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Lecture Series - National Museum of the USAF National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
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- Государство
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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Vision and Genius in the R&D Gallery
Dr. Squire L. Brown discusses the museums Research & Development Gallery, which exhibits a unique collection of aircraft that challenged the imagination and pushed the boundaries of flight.
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Hexagon KH-9
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.
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Titan II - Few but Powerful
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.
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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.
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Taps on the Wall
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling shares his experiences as a prisoner of war, along with the poetry and prose he composed and memorized.
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Secret MiG Squadron
Col. (Ret.) 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.