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AIRLIFT / TANKER QUARTERLY Volume Number FALL 2019 27 04 THE AIRLIFT / TANKER ASSOCIATION Pages 12-15 Air Transportation Career Field “Port Dawgs” and the Air Transportation Legacy Team 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 2019 A/TA Pages 26-54 AWARDS A SALUTE Pages 56-65 TO OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS UsingUsingUsingUsing the thethe the latest latestlatest latest AirliftAirlift Support Support AirliftAirlift Support Support technologytechnologytechnologytechnology to toto to provide provideprovide provide thethethethe greatest greatestgreatest greatest good. good.good. good. PhotoPhoto courtesy courtesy of of U.S. U.S. Air Air Force Force PhotoPhoto courtesy courtesy of U.S.of U.S. Air Air Force Force YouYou can’t can’t be be a a force force for for peace peace if if your your equipment equipment isn’t isn’t ready. ready. That’s That’s why why we we YouYou can’t can’t be be a force a force for for peace peace if yourif your equipment equipment isn’t isn’t ready. ready. 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Call Call us us at at(949) (949) 809-8100 809-8100 or orvisit visit www.parker.com/CSOwww.parker.com/CSO to to learn learn more. more. www.parker.com/CSOwww.parker.com/CSO to tolearn learn more. more. VisitVisit us us at at the the A/TA A/TA Convention Convention & & Symposium, Symposium, Booth Booth 703. 703. ©2015©2015 Parker Parker Hannifin Hannifin CorporationCorporation ALH-1-6ALH-1-6 VisitVisit us us at atthe the A/TA A/TA Convention Convention & Symposium,& Symposium, Booth Booth 703. 703. ©2015©2015 Parker Parker Hannifin Hannifin Corporation Corporation ALH-1-6 ALH-1-6 CONTENTS 02 2019 A/TA Board of Officers & Convention Staff ASSOCIATION NEWS AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY 04 Chairman’s Comments Volume 27 • Number 4 • Fall 2019 05 President’s Message Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published four times a year by the Airlift/Tanker Association, 7983 Rhodes Farm Way, Chattanooga, 06 Secretary’s Notes Tennessee 37421. Postage paid at St. Louis, Missouri. Subscription rate: $40.00 per year. Change of address requires four weeks notice. FEATURES The Airlift/Tanker Association is a non-profit professional A Message from Gen. Maryanne Miller organization dedicated to providing a forum for people interested 08 in improving the capability of U.S. air mobility forces. Membership 12 Cover Story: The Airlift/Tanker Association 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee in the Airlift/Tanker Association is $40 annually or $110 for three years. Full-time student membership is $15 per year. Life Air Transportation Career Field “Port Dawgs” and the Air Transportation Legacy Team membership is $500. Industry Partner membership includes five 18-24 Airlift/Tanker Association Hall of Fame individual memberships and is $1700 per year. Membership dues include a subscription to Airlift/Tanker Quarterly, and are subject 25 2019 A/TA Awards Introduction to change. Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published for the use of subscribers, 26-31 Young Leadership Award Winners officers, advisors and members of the Airlift/Tanker Association. The appearance of articles or advertisements, including 32-34 Gen. Robert E. “Dutch” Huyser Award Winners inserts, in Airlift/Tanker Quarterly does not constitute an 37 Col. Gail S. Halvorsen Award Winner endorsement by the Airlift/Tanker Association, the Air Mobility Command, the Department of the Air Force or the Department 40 Specialized Mission Award Winner of Defense, of the viewpoints, products or services mentioned or advertised. 43 Gen. Ronald Fogleman ASAM Award Winner ©2019. Articles appearing in this publication may not be reprinted, in any form, without prior written approval from the Airlift/ 44 Maj. Gen. James I. Baginski Air Mobility Liaison Officer (AMLO) Award Winner Tanker Association. 47 Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III AFRC Award Winner Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is quarterly news cycle-dependent and is distributed as follows: Winter: January|February|March; 48 Maj. Gen. Stanley F. H. Newman ANG Award Winner Spring: April|May|June; Summer: July | August | September; Fall: October | November | December [actual distribution dates 51 Key Spouse of the Year Award Winner vary]. The copy deadline for submitted stories, articles, letters, Capt. Lillian Kinkella Keil (A&E) Award Winner etc., is as follows: Winter: January 2nd; Spring: April 2nd; 52 Summer: July 2nd; Fall [Convention Edition]: September 2nd. 54 1st Lt. Reba Zitella Whittle Award (A&E) Award Winner Airlift/Tanker Quarterly accepts advertising for the inside front, inside back and back covers for the Winter, Spring and Summer 56-65 A Salute to the A/TA Industry Partners Editions; and for throughout the Fall Convention Edition. 66 Tales on the Ramp: Ingenious Simulation BOARD OF OFFICERS & EDITORIAL STAFF: 67 Mobility Heroes: Our Heritage Chairman, A/TA Gen. Duncan J McNabb USAF Ret DEPARTMENTS Using the latest [email protected] President 68-74 Air Mobility News & Views Airlift Support Chief Master Sgt. Michael R Kerver USAF Ret technology to provide [email protected] 76 Air Mobility Classics the greatest good. Sr Vice President Lt. Gen. Vern M Findley II USAF Ret ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS Thank You All! [email protected] VP, Programs 35 and 36 AIRBUS Patricia G. Cost DAFC Ret [email protected] 42 AMC Museum (courtesy ad) VP, Industry Affairs 9 ARSAG (Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group International, Inc.) Col. Cary Walgamott USAF Ret [email protected] 75 Boeing Secretary 55 Capewell Aerial Systems, LLC Col. Michael D Cassidy USAF Ret [email protected] Back Cover Coastal Aircraft/Oregon Aero Treasurer 41 David Clark Company Incorporated Maj. Pete Mastroianni USAF Ret [email protected] Inside Back Cover FlightSafety International Association Administrators 3 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gary Hart USAF Ret & Sondra Hart [email protected] 45 L3Harris Technologies Public Affairs & Social Media Coordinator 53 MIL2ATP / MilKeep / The Pilot Network Trisha Frank You can’t be a force for peace if your equipment isn’t ready. That’s why we [email protected] Inside Front Cover Parker Aerospace partner with you to offer the performance-based logistics, technology upgrades, A/TQ Editor 11 Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Bob Fehringer Collins Aerospace and reliability improvement programs that will renew aircraft and help deliver [email protected] Center Spread 38-39 A/TQ Art Director salvation as cost effectively as cargo. Call us at (949) 809-8100 or visit Alyson Soden [email protected] www.parker.com/CSO to learn more. A/TQ Business Manager Doug Lynch On the Cover: Montage of patches and coins depicting various port squadrons. (Courtesy Visit us at the A/TA Convention & Symposium, Booth 703. ©2015 Parker Hannifin Corporation ALH-1-6 [email protected] artwork). PRINTED IN U.S.A. A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2019 1 Strength of purpoSe Entrust your most sensitive missions to Gulfstream. With more than five decades of high performance, flexible platforms and proven reliability, there is no other choice for civilian and military operations over land and sea. the Art of excellenceTM A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2019 2 Strength of purpoSe Entrust your most sensitive missions to Gulfstream. With more than five decades of high performance, flexible platforms and proven reliability, there is no other choice for civilian and military operations over land and sea. the Art of excellenceTM A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2019 3 A/A/ TA TA Announcements & Stories from, meeting in early August. Alex and his team and/or about Association Business, did a great job and not only did we do the fin- Up Front Members and Chapters ishing touches on this year’s convention, but also did some excellent work on our Bylaws… led by our President, Chief Master Sgt. (re- Gail is the kind of true servant leader all of us tired) Mike Kerver. Chairman’s Comments aspire to be. He will once again host a seminar Led by our own Lt. Col. Popeye Fafinski, Welcome to our and if you have never heard him before, you we also finalized board approval on three 51st Annual Airlift/ are in for a once in a lifetime treat. new initiatives, the Pilot Network, Mil2ATP, Tanker Association’s Industry Interface Day on Wednesday is on and MilKeep. These partnerships will provide Convention and Sym- track and is being fully supported by AMC, our members with discounted or free access posium. I hope you our Industry Partners and contributors, and to these company’s products. We continue to are or going to be our Acquisition Program Executive Officers pursue more of these types of partnerships reading this at our (PEOs). With the new NDS, this is a critical to serve our entire membership base and add “Mobility Gathering” time to bring this group together. I look for- value for our members. in the beautiful Or- ward to hearing the collective wisdom on how Additionally, led by our A/TA Chairman lando Marriott World best to build the capabilities we need for the of Advisors, Lt.