AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 20 • Number 4 • Fall 2012 <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly is published four times a year by the <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, 9312 Convento Terrace, Fairfax, Virginia 22031. Postage paid at Belleville, Illinois. Subscription rate: $40.00 per year. Change of address requires four weeks notice. The <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to providing a forum for people interested in improving the capability of U.S. air mobility forces. The Founding Members of the <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (*Deceased) are: General Bill Moore, MajGen Jim “Bagger” Baginski, MajGen Tom Sadler, BrigGen Mal Hooker, Col Bob Ellington, Col Jimmy Maturo, Col Bill Bailey,* Col Ken Chatfield,* LtCol Hank Van Gieson and Mr. C. W. Scott.* Membership in the <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is $40 annually or $110 for three years. Fulltime student membership is $15 per year. Life membership is $500. Industry Partner membership includes five individual memberships and is $1500 per year. Membership dues include a subscription to <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly, and are subject to change. <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly is published for the use of subscribers, officers, advisors and members of the <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> <strong>Association</strong>. 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The copy deadline for submitted stories, articles, letters, etc., is as follows: Winter: December 30th; Spring: March 30th; Summer: June 30th; Fall [Convention Edition]: August 30th. <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly accepts advertising for the inside front and back <strong>covers</strong> for the Winter, Spring and Summer Editions; and for throughout the Fall Convention Edition. EDITORIAL STAFF: Gen. Walter Kross, USAF, Retired Chairman, Board of Officers Mr. Collin R. Bakse Editor and Art Director Mr. Doug Lynch Business Manager Col. Ronald E. Owens, USAF Retired Editorial Advisor Col. Gregory Cook, USAF Editorial Contributor/Public Affairs Coordinator Table of Contents <strong>Association</strong> Business 2012 A/TA Board of Officers & Convention Staff....................................................................... 2 Chairman’s Comments............................................................................................................... 4 President’s Message..................................................................................................................... 5 Secretary’s Notes......................................................................................................................... 5 Lost Member List...................................................................................................................... 75 <strong>Association</strong> & Chapter Contacts............................................................................................... 76 Features Cover Story On Wings of Legacy: 20 Years of A/TA Tradition and Transformation....................................................... 8-13 A Welcome Message from General Johns...................................................................... 14-15 Someone, Somewhere, Needs Something: Mobility Airmen Answer the Call................................................................................. 16-21 <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Hall of Fame..................................................................................................22-25 2012 A/TA Awards 2012 A/TA Hall of Fame Inductee........................................................................................28-30 2012 A/TA Young Leadership Award Winners.....................................................................33-37 2012 A/TA General Robert E. “Dutch” Huyser Award Winners..........................................40-41 2012 A/TA General P. K. Carlton Award for Valor Winner....................................................... 43 2012 A/TA Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen Award Winner.............................................................. 45 2012 A/TA Specialized Mission Award Winner........................................................................ 47 2012 A/TA General Ronald Fogleman ASAM Award Winner................................................... 49 2012 A/TA Key Spouse of the Year Award Winner................................................................... 51 2012 A/TA LtGen James E. Sherrard III Award (AFRC) Winner................................................ 53 2012 A/TA MajGen Stanley F. H. Newman (ANG) Award Winner........................................... 55 A Salute to the A/TA Industry Partners......................................................................... 56-67 Mobility History & Heritage: Flying the Hump................................................................68-74 Alphabetical List of Advertisers Air Compassion for Veterans (courtesy ad)............................................................................70 AMC Museum (courtesy ad)...................................................................................................69 ARSAG.....................................................................................................................................46 A/TA Enlisted Education Grant Program..................................................................................7 BOEING............................................................................................................................. 38-39 CAE..........................................................................................................................................52 Coastal Aircraft/Oregon Aero.................................................................................. Back Cover David Clark.............................................................................................................................46 EADS North America...............................................................................................................44 ESCO/Zodiac Aerospace..........................................................................................................50 FlightSafety....................................................................................................Inside Back Cover W L Gore.................................................................................................................................42 Gulfstream..............................................................................................................................18 James W. Harper......................................................................................................................31 JP Promotions (courtesy ad)...................................................................................................54 Lockheed Martin.......................................................................................................................3 Parker Aerospace.......................................................................................... Inside Front Cover Polaris......................................................................................................................................32 Pratt & Whitney......................................................................................................................26 Rockwell Collins.....................................................................................................................11 Snowball Express (courtesy ad)...............................................................................................73 ON THE COVER: A photographic montage of <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly <strong>covers</strong>, created by A/<strong>TQ</strong> editor/art director Collin Bakse, to illustrate the cover story written by A/<strong>TQ</strong> Public Affairs Coordinator Greg Cook. The photo features the last edition of <strong>Airlift</strong>er Quarterly and all of the <strong>covers</strong> of <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly published to date. PRINTED IN U.S.A. A/<strong>TQ</strong> • <strong>Airlift</strong>/<strong>Tanker</strong> Quarterly • Fall 2012 1