Museum Lecture Series

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

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.

  1. 2015-12-30

    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’ Secret Mission in Space.” During the presentation, the National Reconnaissance Office revealed information about recently declassified elements of the program.

    1h 40m

  2. 2015-12-30

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

    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).

    1h 3m

  3. 2015-09-15

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

    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."

    44 min

  4. 2015-09-15

    Museum Lecture Series 57: America's SECRET MiG Squadron

    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.

    1h 11m

  5. 2015-09-15

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

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

    42 min

  6. 2015-09-15

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

    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.

    1h 5m

  7. 2015-09-15

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

    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.

    51 min

  8. 2015-09-15

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

    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.

    42 min
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