Upcoming Events
Each year, the Foundation sponsors several events that highlight our mission of preserving the history and traditions of American aviation and space capabilities. In recent years, these have included symposiums, oral history presentations, and our annual Awards Banquet.
June 1, 2023
Doolittle Awards Presentation
Location: Air Force Memorial (Arlington, VA)
Time: 3:30 PM
The Air Force Historical Foundation’s James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle Award was established to recognize a unit that has displayed bravery, determination, discipline, esprit de corps, and superior management of joint operations while accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions in multiple conflicts, and thus has made a sustained, significant contribution to Air Force history.
The event is open to the public, and there is no charge to attend the ceremony.
June 1, 2023
Annual Awards Banquet
Army Navy Country Club (Arlington VA)
Cocktail Hour: 5 PM, Dinner/Banquet: 6 PM
The Air Force Historical Foundation’s Annual Awards were established to honor specific individuals and units dedicated to the making and documentation of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force history.
This year’s awards will include Gen Gregory S. “Speedy” Martin, United States Air Force (General Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz Award); and the 480 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Langley AFB (General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle Award).
The Annual Awards Banquet is open to the public.
Attire for the evening is service dress/business formal.
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September 15-19, 2023
Air Force Historical Foundation Fall Symposium, Literary Awards and Museums Conference
DENVER HYATT TECH CENTER AND WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES MUSEUM
For far too long our museum community has been isolated by circumstances beyond our control. It is time to revive face-to-face gatherings, rekindle old friendships, renew networking opportunities, and to just have some fun together.
The Air Force Historical Foundation hopes to provide a forum for Air and Space Museums across the country to make presentations describing artifact collections related to the War in Southeast Asia, highlighting their scholarship in creating these exhibits and offer an opportunity to make a brief report summarizing their post-COVID experiences.
The theme for the 2023 Air Force Historical Foundation annual Symposium/Air & Space Museum Conference is “The U.S. exit from Vietnam—1973”
The Foundation is seeking combined academic/museum panels that cover topics related to USAF airpower and space history, its applications and implications from the late 1950s through 1973. Presentations related to musuem collections addressing the Vietnam War are highly encouraged, but other topics will be considered by the Program Committee in certain circumstances.
To submit a presentation proposal please fill out the form below and return to Dik Daso at xd@afhistory.org.
Any images used for public dissemination must be credited to the Air Force Historical Foundation with a link to AFHistory.org
Ways to Support
2023 Annual Awards Banquet Registration
June 1, 2023
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