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Hangar Digest VOLUME 13, NO THE AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM Hangar digest VOLUME 13, NO. 2 A PRIL— JUNE 2013 amcm presents a new exhibit on The history of American military transport — Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr MAC’s commander brought airlift into the jet age — Gen. Howell M. Estes III A four-star general remembers his dedicated father Plus: AMC Museum helps a Dover airman work toward her dream The bucket list: a flight in a B-17 plus a memorable Pennsylvania air show THE AMC HANGAR DIGEST IS A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMC MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC. PAGE 2 VOLUME 13, ISSUE 2 Air Mobility Command Museum Mission Statement The mission of the Air Mobility Command Museum is twofold: ● To present the history and development of military airlift and tanker operations. ● In a goal closely aligned with the first, to portray the rich history of Dover Air Force Base and its predecessor, Dover Army Airfield. The AMC Museum Hangar Digest is published quar- terly and is dedicated to AMC Museum Staff AMC Museum Foundation the preservation of our Director Board of Directors airlift and tanker herit- Mike Leister President age. All articles, unless Deputy Director Col. Don Sloan, USAFR (Ret.) John Taylor otherwise noted, are writ- Vice President Archivist ten by the editor. Lt. Col. Paul Gillis, USAFR (Ret.) Lt. Col. Harry E. Heist, USAF (Ret.) Secretary Viewpoints in this publica- Collections Manager tion are those of the contrib- Lt. Col. Phil White, USAF (Ret.) Deborah Sellars Treasurer uting authors and do not nec- Educator SMSgt. Eric Getz, USAF essarily reflect the opinions of Dick Caldwell Members The AMC Museum Founda- Museum Store Manager Robert Berglund tion or of the Museum’s staff. Jim Stewart David Bever Subscriptions are free and Volunteer Coordinator Bettie Campbell are mailed via nonprofit Janice Caldwell Mike Frebert standard mail to paid-up Librarian Chaplain, Lt. Col. John Groth, USAFR members of The AMC Muse- MSgt. Bob Wikso, USAF (Ret.) (Ret.) um Foundation Inc. Membership Manager William F. Hare Contributions. Reader com- Deborah Sellars Bob Mench ments, articles and ideas are Website (www.amcmuseum.org) CMSgt. Ed Perkowski, USAF (Ret) solicited for future issues. Hal Sellars Larry Tasker Mail to The Hangar Digest, Volunteer Liaison Gerry Wright 1301 Heritage Road, Dover Terry Anderson AFB DE 19902-5301; fax 302- What is the Air Mobility Command Museum? 677-5940; or email ntrprz@ Located in Building 1301 on Dover Air Force Base, Kent County, Delaware, the AMC Museum dmv.com. is part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force’s field museum system. Contact Editor Master Sgt. Jeff Building 1301 was built in 1944 and used in World War II by the 4146 Base Unit as a secret rocket Brown, USAF (Ret.) via email at development site at what was known as the Dover Army Airfield. During the 1950s through 1970s, the [email protected]. area was home to various fighter squadrons serving the base. Following several years of inactivity, the Photos are by Jeff Brown, facility was renovated to house the AMC Museum. The Museum consists of the former hangar, adminis- except as noted. trative offices, shop and heating plant, and now counts more than 30 planes as part of its inventory. Building 1301 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Page 2 photo: These distinguished visitors Although located on Dover AFB proper, entrance to the Museum may be made from Delaware were on hand in September 1968 for the Route 9, south of the base. Admission to and parking at the Museum is free and military identifica- transfer of command of the 912th Military tion is not required. The Air Mobility Command Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday Airlift Group. From left are Gen. Howell M. through Sunday. It is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Estes Jr., CINCMAC; Maj. Gen. Rollin B. For more information, call 302-677-5939. Moore, commander, Air Force Reserve; Brig. Gen. John B. Wallace, 436th MAW com- mander; Maj. Gen. William H. Brandon, 21st The Hangar Digest is printed and mailed by the AF commander; and Brig. Gen. Campbell Y. Jackson, 514 TAW commander. USAF photo. Farley Printing Company, Dover, Del. HANGAR DIGEST PAGE 3 From the Director Despite cuts, AMCM keeps on getting better Like everyone else affected by se- of requesting any funds, it’s just a matter of program that Deborah has developed for questration being patient. over the past 20 years. We also use the pro- the Museum Progress was stalled on our new restoration prietary system developed for the USAF is taking a facility due to a number of reasons, but the Heritage Program. hit this year. contractor is now back at work and our resto- Just recently, we were looking for a spe- We’ve lost ration crews soon should be able to get access cific uniform coat out of the hundred or so 20 percent to their tools and start setting up a new and that we have. Instead of looking though of our yearly updated workshop. This should end the cycle boxes stacked on shelves or on padded budget. But of moving every few years that has slowed hangars I only had to type in the donor since we several restoration projects. The good news is name and the information I needed popped have not had that it has given us several opportunities to up in less than one second. Technology is a budget purge our inventory of parts and supplies that great when it can be harnessed to make increase in have outlived their usefulness. We have also tedious jobs simple. more than 15 taken this pause to upgrade some of our shop Hal Sellars is working with Paul George years while AMCM Director tools. It’s a never ending process but one that to erect a new Vietnam exhibit and it al- doubling in Mike Leister has paid benefits. ready looks like a winner. They completely size, things will become especially I mentioned last issue that nationally gutted one of our exhibit rooms and took interesting. known aviation artist Dave Godek was the interior back to its basic cement floor The good news is that we have Master moving from Oregon to Delaware, at least and exposed wood stud walls, just like what Sgt. Les Polley and an awesome posse of in part to be near one of his favorite muse- many Vietnam-era vets would recognize as volunteers that can and do step in to make ums. You may recognize Dave’s painting of a “hooch.” A hooch could be a barracks for sure our public visitors still receive the very our C-54 making an approach to land at airmen, or a bar or a flight line coffee-and- best experience when they come to visit. Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift. doughnut hangout. Each was intensely cus- Also affected is the arrival of our C-5, It is prominently displayed in our Berlin tomized depending on the skills and abili- No. 69-0014, which we had hoped to add to Airlift Exhibit. Many thanks for your con- ties of the residents. our collection in March. The whole proce- tinued support and welcome to the Dia- Hal also has completed a small display dure is way too complicated for me to un- mond State, Dave. that compliments a traveling exhibit we derstand let alone explain but the short story Deborah Sellars, our collections manager, have from the Smithsonian titled “How We is that we will get the plane whenever it is has been conscientiously examining each Worked.” This temporary exhibit shows released and when funding is allotted to and every artifact in our collection to com- how Americans were employed in the early retire it. ply with the bi-annual requirement to physi- 20th century. Our little addition shows Several years ago, when it became time cally inventory our artifacts. The good news some of the tools familiar to aircraft me- to retire a C-141 and turn it over to the Mu- is that we will be going to a five-year cycle chanics. As we all know, pilots without seum, it turns out it was cheaper to fly it to soon to ease the workload on overstretched maintainers are just people with leather Dover than to fly it to the Boneyard and curators, both in the field and at the Nation- coats and cool sunglasses. process it there. I’m comfortable it will be al Museum. We have been tracking our the same with the C-5, so it is not a matter artifacts internally using an Access-based — Mike Edmond L. “Ed” Barnes Aug. 25, 1929—Feb. 9, 2013 The Air Mobility Command Museum lost one of the volunteers upon who we depend so much with the pass- ing of Edmond L. “Ed” Barnes. Ed died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford, Del., with his family in attendance. Born Aug. 25, 1929, in Syracuse, N.Y., he proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, retiring as a technical sergeant. His career took him to many places, including a combat tour during the Kore- an War. Ed’s final assignment was at Dover Air Force Base, Del., from where he retired from military service. His hobbies and activities included volunteering at the Museum, where he worked as an aircraft restoration crew member and crew chief. Ed was the driving force behind the restoration of the AMC Museum’s CG-4A glider. He said it could be done and it is through his leadership that it was done.
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