AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 26 • Number 4 • Fall 2018 Heritage, Heroes, Horizons 50 Years of A/TA Tradition and Transformation Pages 14 2018 A/TA Awards Pages 25-58 A Salute to Our Industry Partners Pages 60-69 Table of Contents 2018 A/TA Board of Offi cers & Convention Staff ..................................................................... 2 A/TA UpFront Chairman’s Comments. ............................................................................................................. 4 President’s Message .................................................................................................................... 5 Secretary’s Notes ........................................................................................................................ 6 AIRLIFT/TANKER QUARTERLY Volume 26 • Number 4 • Fall 2018 The Inexorable March of Time, an article by Col. Dennis “Bud” Traynor, USAF ret ...................7 ISSN 2578-4064 Airlift/Tanker Quarterly is published four times a year by the Features Airlift/Tanker Association, 7983 Rhodes Farm Way, Chattanooga, A Welcome Message from Air Mobility Command Commader General Maryanne Miller ...... 8 Tennessee 37421. Postage paid at St. Louis, Missouri. Subscription rate: $40.00 per year. Change of address A Welcome Message from Air Mobility Command Chief Master Sergeant Larry C. Williams, Jr... 10 requires four weeks notice. The Airlift/Tanker Association is a non-profi t professional Cover Story organization dedicated to providing a forum for people Heritage, Heores, Horizons interested in improving the capability of U.S. air mobility 50 Years of A/TA Tradition and Tramsformation ................................................................. 12 forces. Membership in the Airlift/Tanker Association is $40 annually or $110 for three years. 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A Strategic & Tax Effi cient Method for Annual Charitable Gifts During Uncertain Times ........ 72 Book Review: “Charlie” Brown’s Vietnam Journal...................................................................... 73 BOARD OF OFFICERS & EDITORIAL STAFF: Air Mobility Classics ................................................................................................................ 76 Chairman, A/TA Gen Duncan J McNabb USAF Ret [email protected] Alphabetical List of Advertisers President Airbus Defense & Space ......................................................................................... 47 & 48 CMSgt Michael R Kerver USAF Ret [email protected] Angel Airlines for Veterans (courtesy ad) .......................................................................56 Sr Vice President AMC Museum (courtesy ad) ...........................................................................................54 Lt Gen Vern M Findley II USAF Ret [email protected] ARSAG (Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group International, Inc.) .........................11 VP, Programs A/TA Enlisted Education Grant Program ........................................................................51 Ms Patricia G. 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[email protected] A/TA Hall of Fame Program ............................................................................................31 VP, Industry Affairs Boeing (The Boeing Company).......................................................................................16 Col Cary Walgamott USAF Ret [email protected] Coastal Aircraft/Oregon Aero............................................................................Back Cover Secretary Col Michael D Cassidy USAF Ret David Clark .....................................................................................................................44 [email protected] FlightSafety ............................................................................................Inside Back Cover Treasurer Col John J Murphy Jr USAF Ret Gateway Aviation Services ..............................................................................................15 [email protected] L3 Technologies ................................................................................................................3 Assocation Administrators Lt Col Gary Hart USAF Ret & Sondra Hart Parker Aerospace ...................................................................................Inside Front Cover [email protected] Rockwell Collins ................................................................................Center Spread 38-39 Public Affairs & Social Media Coordinator Col. Gregory Cook, USAF Retired Snowball Express (courtesy ad) .......................................................................................hank You A 53 [email protected] T A/TQ Editor and Art Director Mr. Collin R. Bakse [email protected] A/TQ Business Manager On the Cover: Montage of “gold coins” depicting various entities, aircraft and events in celebration of the 50th Mr. Doug Lynch Anniversary of the Airlift/Tanker Association. (Artwork by Collin Bakse). [email protected] A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2018 PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1 2018 Board of Offi cers & Support Staff A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2018 2 A/TQ • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly • Fall 2018 3 A/TA Announcements & Stories from, The Finale… and/or about Association Business, 1715–25; < Italian, noun use of fi nale Members and Chapters - U p F r o n t (adj.) < Latin fïnalis: the last and often U p F r o n t climactic event or item in a sequence. When I started working for the Airlift As- sociation 30+ years ago, I had zero idea what Chairman’s Comments the Air Mobility Command and our Cohost, to expect. There were a lot of things I didn’t Gen Maryanne Miller. This will be her fi rst know, but there were four things that I was It is time to cel- time with you as your new Commander and sure of – I was terrifi ed, I was moving into ebrate! The Airlift/ I assured her this will undoubtedly be one of personally uncharted territory, I was a pa- Tanker Association’s the true highlights of her time at the helm. triot who loved being a graphic artist and, 50th Anniversary is At our Saturday night Hall of Fame ban- most importantly, I wanted to succeed. here. If you are read- quet, we will honor one of our greatest lead- I overcame my terror (after 5 or 6 years), ing this, I sure hope ers, General (ret) Walt Kross. Gen Kross was I learned all I could about airlift and air you