Chequita Wood

Chequita Wood is the assistant managing editor for Air & Space Forces Magazine with more than 25-plus years of editorial experience.


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2026 AFA Almanac

Skip to almanac content EXPLORE THE ALMANAC 01Founders & leadership↗02Membership & growth↗03National Aerospace Awards↗04AFA Field Awards↗05Education & STEM↗06Chapter recognition↗07Regional honors↗ ↓ Original PDF Opens here · Back to Almanac to return Read original PDF Search all sections⌕Clear Browse using the...

2022 AFA Almanac

A compendium of facts and figures about the Air & Space Forces Association.

2021 AFA Almanac

A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association.

AFA Almanac

Statistics and information on who we were, who we are, and where we're going.

Outstanding Airmen of the Year

The program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement, and personal achievements.

Airman for Life

The Air Force Association’s Teacher of the Year

Verbatim

Photo: 2nd Lt. Randolph Abaya I’VE GOT YOUR BACK “One of the things the Air Force is testing, with Valkyrie, is Loyal Wingman. So, now we’d have a manned platform with manned-unmanned teaming. That decreases risk to some of our...

Airman for Life

Updates on AFA’s activities, outreach, awards, and advocacy.

Verbatim

QX54 unmanned aircraft. Photo: USAF video still. SECURITY FLAW “The US technology-control system is designed for an era of US technological dominance that no longer exists. The export-control mechanisms, which were designed to maintain US technological dominance developed at the...

Airman for Life: The D-Day Pilot and Flight Nurse; CAP and UAS

Capt. Vito Pedone (pilot) and his wife, 1st. Lt. Geraldine Pedone (flight nurse), were both participants in D-Day’s Operation Overlord. Photo courtesy of the Pedone family As the United States geared up for Operation Overlord and the D-Day invasion of...

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