AFA/AEF Almanac By Frances McKenney, Assistant Managing Editor Chapters of the Year Profiles of AFA Membership Year Recipient(s) As of June 2003 (Total 137,035) 1953 San Francisco Chapter 57% One-year members 1954 Santa Monica Area Chapter (Calif.) 1955 San Fernando Valley Chapter (Calif.) 1956 Utah State AFA 12% Three-year members 1957 H.H. Arnold Chapter (N.Y.) 31% Life members 69% are officers 1958 San Diego Chapter 31% are enlisted 1959 Cleveland Chapter 17% Active duty military 1960 San Diego Chapter Of AFA’s retired military members: 1961 Chico Chapter (Calif.) 49% Retired military 1962 Fort Worth Chapter (Tex.) 73% are retired officers 17% Former service 1963 Colin P. Kelly Chapter (N.Y.) 27% are retired enlisted 1964 Utah State AFA 6% Guard and Reserve 1965 Idaho State AFA 7% Patron 1966 New York State AFA 3% Cadet 1967 Utah State AFA 1968 Utah State AFA 2% Spouse/widow(er) 1969 (no presentation) Of AFA’s service members 1970 Georgia State AFA (who account for about six percent of USAF 1971 Middle Georgia Chapter total strength): 1972 Utah State AFA 1973 Langley Chapter (Va.) 1974 Texas State AFA 1975 Alamo Chapter (Tex.) and San Bernardino Area Chapter (Calif.) AFA “Member of the Year” Award Recipients 1976 Scott Memorial Chapter (Ill.) State names refer to recipient’s home state at the time of the award. 1977 Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Chapter (N.J.) 1978 Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Chapter (N.J.) 1979 Brig. Gen. Robert F. Travis Chapter (Calif.) Year Recipient(s) Year Recipient(s) 1980 Central Oklahoma (Gerrity) Chapter 1953 Julian B. Rosenthal (N.Y.) 1978 William J. Demas (N.J.) 1981 Alamo Chapter (Tex.) 1954 George A. Anderl (Ill.) 1979 Alexander C. Field Jr. (Ill.) 1982 Chicagoland–O’Hare Chapter (Ill.) 1955 Arthur C. Storz (Neb.) 1980 David C. Noerr (Calif.) 1983 Charles A. Lindbergh Chapter (Conn.) 1956 Thos. F. Stack (Calif.) 1981 Daniel F. Callahan (Fla.) 1984 Scott Memorial Chapter (Ill.) and Colorado Springs/Lance Sijan Chapter 1957 George D. Hardy (Md.) 1982 Thomas W. Anthony (Md.) (Colo.) 1958 Jack B. Gross (Pa.) 1983 Richard H. Becker (Ill.) 1985 Cape Canaveral Chapter (Fla.) 1959 Carl J. Long (Pa.) 1984 Earl D. Clark Jr. (Kan.) 1986 Charles A. Lindbergh Chapter (Conn.) 1960 O. Donald Olson (Colo.) 1985 George H. Chabbott (Del.) 1987 Carl Vinson Memorial Chapter (Ga.) 1961 Robert P. Stewart (Utah) and Hugh L. Enyart (Ill.) 1988 Gen. David C. Jones Chapter (N.D.) 1962 (no presentation) 1986 John P.E. Kruse (N.J.) 1989 Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Chapter (N.J.) 1963 N.W. DeBerardinis (La.) 1987 Jack K. Westbrook (Tenn.) 1990 Gen. E.W. Rawlings Chapter (Minn.) and Joe L. Shosid (Tex.) 1988 Charles G. Durazo (Va.) 1991 Paul Revere Chapter (Mass.) 1964 Maxwell A. Kriendler (N.Y.) 1989 Oliver R. Crawford (Tex.) 1992 Central Florida Chapter and Langley 1965 Milton Caniff (N.Y.) 1990 Cecil H. Hopper (Ohio) Chapter (Va.) 1966 William W. Spruance (Del.) 1991 George M. Douglas (Colo.) 1993 Green Valley Chapter (Ariz.) 1967 Sam E. Keith Jr. (Tex.) 1992 Jack C. Price (Utah) 1994 Langley Chapter (Va.) 1968 Marjorie O. Hunt (Mich.) 1993 Lt. Col. James G. Clark (D.C.) 1995 Baton Rouge Chapter (La.) 1969 (no presentation) 1994 William A. Lafferty (Ariz.) 1996 Montgomery Chapter (Ala.) 1970 Lester C. Curl (Fla.) 1995 William N. Webb (Okla.) 1997 Central Florida Chapter 1971 Paul W. Gaillard (Neb.) 1996 Tommy G. Harrison (Fla.) 1998 Ark–La–Tex Chapter (La.) 1972 J. Raymond Bell (N.Y.) 1997 James M. McCoy (Neb.) 1999 Hurlburt Chapter (Fla.) and Martin H. Harris (Fla.) 1998 Ivan L. McKinney (La.) 2000 Wright Memorial Chapter (Ohio) 1973 Joe Higgins (Calif.) 1999 Jack H. Steed (Ga.) 2001 Lance P. Sijan Chapter (Colo.) 1974 Howard T. Markey (D.C.) 2000 Mary Anne Thompson (Va.) 2002 Eglin Chapter (Fla.) 1975 Martin M. Ostrow (Calif.) 2001 Charles H. Church Jr. (Kan.) 2003 Hurlburt Chapter (Fla.) 1976 Victor R. Kregel (Tex.) 2002 Thomas J. Kemp (Tex.) 1977 Edward A. Stearn (Calif.) 2003 W. Ron Goerges (Ohio) AIR FORCE Magazine / September 2003 103 Air Force Association Chairmen of the Board Edward P. Curtis Jimmy Doolittle C.R. Smith Carl A. Spaatz Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. Harold C. Stuart Arthur F. Kelly 1946-47 1947-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 George C. Kenney John R. Alison Gill Robb Wilson John P. Henebry James M. Trail Julian B. Rosenthal Howard T. Markey 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 Thos. F. Stack Joe Foss Jack B. Gross W. Randolph Lovelace II George D. Hardy Jess Larson George D. Hardy 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1966-67 1967-71 1971-72 Joe L. Shosid Martin M. Ostrow Joe L. Shosid Gerald V. Hasler George M. Douglas Daniel F. Callahan Victor R. Kregel 1972-73 1973-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-79 1979-81 1981-82 John G. Brosky David L. Blankenship Edward A. Stearn Martin H. Harris Sam E. Keith Jr. Jack C. Price Oliver R. Crawford 1982-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 James M. McCoy Gene Smith Doyle E. Larsen Thomas J. McKee John J. Politi 1994-96 1996-98 2000-02 2002- 104 AIR FORCE Magazine / September 2003 Air Force Association National Presidents Jimmy Doolittle Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. C.R. Smith Robert S. Johnson Harold C. Stuart Arthur F. Kelly George C. Kenney 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 John R. Alison Gill Robb Wilson John P. Henebry Peter J. Schenk Howard T. Markey Thos. F. Stack Joe Foss 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 John B. Montgomery W. Randolph Lovelace II Jess Larson Robert W. Smart George D. Hardy Martin M. Ostrow Joe L. Shosid 1962-63 1963-64 1964-67 1967-69 1969-71 1971-73 1973-75 George M. Douglas Gerald V. Hasler Victor R. Kregel John G. Brosky David L. Blankenship Martin H. Harris Sam E. Keith Jr. 1975-77 1977-79 1979-81 1981-82 1982-84 1984-86 1986-88 Jack C. Price Oliver R. Crawford James M. McCoy Gene Smith Doyle E. Larson Thomas J. McKee John J. Politi 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-98 1998-2000 2000-02 Stephen P. Condon 2002- 106 AIR FORCE Magazine / September 2003 AFA’s Regions, States, and Chapters These figures indicate the number of affiliated members as of June 30, 2003. Listed below the name of each region is the region president. Gen. Charles A. Horner .................... 279 Dacotah ........................................... 238 Willamette Valley ............................. 217 Piedmont ......................................... 482 Northeast Iowa ................................ 264 Rushmore ........................................ 269 Pope ................................................ 521 Richard D. Kisling ............................ 179 Washington .............................. 3,155 Scott Berkeley .................................. 522 Wisconsin ................................ 1,403 Greater Seattle .............................. 1,114 Tarheel ............................................. 639 Kansas ..........................................899 Billy Mitchell .................................... 566 Inland Empire .................................. 735 Contrails ............................................ 65 Capt. William J. Henderson .............. 493 McChord ....................................... 1,306 South Carolina ........................ 2,188 Lt. Erwin R. Bleckley ........................ 572 Madison .......................................... 344 Charleston ....................................... 633 Maj. Gen. Edward R. Fry .................. 262 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 6,865 Columbia Palmetto........................... 428 NORTHEAST REGION 8,474 Craig E. Allen Ladewig–Shine Memorial ................. 200 Missouri .................................... 1,852 Raymond “Bud” Hamman Strom Thurmond ............................. 401 Earl D. Clark Jr. ................................ 343 Colorado ................................... 4,845 Swamp Fox ...................................... 526 Harry S. Truman .............................. 634 New Jersey .............................. 2,256 Gen. Robert E. Huyser ..................... 177 Spirit of St. Louis ............................. 875 Aerospace Founders .......................... 56 Lance P. Sijan ............................... 2,728 SOUTHWEST REGION 7,948 Brig. Gen. E. Wade Hampton ............ 171 Long’s Peak ..................................... 291 William A. Lafferty Jr. Nebraska .................................. 1,737 Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle .......... 178 Mel Harmon ..................................... 148 Ak–Sar–Ben .................................. 1,458 Hangar One ...................................... 128 Mile High ...................................... 1,501 Arizona ..................................... 4,230 Lincoln ............................................ 279 Highpoint ......................................... 109 Barry Goldwater ............................... 191 Hudson* ............................................ 73 Utah ........................................... 1,590 Cochise ............................................. 99 NEW ENGLAND REGION 4,321 John Currie Memorial ........................ 84 Northern Utah .................................. 604 Frank Luke .................................... 1,099 David T. Buckwalter Mercer County ................................. 209 Salt Lake .......................................... 434 Phoenix Sky Harbor ...................... 1,119 Passaic–Bergen* ............................. 189 Ute–Rocky Mountain........................ 552 Prescott ........................................... 213 Connecticut .................................870 Sal Capriglione