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    Humanitarian Airlift Operations

 - Enlisted Personnel Of Operation Tidal
   Wave

 - Enlisted Contributions To The
   Schweinfurt Missions During WWII

 



 

 
                                                                                   






 

                                                           
                                                                                   

 

 
 
 


 - Sergeant Maynard H. Smith
 - Technical Sergeant Forrest L. Vosler
 - Staff Sergeant Archibald Mathies
 - Staff Sergeant Henry E. Erwin
 - A1C William H. Pitsenbarger
 - A1C John L. Levitow

 


                                                                                   
                                                                                   

 

 

                                                                                   
 
 


                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 

 


 
 
                                                                                   


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 - Brigadier General Joseph R. Albi
 - Lee Arbon
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 - Max Baer
 - Max Baer Jr.
 - Brigadier General Brian E. Barrents
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 - Brigadier General William J. Becker
 - Walter H. Beech
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 - Mike Biliriekis
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 - Brigadier General Tedd L. Bishop
 - Major General Gary C. Blair
 - Major General Joseph S. Bleymaier
 - Brigadier General Thomas Bowen
 - Brigadier General Clayton "Gary" Bridges
 - Charles Bronson
 - Brigadier General William R. Brooksher
 - Brigadier General Stanford E. Brown
 - Brigadier General Alfred P. Bunting
 - Lieutenant General Kelly H. Burke
 - Major General Rupert H. Burris
 - Lieutenant General Anthony J. Burshnick
 - George W. Bush
 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell
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 - Lieutenant General Patrick P. Caruana
 - Johnny Cash
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 - Major General G. Wesley Clark
 - Brigadier General Rendell F. Clarke, Jr.
 - Brigadier General Richard A. Coleman
 - Mike Connors
 - Brigadier General John J. Crawford, Jr.
 - General Wilbur L. "Bill" Creech
 - Major General Lewis E. Curtis III
 - Lieutenant General Joseph R. Delcua
 - Carol A. DiBattiste
 - Colonel Roger Donlon
 - General Charles L. Donnelly, Jr.
 - General Russell Elliott Dougherty
 - Lieutenant General Hans H. Driessnack
 - Lieutenant General Walter D. Druen, Jr.
 - Major General Neil L. Eddins
 - Major General Donald L. Evans
 - Terry Everett
 - Gerald Author Fears
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 - Lieutenant General Phillip J. Ford
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 - Luis Franco
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 - Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem II
 - Major General Richard F. Gillis
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 - Peter Graves
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 - John Griffith
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 - Lieutenant General Trevor A. Hammond
 - General Alfred G. Hanson
 - General James V. Hartinger
 - Arthur A. Hartman
 - Brigadier General Don M. Hartung
 - Brigadier General Gilbert R. Hawk
 - Charlton Heston
 - Lieutenant General Robert C. Hinson
 - Brigadier General William R. Hodges
 - Major General Jeanne M. Holm
 - Terry Howard
 - General  Robert E. Huyser
 - Brigadier General Richard A. Ingram
 - Major General Charles C. Irions
 - Brigadier General Charles B. Jiggetts
 - Lieutenant General Warren D. Johnson
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 - DeForest Kelly
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 - Lieutenant General Winston D. Powers
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 - Brigadier General Lonnie J. Slauson, Jr.
 - Dean Smith
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 - Brigadier General David L. Young
 

                                                                                   

 

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                          

 

   

                                                                                  
                                                                                   


                                                                                   

                                                                               

                                                                                   
                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 

 

 


                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 

 

 

 


                                                                                  
                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                  
                                                                                   
                                                                                   


                                                                                   

 

                                                                                   

                                                                                    
                                                                                   

    
                                                                                   

 

                                                                                   
                                                                                  
                                                                                   

                                                                                   


                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 


                                                                                   

                                                                                     
                                                                                   

                                                                                   
                                                                                   

                                                                                   
                                                                                   

 

                                                                                   
                                                                                   

                                                                                   


                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 



                                                                                   
 


 
                                                                                 



 

                                                                        

 

 
 

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 


 - AAF Ground Crews In WWII
 - CMSgt (Ret) Floyd D. Werle (AF Bands
   Men and Song Writer)

 - CMSgt (Ret) Lawrence Wiehe Jr:
   Trombone Soloist

 - Enlisted Aircrew Cryptologists
 - WWII Crew Chief Training
 - The Establishment Of The Loadmaster
    Crew

 - The Evolution Of The AF Independent
    Duty Medical Technician

 - Supergrade Creation = Establishment
   Of E-8 SMSgt and E-9 CMSgt

 - USAF Public Affairs In The Persian Gulf:
   Informing The Gulf War

 - 5th Weather Squadron Enlisted Weather
   Warriors, Air Mobility by Storm During The
   Vietnam War

 - AF Enlisted Air Traffic Controllers During
   The Air Traffic Controllers Strike 1981-
   1983

 - History OF Specialty Code (461X0)
   Munitions System Specialty

 - History Of the Chaplain Management
   Career Field

 - History Of Training Devices Career Field,
   AFSC 34XXX

 - History Of The AF Pharmacy Technician
 - Unlucky 13th Mission
 - Balloon
 - Chevrons In The Clouds: USAF Enlisted
   History Research

 - Classification And Training Of Enlisted
   Personnel

 - Communications - Computer Systems In
   Southeast Asia

 - Contributions Of The KC-135 Crew Chief
   During The Vietnam War

 - Early Air Force Pioneer Father Of Blind
   Fligh
t
 - Early Air Force Pioneer Father Of U.S.
   Precision Bombing

 - Enlisted Aircrews And Airborne Radio
   Direction Finding (ARDF) In Southeast
   Asia

 - Vernon L. Burge
 - Chronology Of Significant Aerospace
   Events Air Force 25th Anniversary

 - Enlisted Ophthalmic Technician In The
   USAF

 - Enlisted Force Participation In The Son
   Tay Search And Rescue Mission

 - Morse Code Operators In The Air Force
 - Evolution Of Air Weather Service
 - Evolution Of The AF NCO "Backbone Of
   The USAF"

 - Flying Sergeants Of WWII And Their
   Demise

 - History Of Aircraft Maintenance Training
 - Evolution Of Senior And Chief Master
   Sergeants

 - History Of Enlisted Weather Training
   Before Chanute AFB

 - History Of The USAAF Combat Cargo
   Group's And The Enlisted Contribution

 - Pararescuemen, The Unsung Heros
 - Maintenance Management Information
   And Control System

 - Proposal To Reinstate The Original AF
   Flight Engineer Wings

 - Project 100,000 ASVAB Misnorming And
   The Advent Of AF Social Actions

 - Project Warrior: An ATC Student
   Awareness Program On Military History

 - History Of Enlisted In AF Contracting
 - Enlisted Stripes
 - History Of AF Enlisted Chevrons
 - Intergration Of The USAF At Lockbourne
   AFB, Ohio

 - 1st Enlisted Navigator
 - 1st American Balloon Builder
 - The Beginnings Of The Air Traffic Control
   Career Field

 - The Early Years Of AF Basic Training
   (1939 - 1952)

 - The Pride Of The Enlisted Mechanic
 - USAF Enlisted Weather Observer
   Contributions To The Development Of The
   Laotion Weather New in Southeast Asia

 - Weighted Airman Promotion System
    (WAPS)