Museum Lecture Series

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Museum Lecture Series 45: The Battle of Britain: Three perspectives Sep 14, 2015

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Author and aviation artist Paul Jacobs examines the Battle of Britain from three perspectives -- historical, aviation technology development and air tactics evolution.

Museum Lecture Series 44: B-29s and the Korean War Sep 14, 2015

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Author and retired Lt. Col. George A. Larson discusses information from his latest book, “The Superfortress Final Glory: The Korean Air War, The Cold War's First Aerial Combat.”

Museum Lecture Series 43: The Early Wild Weasel Days: The Air Force's first anti-SAM efforts Sep 14, 2015

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Former Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Officer (Ret.) Col. Mike Gilroy discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Weasel and Strike crews at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.

Museum Lecture Series 42: The jet race and the Second World War Sep 14, 2015

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Air University professor Dr. S. Mike Pavelec discusses the three competing programs -- German, British and American -- to develop jet aircraft technology during World War II.

Museum Lecture Series 41: Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: Unarmed reconnaissance during the Vietnam Conflict Sep 14, 2015

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Former Air Force pilot and FBI agent Taylor Eubank illustrates the Vietnam reconnaissance experience from high above in the midst of surface-to-air missile (SAM) barrages and anti-aircraft flak traps and through perilous nighttime photo missions.

Museum Lecture Series 39: A Rather Bizarre War: The Air Force learns and adapts in Korea Sep 14, 2015

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Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, discusses how the Korean War was the first armed engagement for the newly formed U.S. Air Force, but far from the type of conflict it expected or wanted to fight.

Museum Lecture Series 38: Recalling the MISTY years Sep 14, 2015

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World record setting pilot (Ret.) Lt. Col. Dick Rutan discusses his Air Force service, specifically his time as a forward air controller during the Southeast Asia War.

Museum Lecture Series 37: Airpower in the Korean War: America's first jet-age air war Sep 14, 2015

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Internationally-recognized aerospace historian Dr. Richard P. Hallion discusses America’s first jet-age air war.

Museum Lecture Series 36: My Enemy ... My Friend Sep 14, 2015

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Former enemy pilots (Ret.) Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry and Mr. Nguyen Hong My will discuss Cherry’s book “My Enemy ... My Friend.”

Museum Lecture Series 35: The Air War in Korea: A Chinese perspective Sep 14, 2015

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Air War College professor Dr. Xiaoming Zhang discusses the Chinese perspective of the air war in Korea.

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