
Museum Lecture Series 64: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Panel
Space pioneers share their experiences during a presentation titled “The Dorian Files Revealed: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory Crew Members’...
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The Lecture Series features an exciting array of speakers who impart a diversity of perspectives on USAF heritage. Lecturers include active duty or retired military members, specialists in r...

Space pioneers share their experiences during a presentation titled “The Dorian Files Revealed: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory Crew Members’...

Former test pilot Paul Metz discusses the evolution of the F-22 Raptor, tracing the military, geo-political and technical forces that drove...

Air Force Special Operations Command historian Herbert A. Mason Jr. discusses the "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to...

Retired Col. Gaillard R. Peck Jr. addresses the 10-year period that the U.S. Air Force secretly trained Air Force, Navy and Marine fighter a...

Retired Maj. Gen. John Borling shares his experiences as a prisoner of war, along with the poetry and prose he composed and memorized.

Col. Robert A. Strasser and Lt. Col. Tay W. Johannes discuss experiences in building the Afghan Air Force, including resources, organization...

Phil Pressel discusses the last orbiting reconnaissance camera that used film for photography and how it played an important part in U.S. in...

Dr. Squire L. Brown discusses the museum’s Research & Development Gallery, which exhibits a unique collection of aircraft that challenged th...

Dr. David K. Stumpf gives an overview of the Titan II program, culminating in a discussion of just how close a Soviet weapon would have had...

Retired Col. Joseph Sweeney, the son of Bockscar pilot Gen. Charles Sweeney who was at the controls when the aircraft dropped the bomb on Au...

Six-time “Military Photographer of the Year” Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock discusses how he became a photojournalist in the Air Force and where...

Dogster.com editor/writer Maria Goodavage discusses the four-legged heroes who serve our country, what they bring to the fight, how they do...

Dutch Van Kirk, the navigator from the B-29 Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, gives a...

Former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force colonel David R. Scott talks about his three space missions: Gemini VIII, Apollo 9 and Apollo 15...

Learn about the Gambit 1 KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9 reconnaissance satellites during this presentation by CIA officers Dr. Robert...

(Ret.) Col. Mark W. Tillman, the nation’s 12th presidential pilot, gives a first-hand account of remarkable moments in history with his expe...

Dr. Daniel L. Haulman, an historian with Air Force Historical Research Agency, discusses the Tuskegee Airmen, who were for decades virtually...

Lt. Col. Deborah Lehker speaks about her deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan, as a Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) nurse and the go...

Dr. Kenneth P. Werrell discusses the Korean War, which saw the first and largest jet-versus-jet fighter conflict of all time. Despite many d...

Lt. Col. (Ret.) John Bessette, who flew as a navigator and served in air refueling, airlift and gunship assignments, presents “Covert Air Re...

Author and aviation artist Paul Jacobs examines the Battle of Britain from three perspectives -- historical, aviation technology development...

Author and retired Lt. Col. George A. Larson discusses information from his latest book, “The Superfortress Final Glory: The Korean Air War,...

Former Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Officer (Ret.) Col. Mike Gilroy discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Weasel and Strike cr...

Air University professor Dr. S. Mike Pavelec discusses the three competing programs -- German, British and American -- to develop jet aircra...

Former Air Force pilot and FBI agent Taylor Eubank illustrates the Vietnam reconnaissance experience from high above in the midst of surface...

Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, discusses how the Korean War was the first armed engagement for t...

World record setting pilot (Ret.) Lt. Col. Dick Rutan discusses his Air Force service, specifically his time as a forward air controller dur...

Internationally-recognized aerospace historian Dr. Richard P. Hallion discusses America’s first jet-age air war.

Former enemy pilots (Ret.) Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry and Mr. Nguyen Hong My will discuss Cherry’s book “My Enemy ... My Friend.”

Air War College professor Dr. Xiaoming Zhang discusses the Chinese perspective of the air war in Korea.

British author Chris Pocock discusses the 'Black Bats' and CIA spy flights over China from Taiwan from 1951-1969.

Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, who in 2007 was one of six airmen to be awarded the first Air Force Combat Action Medal, discuss the Gl...

Col. Christopher Coombs, commander of the 703rd Aeronautical Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, discussed the contributions o...

Craig W. Duehring, who served as a forward air controller (FAC) during the Southeast Asia War, tells the story of the forward air controller...

Rocketplane Global Vice President and Chief Test Pilot Paul Metz discusses his more than 37 years and 7,000 flying hours in over 70 differen...

Aviation pioneer (Ret.) Col. Joseph Kittinger Jr. talks about his 29-year Air Force career, including his record-breaking high-altitude jump...

Army Times reporter and author Sean D. Naylor discusses his latest book, “Not A Good Day To Die -- The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda.”

Award-winning author William H. Bartsch discusses his latest book, "Every Day a Nightmare: American Pursuit Pilots in the Defense of Java, 1...

NASA astronaut and USAF Col. Gregory H. Johnson highlights his time as pilot of STS-123 Endeavor from March 11-26, 2008, which was the 25th...

Career intelligence officer and author Dr. Timothy N. Castle discusses the findings contained in his book “One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site...

Dr. Thomas D. Jones, a veteran NASA astronaut, scientist, speaker, author and consultant, gives a presentation based on the book Hell Hawks!...

Medal of Honor recipient Col. (Ret.) Leo K. Thorsness discusses how combat and prison expand the importance of making the most of what we ha...

Maj. Nicole Malachowski, who became well known as the first female pilot on any U.S. jet demonstration team, discusses "America's Women Mili...

Dr. Michael L. Grumelli examines the relationship among airmen, technology and airmindedness in early military aviation.

Air Force HH-60G Pave-Hawk pilot Lt. Col. Jeffrey Peterson recalls his role in the daring combat rescue attempt of a Navy Seal in Afghanista...

Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro shares his inspiring story of survival. In Afghanistan on Dec. 4, 2005, his Humvee rolled over a roadside bomb, c...

Retired Canadian Col. Lorne RodenBush discusses his role as Canada's Permanent Representative to the International Control Commission in Han...

Son Tay Raider pilot Maj. (Ret.) William A. Guenon Jr. explains how he flew "low and slow" in the lead C-130, operating in radio silence, as...

Former Air Force sergeant and co-author of the original story for the major motion picture, “Good Morning, Vietnam!” Adrian Cronauer discuss...

Best-selling author Dr. Donald L. Miller discusses his award-winning book, “Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War...