In the world of museums, receiving an accolade from the American Association of Museum’s Museum News is top notch. The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, has gotten such an honor, when it was mentioned, along with the likes of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress, as a museum that “change the way one sees the world for a time.”
Airmen basic rarely go on to become four-star generals, but one who did retired last week after a 42 year career that saw him rise from a lowly slick-sleeve to the head of one of the Air Force’s most important major commands.