AFA Almanac 2024

Vietnam War-era veterans from Wyoming took part in “Voyage of Valor,” an all-expenses-paid trip made possible by Wish of a Lifetime and AARP.

The Air Force Historical Foundation honored a pair of storied Airmen with lifetime achievement awards at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center May 22.

A message from AFA National Chaplain Maj. Gen. Steven A. Schaick, USAF (Ret.) thanking past, present, and future Airmen and Guardians.

The Air and Space Forces Association celebrated the grand opening of its new Operations Center on April 17 with a tribute to its founder, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle—the Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast. 

A new coffee table book pays tribute to generations of Airmen by recording the art they created in nuclear missile facilities across the country. 

Retired Brig. Gen. Lawrence Boyd Anderson, who served as vice chairman of the board of the Air Force Association—now the Air & Space Forces Association—and the last chairman of the board of the Aerospace Education Foundation, died Feb. 6. He was 89.

Harry T. Stewart, Jr., one of the last of the original Tuskegee Airmen and a World War II fighter pilot who achieved three victories in one day, died Feb. 2 at the age of 100.

Lt. Col. David Hamilton, the last surviving C-47 pilot who flew pathfinding paratroopers into France during the 1944 D-Day invasion passed away Jan. 5 at the age of 102.

Elon Musk, a confidant of President-elect Trump, has a poor opinion of the F-35 fighter and thinks it should give way to new, uncrewed aircraft. As one of the heads of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, Musk's views could affect upcoming contracts and plans for the fighter, but Trump…