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<br /> STATE OF THE CAF · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUMBER 12<br /> A YEAR IN REVIEW<br /> STATE OF THE CAF · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUMBER 12<br /> A YEAR IN REVIEW<br /> ABOUT THE COVER<br /> Dylan Phelps of Centerline Images took the stunning photograph<br /> featured on the cover of this issue. The image features the CAF’s<br /> P-51 Mustang Tuskegee Airmen and AT-6 Texan Nella in formation<br /> over the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, MS.<br /> Both aircraft are part of the CAF RISE ABOVE educational outreach<br /> program, which strives to inspire people to RISE ABOVE adversity<br /> using the lessons and stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP.<br /> 2<br /> THE DISPATCH<br /> DIGITAL DISPATCH<br /> This and past issues of The Dispatch are available<br /> on the “Colonel Members Only” section of the<br /> Commemorative Air Force website.<br /> ©2024 by the Commemorative Air Force. All rights reserved.<br /> No part of t<a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=1"> STATE OF THE CAF · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUM</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=2"> STATE OF THE CAF · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUM</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=3"> SUMMARY Veterans Geo</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=4"> FLIGHTLEAD Charting the Course Ahead: A Glimpse</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=5"> OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=6"> e Year In R 6 FEBRUARY - D-</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=7"> w 2023 vie JUNE - TAB JR SIMU</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=8"> 8 2023 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS CATEGORY CAF AIRCR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=9"> CATEGORY CAF MEMBERS 12 3 1. “TEAMWORK</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=10"> COMMEMORATIVE A FLEET STATS 180 AIRCRAFT IN THE F</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=11"> R FORCE THE STATISTIC </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=12"> 12 COMMEMORATIVE A PROGRAM STATS 3,172 RIDER</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=13"> IR FORCE THE STATISTICS </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=14"> ELEVATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CAF WITH A LIFETIM</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=15"> ONE PAYMENT PAYMENT PLAN Life Membershi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=16"> 16 STATUS SNAPSHOT OF THE CAF GHOST SQUADRON </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=17"> PT-13 Stearman N1631M Maintenance Mi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=18"> 18 AT-6 Texan Ole Yeller N211RF </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=19"> L-2 Grasshopper N49178 Maintenance Al</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=20"> CAPTURING HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS JOHN SLEMP un</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=21"> “ This book is magnificent. The photog</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=22"> c d u a t e e 2024 FEB. 29 - MARCH 2, 202</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=23"> Through August 2023 Richard D. Adams . . . . . .</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Year End 2023 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/576ac06d?page=24"> APRIL 20, 2024 DALLAS, TEXAS Henry B. Tippie Nat</a>