Flight on March 1st. Air

Force Association members and

guests really appreciated the food and sup-

port!

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“A Little Bit of History”

Titan II Missile

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and space launcher developed by the Glenn L. Martin Com- pany from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later used as a medi- um-lift space launch vehicle to carry payloads for the United States Air Force (USAF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmos- pheric Administration (NOAA). Those payloads included the USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), the NOAA weather satellites, and NASA's Gemini manned space capsules. The modified Titan II SLVs (Space Launch Vehicles) were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California up until 2003.

The missile consists of a two-stage, rocket engine powered vehicle and a re-entry vehicle (RV). Provisions are included for in-flight separation of

Stage II from Stage I, and separation of the RV from Stage II. Stage I and Stage II vehicles each contain propellant and pressurization, rocket engine, hydraulic and

electrical systems, and explosive components. In addition, Stage II contains the flight control system and missile guid- ance set.

The Titan II was in service from 1963 to 1987. There were originally 63 Titan II Strategic Air Command missiles. Nine were deployed to Vandenberg Air Force Base, the principal Titan II training base, in California. Eighteen of the missiles were on 24-hour continuous alert surrounding Davis– Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona. The remain- ing thirty-six missiles were equally divided between Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, and McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, and also placed on continuous 24- hour alert, making for a total of fifty-four operational combat asset Titan IIs.[

Community Partner Program

For more than 40 years, businesses have been joining the Air Force Association to support both AFA National and local AFA chap- ters. Becoming a Community Partner is a great way to get your business involved with your local Air Force Community. Community Partners are partnership businesses that want to assist both AFA National and the local AFA chapters by becoming involved in Community efforts to support the United States Air Force.

By forming a partnership with your local AFA chapter, your business will help AFA fulfill their mission to promote a dominant Unit- ed States Air Force and a strong national defense. Any business or organization can become a CP and have two options for member- ship:

Category One (CP I) $90.00 annually- Business can designate one person to receive AFA Membership and enjoy all benefits thereof.

Category Two (CP II) $180.00 annually- Business can designate two people to receive AFA Membership and enjoy all benefits thereof.

Not only does a Community Partner receive all the benefits of an AFA membership, such as a variety of product and service dis- counts, insurance programs, and much more, but the partner will also receive the following upon joining AFA:

Date Medallion Wooden Plaque

8”x5” “Our Business Supports Our Troops" Window Decal

If your business is interested in becoming a Community Partner, you should first contact your local chapter.

For questions or for more information on the program, please contact: Dave Carrell, carrelldav@aol.com, (520) 305-4407

Have your business become a part of a great cause and show your patrons that you support our Air Force!

Tucson Chapter’s Community Partners

A & E Specialty Marketing

Elliott M. Klahr

Chick-fil-A

Matt Hountz

La Posada Lodge & Casitas

Juan Loo, Sales & Catering Mgr

P. O. Box 4423

3605 E. Broadway Blvd

5900 N. Oracle Rd

Rio Rico, AZ 85648

Tucson, AZ 85716

Tucson, AZ 85704

520-281-1369 (P)

520-321-4232

520-887-4800 (P)

520-980-0515 (C)

520-293-7543 (F)

emklahr@aespecialtymkt.com

Ciruli Brothers

ascendcollection.com

5 Calle Cristina

Chick-fil-A

Rio Rico, AZ 85648

Jackson Oil Company

Dave Carrell

520-281-1456

Robert Ferretti

6675 E. Grant Rd.

623-217-8005

Tucson, AZ 85715

Vantage West Credit Union

520-305-4407

Cindy Brainer

Radisson Suites Tucson

P.O. Box 15115

Valerie Friend, General Manager

Tucson, AZ 85708

6555 E. Speedway Blvd

Chick-fil-A

520-298-7882

Tucson, AZ 85710

Jim Paine

800-888-7882

520-721-7100 Ext.7600 (P)

4885 N. Oracle Rd.

Vantagewest.org

520-722-6146 (F)

Tucson, AZ 85705

Valerie.friend@prismhotels.com

520-408-2456

Chick-fil-A

Brian White

3943 W. Ina Road Tucson, AZ 85741

(520) 744-6269

Sonesta ES Suites

Ellen Jimenez, Director of Sales 6477 East Speedway Boulevard Tucson, AZ 85710

520-721-0991

SonestaESsuites.com

Tucson Appliance Company

Chris Edwards 4229 E. Speedway Blvd Tucson, AZ 85712-4523

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World War II—History

On average, 6,600 American servicemen died per MONTH, during WWII (about 220 a day).

People who were not around during WW2 have no understanding of the magni- tude. This gives some insight.

276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US .

43,000 planes lost overseas, including 23,000 in combat. 14,000 lost in the continental U.S.

The staggering cost per aircraft in 1945 dollars vs 2019 dollars ($1 = $14.11)

B-17$204,370. ($2,884,522P-40$44,892. ($633, 615) B-24$215,516. ($218,996)P-47$85,578. ($1,207,866) B-25$142,194. ($2,006, 956) P-51$51,572. ($727,898) B-26$192,426. ($2,715,942)C-47

$88,574. ($1,250,152) B-29$605,360. ($8,544,180)PT-17 15,052. ($212,447)

P-38

$97,147. ($1,371,154)AT-6

$22,952. (323,949)

From Germany 's invasion of Poland Sept. 1, 1939 until Japan 's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945 = 2,433 days.

America lost an average of 170 planes per day.

A B-17 carried 2,500 gallons of high octane fuel and carried a crew of 10 airmen.

9.7 billion gallons of gasoline consumed. 108 million hours flown.

460 thousand million / 460,000,000,000 (460 Billion) rounds of aircraft ammo fired overseas.

7.9 million bombs dropped overseas.

2.3 million combat flights. 299,230 aircraft used. 808,471 aircraft engines used. 799,972 propellers.

WWII’s MOST-PRODUCED COMBAT AIRCRAFT

Russian Ilyushin IL-2 36,183Yakolev Yak 31,000 Messerschmitt Bf-10930,480

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 29,001

Supermarine Spitfire 20,351Convair B-24/PB4Y 18,482

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 15,686 N. American P-51 Mustang 15,875 Junkers Ju-88 15,000Hawker Hurricane 14,533

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 13,738Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 12,731 Vought F4U Corsair 12,571

Grumman F6F Hellcat 12,275 Petlyakov Pe-2 11,400

Lockheed P-38 Lightning 10,037 Mitsubishi A6M Zero10,449

North American B-25 Mitchell 9,984 Lavochkin LaGG 75,753

Grumman TBM Avenger 9,837

Bell P-39 Airacobra 9,584

Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar 5,919 DeHavilland Mosquito 7,780Avro Lancaster 7,377

Heinkel He-11 16,508Handley-Page Halifax 6,176

Messerschmitt Bf-110 6,150

The US lost 14,903 pilots, aircrew and support personnel plus 13,873 airplanes ---

inside the continental United States . There were 52,651 aircraft accidents (6,039 involving fatalities) in 45 months.

Average 1,170 aircraft accidents per month---- nearly 40 a day.

It gets worse.....

Almost 1,000 planes disappeared enroute from the US to foreign climes. But 43,581 aircraft were lost overseas including 22,948 on combat missions (18,418 in Europe ) and 20,633 due to non-combat causes overseas.

In a single 376 plane raid in August 1943, 60 B-17s were shot down. That was a 16 percent loss rate and meant 600 empty bunks in England . In 1942-43, it was statistical- ly impossible for bomber crews to complete the intended 25-mission tour in Europe.

Pacific theatre losses were far less (4,530 in combat) owing to smaller forces commit- ted. The B-29 mission against Tokyo on May 25, 1945, cost 26 Superfortresses, 5.6 percent of the 464 dispatched from the Marianas .

Over 40,000 airmen were killed in combat and another 18,000 wound- ed. Some 12,000 missing men were declared dead, including those "liberated" by the Soviets but never returned. More than 41,000 were captured. Half of the 5,400 held by the Japanese died in captivity, com- pared with one-tenth in German hands. Total combat casualties

were 121,867.

The US forces peak strength was in 1944 with 2,372,000 personnel, nearly twice the previous year's figure.

Losses were huge---but so were production totals. From 1941 through 1945, American industry delivered more than 276,000 military air- craft. That was not only for US Army, Navy and Marine Corps, but also for allies as diverse as Britain , Australia , China and Russia .

Our enemies took massive losses. Through much of 1944, the Luftwaffe sustained hemorrhaging of 25% of aircrews and 40 planes a month.

Experience Level:

Uncle Sam sent many men to war with minimum training. Some fighter pilots entered combat in 1942 with less than 1 hour in their assigned air- craft..

The 357th Fighter Group (The Yoxford Boys) went to England in late 1943 having trained on P-39s, then flew Mustangs. They never saw a Mustang until the first combat mission.

With the arrival of new aircraft, many units transitioned in combat. The attitude was, "They all have a stick and a throttle. Go fly `em." When the famed 4th Fighter Group converted from P-47s to P-51s in Feb 44, there was no time to stand down for an orderly transition. The Group commander, Col. Donald Blakeslee, said,

"You can learn to fly 51s on the way to the target".

A future P-47 ace said, "I was sent to England to die." Many bomber crews were still learning their trade. Of Jimmy Doolittle's 15 pilots on the April 1942 Tokyo raid, only five had won their wings before 1941. All but one of the 16 co-pilots were less than a year out of flight school.

In WW2, safety took a back seat to combat. The AAF's worst accident rate was recorded by the A-36 Invader version of the P-51: a staggering 274 accidents per 100,000 flying hours. Next worst were the P-39 at 245, the P-40 at 188, and the P-38 at 139. All were Allison powered.

Bomber wrecks were fewer but more expensive. The B-17 and B-24 averaged 30 and 35 accidents per 100,000 flight hours respectively-- a horrific figure considering that from 1980 to 2000 the Air Force's major mishap rate was less than 2.

The B-29 was even worse at 40 per 100,000 hours; the world's most so- phisticated, most capable and most expensive bomber was too urgently needed to be able to stand down for mere safety reasons.

(Compare: when a $2.1 billion B-2 crashed in 2008, the Air Force de- clared a two-month "safety pause").

The B-29 was no better for maintenance. Although the R3350 was known as a complicated, troublesome power-plant, only half the mechanics had previous experience with it.

Navigators:

Perhaps the greatest success story concerned Navigators. The Army grad- uated some 50,000 during WW2.

Many had never flown out of sight of land before leaving "Uncle Sugar" for a war zone. Yet they found their way across oceans and continents without getting lost or running out of fuel - a tribute to the AAF's training.

At its height in mid-1944, the USAAF had 2.6 million people and nearly 80,000 aircraft of all types.

Today the US Air Force employs 327,000 active personnel (plus 170,000 civilians) with 5,500+ manned and perhaps 200 unmanned aircraft. That's about 12% of the manpower and 7% of the airplanes of the WW2 peak.

SUMMATION:

Another war like that of 1939-45 is doubtful, as fighters and bombers have given way to helicopters and remotely-controlled drones, eg. over Afghanistan and Iraq . But within our living memory, men left the earth in 1,000-plane formations and fought major battles five miles high, leav- ing a legacy that remains timeless.

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Upcoming Events

Look for future “field trips” to different organization on base; if you have something specific you want to see please let us know! There are MANY events supporting our local Airmen listed below and more to come! As a Chapter, we try to attend all that we can. If you are interested in representing our AFA Chapter at any of these, please inform Wally Saeger (wsaeger@afatucson105.org) and he will coordi- nate it. You just have to show up and enjoy these traditional military ceremonies and gatherings. First come, first served!!

April 2019

1st: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

13th: Annual AFA Chapter 105 Golf Tournament, The Haven GC, Green Valley

26th: Chapter Monthly Luncheon, Speaker TBD

May 2019

6th: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

13th: First Arizona Air Force Association Annual Gathering, Ft Huachuca Thunder Mountain, Speaker New AFA President Bruce “Orville” Wright, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)

-31st: Southwest Region Conference Tours, Kirtland AFB, NM

June 2019

1st: Southwest Region Conference, Hotel Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM

3rd: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

28th: Chapter Monthly Meeting: TBD

SAVE THESE DATES:

July 1st: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

Aug 5th: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

Aug 23rd: Chapter Monthly Meeting: TBD

Sep 9th: Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, 1200, 355th Ops Group Conference Room (all welcome!)

Sep 14-15: AFA National Convention, Washington DC

Sep 16-18: AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Washington DC

Sep 27th: Chapter Monthly Meeting & Election of Chapter Officers: TBD

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Military Officers Association of America (MOAA� HYPERLINK "http://www.moaa.org/" \h � www.moaa.org�

Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)� HYPERLINK "http://www.afsahq.org/" \h � www.afsahq.org�

AFPC Afterburner Newsletter� HYPERLINK "http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/afretire" \h � www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/afretire�

DFAS (Retiree Finance Center)� HYPERLINK "http://www.dfas.mil/" \h � www.dfas.mil�

Contact Congress

� HYPERLINK "http://www.senate.gov/" \h �www.senate.gov�� HYPERLINK "http://www.house.gov/" \h �www.house.gov� Air Force Daily Report

� HYPERLINK "http://www.dailyreport.afa.org/" \h �www.dailyreport.afa.org�� HYPERLINK "http://www.af.mil/" \h �www.af.mil� AFA Veteran Benefits Association

� HYPERLINK "http://www.afaba.org/" \h �www.afaba.org�

4Armed Forces.com. Your best source of top quality Armed Forces Memorabilia and Gifts

� HYPERLINK "http://www.4ArmedForces.com/" \h �www.4ArmedForces.com� Appeals

� HYPERLINK "http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc" \h �www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc� Board of Veteran’s Appeals

� HYPERLINK "http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva" \h �www.va.gov/vbs/bva� Center for Women Veterans

AFA Tucson Chapter 105 afatucson105.wordpress.com

Air Force Association (AFA)� HYPERLINK "http://www.afa.org/" \h � www.afa.org�

Web Sites of Interest for AFA Members

Walt Thomas

Bill Goodall

AFA Tucson Chapter 105

AFA’s Mission

Our Mission is to promote a dominant USAF and a strong national defense and to honor airmen and our AF heritage. To accomplish this we:

Educate the public on the critical need for unmatched aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure US national security,

Advocate for aerospace power and STEM education, and

Support the total Air Force Family and promote aerospace education.