Frances McKenney

Florida Gala Salutes the Guard and Reserve The Air Force Gala in Orlando, Fla., organized by the Central Florida Chapter, honored “citizen airmen”—the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. Held in conjunction with the Air Warfare Symposium and Technology...

Vintage Do you still fit into your Air Force uniform Many San Jacinto Chapter members manage to do so, at least once a year, for Vintage Uniform Night. This time, the annual event in Texas featured as guest speaker chapter...

Honors at the LA Ball Gen. William L. Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, received top honors during the Air Force Ball sponsored by the Gen. B. A. Schriever Los Angeles Chapter in California in November. Air Force Association...

The Old and The New As part of their 34th reunion, eight World War II veterans of the 86th Fighter-Bomber Group toured Eglin AFB, Fla., in September. At least half of them came from AFA chapters from four states. In...

The Heimlich Hero At AFROTC field training camp in June, a cadet began coughing during dinner in the mess hall at Camp Shelby, Miss. It happened at a time when everyone was supposed to sit at attention, with no talking...

National Teacher of the Year At the Air Force Association’s National Convention, a science teacher from Charleston, S.C., became the 28th recipient of AFA’s National Aerospace Teacher of the Year award. Margaret Spigner is the science department chairwoman at West...

Just in Time Columbia Palmetto Chapter’s president, Lt. Col. E. G. Shuler III, reports that an AFA Spouse Scholarship arrived just in time for his local recipient in South Carolina. Tuition and fees at the University of South Carolina, Columbia,...

“Low-Cost, High-Impact” The cause is dear to his heart. Robert E. Wiggins, New Jersey’s longtime Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Chapter member, has been regularly donating books on airpower topics to libraries and schools. His aim has always been to promote...

Tickled by the Prince At the Warrior Games in Colorado in May, Brandon Bishop—sponsored in part by Colorado State AFA—competed in sitting volleyball against other military services athletes and—oh, by the way—Britain’s Prince Harry. To hear Colorado State President George...

Cake, Coffee, Awards In California, the Robert H. Goddard Chapter hosted its annual awards ceremony for airmen from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It took place in April, only two months after the base held its own annual awards ceremony at...

Painting a Soul That Is Lost In March, San Jacinto Chapter members visited an art exhibition that pays homage to Texans who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Portrait of a Warrior Memorial Art Gallery in Baytown,...

Meet the Vietnam War’s Top Ace Hosted in Massachusetts by the Paul Revere Chapter in March, Vietnam War ace Charles B. DeBellevue gave presentations to several groups around Hanscom Air Force Base during his visit. Then-Captain DeBellevue was the first...

Dynamic and Continually Evolving “The Central Florida Chapter is dedicated to supporting aerospace education,” Chapter President Michael J. Liquori told the audience at the Air Warfare Symposium Gala in Orlando, Fla. The 29th annual banquet—part of the three-day Air Force...

How To Make a Splash—in Two Weeks “Wow, what a look on their faces,” wrote Maryland’s Thomas W. Anthony Chapter President John L. Huggins Jr. in an e-mail. He was describing the re­actions of an airman and his wife when...

How To Make a Big Splash When Howard L. Burke of the Red Tail Memorial Chapter in Florida received his Air Force Association Medal of Merit, he garnered prominent coverage—both for himself and for AFA. The local Star-Banner daily newspaper...