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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 research, development and technology, and historians and authors.

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force


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    Museum Lecture Series 64: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015


    Space pioneers share their experiences during a presentation titled “The Dorian Files Revealed: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory Crew Members' Secret Mission in Space.” During the presentation, the National Reconnaissance Office revealed information about recently declassified elements of the program.

    Museum Lecture Series 65: Evolution of the F-22 Raptor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015


    Former test pilot Paul Metz discusses the evolution of the F-22 Raptor, tracing the military, geo-political and technical forces that drove the more than 30-year search for an Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF).

    Museum Lecture Series 56: Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Development of Air and Space Power, 1942 to 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Air Force Special Operations Command historian Herbert A. Mason Jr. discusses the "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Development of Air and Space Power, 1942 to 2012."

    Museum Lecture Series 57: America's SECRET MiG Squadron

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    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 aircrews in an advanced joint training program against actual Soviet MiG jet fighters.

    Museum Lecture Series 58: Return and renewal with honor: Messages for all of us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 59: The US Air Force's mission to help create Afghan air power

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Col. Robert A. Strasser and Lt. Col. Tay W. Johannes discuss experiences in building the Afghan Air Force, including resources, organizational interactions, mission objectives and how historical events have influenced decision making.

    Museum Lecture Series 60: The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 62: Pushing the Envelope: Vision and Genius in the R&D Gallery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Dr. Squire L. Brown discusses the museum's Research & Development Gallery, which exhibits a unique collection of aircraft that challenged the imagination and pushed the boundaries of flight.

    Museum Lecture Series 61: Titan II - The Few but the Powerful

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    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 to come to incapacitate the silo.

    Museum Lecture Series 63: B-29 Bockscar

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Retired Col. Joseph Sweeney, the son of Bockscar pilot Gen. Charles Sweeney who was at the controls when the aircraft dropped the bomb on Aug. 9, 1945, will speak about his father and World War II.

    Museum Lecture Series 55: 20 Years as an Air Force photojournalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Six-time “Military Photographer of the Year” Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock discusses how he became a photojournalist in the Air Force and where it has taken him, what military photojournalists do, his latest projects and where photojournalism is going in the future.

    Museum Lecture Series 54: America's Canine Heroes: The story of military working dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Dogster.com editor/writer Maria Goodavage discusses the four-legged heroes who serve our country, what they bring to the fight, how they do it and the deep bonds they form with those who work with them.

    Museum Lecture Series 53: My True Course

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    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 first-hand perspective of one of World War II's most famous missions.

    Museum Lecture Series 52: The Air Force in Space -- and on the Moon: The Flights of Apollo 9 and Apollo 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 51: The Secret World of Space Reconnaissance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    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 A. McDonald and Dr. James D. Outzen.

    Museum Lecture Series 50: Air Force One - Zero Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    (Ret.) Col. Mark W. Tillman, the nation's 12th presidential pilot, gives a first-hand account of remarkable moments in history with his experience as pilot and commander of Air Force One from 2001-2009.

    Museum Lecture Series 49: The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015


    Dr. Daniel L. Haulman, an historian with Air Force Historical Research Agency, discusses the Tuskegee Airmen, who were for decades virtually ignored in American military history and have since become very famous, culminating in early 2007 with the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal.

    Museum Lecture Series 48: Six months with a critical care air transport team RN in Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 47: Aircraft and Aces: The fight for air superiority over Korea, 1950-1953

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Dr. Kenneth P. Werrell discusses the Korean War, which saw the first and largest jet-versus-jet fighter conflict of all time. Despite many disadvantages, American pilots won an overwhelming victory, which was critical in the outcome of the war.

    Museum Lecture Series 46: Covert Air Reconnaissance in Europe: USAFE operations, 1946-1990

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Lt. Col. (Ret.) John Bessette, who flew as a navigator and served in air refueling, airlift and gunship assignments, presents “Covert Air Reconnaissance in Europe: USAFE Operations, 1946-1990.”

    Museum Lecture Series 45: The Battle of Britain: Three perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 44: B-29s and the Korean War

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Author and retired Lt. Col. George A. Larson discusses information from his latest book, “The Superfortress Final Glory: The Korean Air War, The Cold War's First Aerial Combat.”

    Museum Lecture Series 43: The Early Wild Weasel Days: The Air Force's first anti-SAM efforts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Former Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Officer (Ret.) Col. Mike Gilroy discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Weasel and Strike crews at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.

    Museum Lecture Series 42: The jet race and the Second World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Air University professor Dr. S. Mike Pavelec discusses the three competing programs -- German, British and American -- to develop jet aircraft technology during World War II.

    Museum Lecture Series 41: Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: Unarmed reconnaissance during the Vietnam Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Former Air Force pilot and FBI agent Taylor Eubank illustrates the Vietnam reconnaissance experience from high above in the midst of surface-to-air missile (SAM) barrages and anti-aircraft flak traps and through perilous nighttime photo missions.

    Museum Lecture Series 39: A Rather Bizarre War: The Air Force learns and adapts in Korea

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, discusses how the Korean War was the first armed engagement for the newly formed U.S. Air Force, but far from the type of conflict it expected or wanted to fight.

    Museum Lecture Series 38: Recalling the MISTY years

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 37: Airpower in the Korean War: America's first jet-age air war

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 36: My Enemy ... My Friend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 35: The Air War in Korea: A Chinese perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 34: The Black Bats: CIA spy flights over China from Taiwan, 1951-1969

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 33: Lessons learned on the global war on terror, from the perspective of a special tactics pararescueman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    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 Global War on Terror from the perspective of a special tactics pararescueman.

    Museum Lecture Series 32: Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Their contributions to the nation's air arsenal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Col. Christopher Coombs, commander of the 703rd Aeronautical Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, discussed the contributions of unmanned aircraft systems to the nation's air arsenal.

    Museum Lecture Series 31: Nevermore - The Story of the Raven FAC's and the secret war in Laos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 40: From Weasels to Raptors: A test pilot's story

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 26: The sky is my office

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 25: Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


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

    Museum Lecture Series 24: Every Day a Nightmare: American Pursuit Pilots in the Defense of Java, 1941-42

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Award-winning author William H. Bartsch discusses his latest book, "Every Day a Nightmare: American Pursuit Pilots in the Defense of Java, 1941-42.”

    Museum Lecture Series 27: Reflections on heroism at Lima Site 85

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Career intelligence officer and author Dr. Timothy N. Castle discusses the findings contained in his book “One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam.”

    Museum Lecture Series 23: STS-123 final report on the 25th Space Station Assembly Mission

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    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 Shuttle/International Space Station assembly mission.

    Museum Lecture Series 28: Hell Hawks! The War No One Told You About and the Heroes Who Helped America Win It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Dr. Thomas D. Jones, a veteran NASA astronaut, scientist, speaker, author and consultant, gives a presentation based on the book Hell Hawks! -- which he co-authored with Robert F. Dorr.

    Museum Lecture Series 29: Getting through tough times

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Medal of Honor recipient Col. (Ret.) Leo K. Thorsness discusses how combat and prison expand the importance of making the most of what we have, techniques of coping with disadvantages, of finding out we are stronger than we think, and of realizing most of us come out the back end of adversity better, stronger and smarter than when we went in.

    Museum Lecture Series 30: America's Women Military Aviators: From WASP, to Thunderbirds, to the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015


    Maj. Nicole Malachowski, who became well known as the first female pilot on any U.S. jet demonstration team, discusses "America's Women Military Aviators: From WASP, to Thunderbirds, to the Future."

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