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W W I I T E C H N O L O G Y August 2020 | Volume 47 | Number 8
ORGANIZING
SCIENCE
IN AN EMERGENCY
EDITORS
Leah Block, Editor
Gilbert Martinez, Jr., Assistant Editor
CORRESPONDENTS
Hank Coates Gilbert Martinez, Jr.
Nancy Kweicien Dennis M. Weidner
COPY EDITORS
The Writers for Hire
ART
Farrah Underwood, Designer
PRINTER
Knight Abbey
COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE STAFF
Hank Coates, President hcoates@cafhq.org
David Oliver, Chief Operating Officer doliver@cafhq.org
Donna Blalack, Director of Administration & HR dblalack@cafhq.org
Lance Linguist, CFO - Secretary/Treasurer llinguist@cafhq.org
April Robinson, Unit Finance Coordinator arobinson@cafhq.org
Melissa Herrington, Accounts Payable Analyst mherrington@cafhq.org
Jim Lasche, Chief Aviation Officer jlasche@cafhq.org
Buddy C
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