 Special speakers offer stimulating presentations at the National Museum of the United States Air Force throughout the year. The museum's speaker series features active duty or retired military members, specialists in research, development and technology, and historians and authors.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Sign interpretation for the hearing impaired is provided during the lecture series. For more information, please call (937) 255-1743.
Audio from past lectures is included in the Museum Lecture Series Podcast. Videos of past lectures are available on loan through the museum's Education Division. Please call (937) 255-4666, or view the online catalog.
2011 LECTURE SCHEDULE:
Jan. 26, 2011
Mr. Taylor Eubank
"Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: Unarmed Reconnaissance during the Vietnam Conflict"
Feb. 24, 2011
Dr. S. Mike Pavelec
"The Jet Race and the Second World War"
March 30, 2011
Col. (Ret.) Mike Gilroy
"The Early Wild Weasel Days: The Air Force's First Anti-SAM Efforts"
April 27, 2011
Lt. Col. (Ret.) George A. Larson
"B-29s in the Korean War"
May 17, 2011
Mr. Paul Jacobs
"The Battle of Britain: Three Perspectives"
Sept. 29, 2011
Lt. Col. (Ret.) John Bessette
"Covert Air Reconnaissance in Europe: USAFE Operations, 1946-1990"
Oct. 25, 2011
Mr. Kenneth P. Werrell
"Aircraft and Aces: The Fight for Air Superiority over Korea, 1950-1953"
Nov. 17, 2011
Lt. Col. Deborah "Lucy" Lehker
"Six Months with a Critical Care Air Transport Team RN in Afghanistan"
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