May 22, 2023 Former ambassador grandson digs through first secretary of the Air Force’s memorabilia Former U.S. Ambassador Stuart Symington visited the Air Force Historical Research Agency to take a look at some of his grandfather’s old documents and memorabilia while here as a guest of the Air Force chief of staff.
April 18, 2023 AAS recognizes STARCOM historian with President’s Award Space Training and Readiness Command historian and author, Dr. Rick W. Sturdevant, received the American Astronautical Society (AAS) President's Award for his work as series editor for the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) History Series, April 17.
May 10, 2022 8 graduate from first mobile training team-taught Basic Special Mission Aviator course The 908th Airlift Wing had eight enlisted members graduate the Basic Special Missions Aviator Course on April 27.This was the first time that the BSMA course was taught by a mobile training team.
May 4, 2022 History can have a price tag: “Golden Shovel” returned home A Scott Air Force Base historical artifact was recently in an antique shop and has returned home after mysteriously vanishing more than 100 years ago. After a store owner reached out to a 375 Air Mobility Wing historian, the item was brought back April 12, 2022.
Jan. 6, 2022 AFSOC History Office wins 2021 Air Force Excellence in Command History Program Award The award recognizes the best primary or field command history office for outstanding history and heritage programs leadership that provided exemplary historical services to improve organizational effectiveness, esprit de corps, and combat capability.
Sept. 2, 2021 The Summer Before 9/11 This September marks 20 years since our nation came under attack. Most people can vividly remember where they were on 9/11 and repeat that event in full detail; however, when you ask them what the nation, or the Air Force, looked like in the summer before 9/11, they struggle to find a memory.
Dec. 7, 2018 Seventh Air Force reflects on its Pearl Harbor sacrifices 77 years later OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- For American service members at Pearl Harbor, the humming of engines in the early morning of December 7, 1941 was something they’d heard many times before as the Hawaiian Air Force conducted routine flying operations, but in one horrifying instant, their reality
Nov. 30, 2018 25th OWS celebrates 75th anniversary Surrounded by historic aircraft in the main hangar of the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tuscon, Arizona, the 25th Operational Weather Squadron celebrated its 75th anniversary Nov. 2, 2018. Originally known as the 25th Weather Squadron, the unit provided weather support to Army and Army Air Corps
Sept. 5, 2018 History office plays key role in OCP emblem-to-patch conversion Since early recorded history, warring tribes often carried banners or flags marked with emblems to represent factions and motivate their warriors to fight for the cause. It is to this historical tradition that we can trace the evolution of military emblems and patches. As the Air Force begins
Dec. 5, 2017 75 years of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing: Operation Iraqi Freedom In December of 2002, while the war in Afghanistan continued to be a prominent fixture in American current events, the 386th AEW began to transform its tiny Southwest Asia undisclosed location from a small steady-state base to, at the time, the largest air base in U.S. Central Commands area of