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<br /> r<br /> b<br /> a<br /> e<br /> t<br /> l<br /> i<br /> e<br /> n<br /> c<br /> g<br /> TORA Turns 50 | 2022 | Volume 49 | Number 6<br /> TORA TORA TORA<br /> TURNS 50<br /> EDITOR<br /> Leah Block<br /> CORRESPONDENTS<br /> Libby Belcher Jordan Deters<br /> Hank Coates Kevin Hong<br /> Buddy Cooksey Gordon Webb<br /> ART<br /> Farrah Underwood, Designer<br /> PRINTER<br /> Knight Abbey<br /> COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE<br /> Physical Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> 5661 Mariner Dr. Dallas, TX 75237<br /> Mailing Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> P.O. Box 764769 Dallas, TX 75376<br /> (877) 767-7175<br /> info@cafhq.org<br /> www.CommmemorativeAirForce.org<br /> THE DISPATCH<br /> DIGITAL DISPATCH<br /> This and past issues of The Dispatch are available on the “Members<br /> Only” section of the Commemorative Air Force website.<br /> ©2022 by the Commemorative Air Force. All rights reserved. No part<br /> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=1"> r b a e t l i e n c g TORA Turns 50 | </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=2"> EDITOR Leah Block CORRESPONDENTS Libby Belcher </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=3"> CONTENTS COLUMNS FEATURES 46 FLI</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=4"> He CA nry “Hank” Coates F President/CEO FLIGH</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=5"> OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=6"> TORA TORA TORA IT TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE by Kevi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=7"> In 2022 for the first time, Tora narrator Ray Nor</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=8"> Nakajima B5N "Kate" CANADIAN CAR & FOUN</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=9"> itsubishi A6M "Zero" ADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=10"> 10 SIX FACTS ABOUT TORA </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=11"> WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE AIRPLANES FROM THE MOVIE </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=12"> How the show started: The CAF helps Elmo W</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=13"> Bringing history to life for 50 years! M</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=14"> 14 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CAF by Buddy </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=15"> My CAF journey officially began on June 4, 1972, </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=16"> 16 much had to do it right. In those years we ha</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=17"> I checked with then Tora leader, Jim I’Anson, hop</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=18"> 18 the years. We were now conducting formal pre-</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=19"> They referred to us as “Millennium Members.” As o</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=20"> W AT C H I N G THE WINGS BT-13 IN THE </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=21"> Having rolled off the assembly line in 1941, this</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=22"> TORA TEAM* T O R A P I L O T S ë Curent Pilot Jo</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=23"> GONE WEST As of April 2022 Forest H. Mathews . .</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=24"> #warbirdtube #WWIIStories #CAF1957 Telling and P</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=25"> </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=26"> WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS CAF COLONELS name </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=27"> WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS GOLD LIFE MEMBER </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, June 2022 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0f1d8b9?page=28"> P.O. Box 764769 Dallas, Texas 75376 </a>