Lecture Series - National Museum of the USAF
Summary: 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 research, development and technology, and historians and authors.
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Podcasts:
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 he led the unlikely formation of six rescue helicopters carrying 56 Green Berets to the Son Tay Prison, while avoiding surface-to-air missiles, MiG and anti-aircraft artillery threats around Hanoi.
Canadian Col. (Ret.) Lorne RodenBush discusses his role as Canada's Permanent Representative to the International Control Commission in Hanoi during the height of the bombing in the Vietnam War.
Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro shares his inspiring story of survival. In Afghanistan on Dec. 4, 2005, his Humvee rolled over a roadside bomb, causing wounds that have forever changed his face, hands and Air Force career.
Museum historian Jeff Duford's lecture highlights who Battlefield Airmen are, what they do, their history, and some specific engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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 Afghanistan.
Museum historian Dr. Jeff Underwood looks at how the leaders of the U.S. Army Air Corps of the 1930s -- Oscar Westover, Frank Andrews and Hap Arnold -- laid the foundation for building the world's most powerful air force.
Dr. Michael L. Grumelli examines the relationship among airmen, technology and airmindedness in early military aviation.
World War II ace Col. (Ret.) Steve Pisanos discusses his 30-year Air Force career, including his six-month evasion of the Germans after his P-51B crash-landed during a 1944 mission in France.
Wes Henry, chief of the museum's Research Division, offers an overview of the significant events and accomplishments of the U.S. Air Force in support of the United States' conquest of space during the last 50 years.
Col. (Ret.) Bob Krone discusses the F-105 Thunderchief, its pilots and missions, and the 2007 meaning of the war in Southeast Asia.
Col. (Ret.) Darrel Whitcomb relates his and others' experiences from combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions in Southeast Asia and examines the organization that was established to provide CSAR services in the Iraq-Kuwait theater of operations during Desert Storm.
Museum historian Jeff Duford discusses the museum's C-123 “Patches” as well as the Ranch Hand program to remove foliage during the war in Southeast Asia.
Dr. David S. Sorenson, an Air War College professor of national securities studies, discusses Arab identity, Arabs at war, Arab religious identity and possible Arab futures.
Museum historian Doug Lantry discusses the origins, operations and effects of strategic missiles used during the Cold War.
Former Red Eagle Commander and F-15C subject matter expert Col. (Ret.) Gail Peck initiated a secret program to train Air Force and Navy fighter pilots to a degree of proficiency never before achieved.