AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 20 • Number 4 • Fall 2012 On wings of legacy: 20 years of a/ta tradition and transformation In 1992 the Airlift Association, Embracing a New Era in Air Mobility Force Structure and Operations, Became the Airlift/Tanker Association, Beginning a Transformation into the New Air Mobility Community’s Most Ardent Supporter. Pages 12-22 A Salute to the A/TA’s Industry Partners Pages 56-68 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 AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 20 • Number 4 • Fall 2012 Features Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published four times a year by the Airlift/Tanker Association, Cover Story 9312 Convento Terrace, Fairfax, Virginia 22031. On Wings of Legacy: Postage paid at Belleville, Illinois. Subscription rate: $40.00 per year. Change of 20 Years of A/TA Tradition and Transformation ...................................................... 8-13 address requires four weeks notice. A Welcome Message from General Johns. .................................................................... 14-15 The Airlift/Tanker Association is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to providing Someone, Somewhere, Needs Something: a forum for people interested in improving the Mobility Airmen Answer the Call ................................................................................ 16-21 capability of U.S. air mobility forces. The Founding Members of the Airlift/Tanker Airlift/Tanker Hall of Fame .................................................................................................22-25 Association (*Deceased) are: General Bill Moore, MajGen Jim “Bagger” Baginski, MajGen Tom 2012 A/TA Awards Sadler, BrigGen Mal Hooker, Col Bob Ellington, 2012 A/TA Hall of Fame Inductee .......................................................................................28-30 Col Jimmy Maturo, Col Bill Bailey,* Col Ken Chatfield,* LtCol Hank Van Gieson and Mr. 2012 A/TA Young Leadership Award Winners ....................................................................33-37 C. W. Scott.* 2012 A/TA General Robert E. “Dutch” Huyser Award Winners .........................................40-41 Membership in the Airlift/Tanker Association is $40 annually or $110 for three years. Full- 2012 A/TA General P. K. Carlton Award for Valor Winner ...................................................... 43 time student membership is $15 per year. Life membership is $500. Industry Partner membership 2012 A/TA Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen Award Winner ............................................................. 45 includes five individual memberships and is $1500 2012 A/TA Specialized Mission Award Winner ....................................................................... 47 per year. Membership dues include a subscription to Airlift/Tanker Quarterly, and are subject to change. 2012 A/TA General Ronald Fogleman ASAM Award Winner .................................................. 49 Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published for the 2012 A/TA Key Spouse of the Year Award Winner .................................................................. 51 use of subscribers, officers, advisors and members of the Airlift/Tanker Association. 2012 A/TA LtGen James E. Sherrard III Award (AFRC) Winner ............................................... 53 The appearance of articles or advertisements, 2012 A/TA MajGen Stanley F. H. Newman (ANG) Award Winner .......................................... 55 including inserts, in Airlift/Tanker Quarterly does not constitute an endorsement by the A Salute to the A/TA Industry Partners ........................................................................ 56-67 Airlift/Tanker Association, the Air Mobility Command, the Department of the Air Force or Mobility History & Heritage: Flying the Hump ...............................................................68-74 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 Alphabetical List of Advertisers prior written approval from the Airlift/Tanker Air Compassion for Veterans (courtesy ad) ...........................................................................70 Association. AMC Museum (courtesy ad) ..................................................................................................69 Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is quarterly news cycle- ARSAG ....................................................................................................................................46 dependent and is distributed as follows: Winter: A/TA Enlisted Education Grant Program .................................................................................7 January / February / March; Spring: April / May BOEING ............................................................................................................................ 38-39 / June; Summer: July / August / September; Fall: October / November / December [actual distribution CAE .........................................................................................................................................52 dates vary]. The copy deadline for submitted stories, Coastal Aircraft/Oregon Aero.................................................................................. Back Cover articles, letters, etc., is as follows: Winter: December David Clark ............................................................................................................................46 30th; Spring: March 30th; Summer: June 30th; Fall EADS North America ..............................................................................................................44 [Convention Edition]: August 30th. ESCO/Zodiac Aerospace .........................................................................................................50 Airlift/Tanker Quarterly accepts advertising for the inside front and back covers for the FlightSafety ...................................................................................................Inside Back Cover Winter, Spring and Summer Editions; and for W L Gore ................................................................................................................................42 throughout the Fall Convention Edition. Gulfstream..............................................................................................................................18 James W. Harper .....................................................................................................................31 JP Promotions (courtesy ad) ..................................................................................................54 EDITORIAL STAFF: Lockheed Martin ......................................................................................................................3 Gen. Walter Kross, USAF, Retired Parker Aerospace ......................................................................................... Inside Front Cover Chairman, Board of Officers Polaris .....................................................................................................................................32 Mr. Collin R. Bakse Pratt & Whitney .....................................................................................................................26 Editor and Art Director Rockwell Collins ....................................................................................................................11 Mr. Doug Lynch Snowball Express (courtesy ad) ..............................................................................................73 Business Manager Col. Ronald E. Owens, USAF Retired Editorial Advisor ON THE COVER: A photographic montage of Airlift/Tanker Quarterly covers, created by A/TQ editor/art Col. Gregory Cook, USAF director Collin Bakse, to illustrate the cover story written by A/TQ Public Affairs Coordinator Greg Editorial Contributor/Public Affairs Coordinator Cook. The photo features the last edition of Airlifter Quarterly and all of the covers of Airlift/Tanker Quarterly published to date. A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2012 PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1 A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2012 2 On the Importance of ‘History‘ I didn’t choose to feature a photograph of Chairman’s past A/TQ covers on the cover of this edition of the magazine for an ego boost (well, not entire- ly!) – it just seemed like a great way to illustrate this edition’s cover story by Greg Cook. COMMENTS When Greg suggested, and volunteered to write, a story about the first 20 years of the Air- lift/Tanker Association, I quickly took him up Welcome to Anaheim. On behalf of the Airlift/Tanker Association’s on the offer, although it didn’t seem possible Board,