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Fall 2020 28 04 AIRLIFT / TANKER QUARTERLY Volume Number FALL 2020 28 04 THE AIRLIFT / TANKER ASSOCIATION Pages 10-13 Col. Lawrence “Rocky” Lane - Raven #1 2020 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 2020 A/TA Pages 29-55 AWARDS A SALUTE Pages 57-65 TO OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS UsingUsingUsingUsingUsing the thethe thethe latest latestlatest latestlatest AirliftAirliftAirliftAirliftAirlift Support Support Support SupportSupport technologytechnologytechnologytechnologytechnology to toto toto provide provideprovide provideprovide thethethethethe greatest greatestgreatest greatestgreatest good. good.good. good.good. 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Change of address requires four weeks notice. The Airlift/Tanker Association is a non-profit professional FEATURES organization dedicated to providing a forum for people interested in improving the capability of U.S. air mobility forces. Membership 08 A Message from Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost in the Airlift/Tanker Association is $40 annually or $110 for A Message from Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick three years. Full-time student membership is $15 per year. Life 09 membership is $500. Industry Partner membership includes five 10-13 Cover Story: The Airlift/Tanker Association 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee individual memberships and is $1700 per year. Membership dues include a subscription to Airlift/Tanker Quarterly, and are subject Col. Lawrence “Rocky” Lane - Raven #1 to change. 14 The Hanoi Pick Up You Haven’t Heard of Before Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published for the use of subscribers, officers, advisors and members of the Airlift/Tanker Association. 15-17 Airlift on the Docket: The National Military Airlift Hearings The appearance of articles or advertisements, including inserts, in Airlift/Tanker Quarterly does not constitute an 18-27 Airlift/Tanker Association Hall of Fame endorsement by the Airlift/Tanker Association, the Air Mobility Command, the Department of the Air Force or the Department 29 2020 A/TA Awards Introduction of Defense, of the viewpoints, products or services mentioned or 30-35 Young Leadership Award Winners advertised. ©2020. Articles appearing in this publication may not be 38-42 Gen. Robert E. “Dutch” Huyser Award Winners reprinted, in any form, without prior written approval from the Airlift/ Tanker Association. 43 Col. Gail S. Halvorsen Award Winner Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is quarterly news cycle-dependent and is distributed as follows: Winter: January|February|March; 44 Specialized Mission Award Winner Spring: April|May|June; Summer: July | August | September; 45 Gen. P.K. Carlton Award for Valor Fall: October | November | December [actual distribution dates vary]. The copy deadline for submitted stories, articles, letters, 47 Gen. Ronald Fogleman ASAM Award Winner etc., is as follows: Winter: January 2nd; Spring: April 2nd; Summer: July 2nd; Fall [Convention Edition]: September 2nd. 48 Maj. Gen. James I. Baginski Air Mobility Liaison Officer (AMLO) Award Winner Airlift/Tanker Quarterly accepts advertising for the inside front, Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III AFRC Award Winner inside back and back covers for the Winter, Spring and Summer 51 Editions; and for throughout the Fall Convention Edition. 52 Maj. Gen. Stanley F. H. Newman ANG Award Winner BOARD OF OFFICERS & EDITORIAL STAFF: 55 Key Spouse of the Year Award Winner Chairman, A/TA 56 In Recognition of our Convention Sponsors Using the latest Gen. Duncan J McNabb USAF Ret [email protected] 57-65 A Salute to the A/TA Industry Partners Airlift Support President 66 Tales on the Ramp: Never Trust a Fighter Pilot technology to provide Chief Master Sgt. Michael R Kerver USAF Ret [email protected] 67 Mobility Heroes: Our Heritage the greatest good. Sr Vice President Lt. Gen. Vern M Findley II USAF Ret [email protected] DEPARTMENTS VP, Programs 68-71 Air Mobility News & Views Patricia G. Cost DAFC Ret [email protected] 72 Air Mobility Classics VP, Industry Affairs Col. Cary Walgamott USAF Ret [email protected] ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS THANK YOU ALL! Secretary 46 AMC Museum (courtesy ad) Col. Grace Blevins-Holman USAF Ret [email protected] 7 ARSAG (Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group International, Inc.) 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