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AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY
Volume 20 • Number 4 • Fall 2012
Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published four
times a year by the Airlift/Tanker Association,
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 Airlift/Tanker Association 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 Airlift/Tanker
Association (*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 Airlift/Tanker Association
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
Airlift/Tanker Quarterly, and are subject to change.
Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published for the
use of subscribers, officers, advisors and members
of the Airlift/Tanker Association.
The appearance of articles or advertisements,
including inserts, in Airlift/Tanker Quarterly
does not constitute an endorsement by the
Airlift/Tanker Association, the Air Mobility
Command, the Department of the Air Force or
the Department of Defense, of the viewpoints,
products or services mentioned or advertised.
©2012. Articles appearing in this publication
may not be reprinted, in any form, without
prior written approval from the Airlift/Tanker
Association.
Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is quarterly news cycledependent
and is distributed as follows: Winter:
January / February / March; Spring: April / May
/ June; Summer: July / August / September; Fall:
October / November / December [actual distribution
dates vary]. 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.
Airlift/Tanker Quarterly accepts advertising
for the inside front and back covers 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
Association 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
Association & 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
Airlift/Tanker 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 Airlift/Tanker Quarterly covers, created by A/TQ editor/art
director Collin Bakse, to illustrate the cover story written by A/TQ Public Affairs Coordinator Greg
Cook. The photo features the last edition of Airlifter Quarterly and all of the covers of Airlift/Tanker
Quarterly published to date.
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
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