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THROUGH FLIGHT, EXHIBITION & REMEMBRANCE www.commemorativeairforce.org H January 2017 H THE DISPATCH 1<br />
Forward<br />
A Letter from the Editor<br />
For sixty years the CAF has flown, honored, played,<br />
toured, taught, told, rebelled, restored, ... you get the<br />
idea. This vibrant organization has captivated people for<br />
decades. Whether you came to know the CAF because<br />
you remember seeing these old aircraft fly as a kid or<br />
in order to see your spouse, it was better to join them in<br />
the hangar then beat them - the CAF has integrated itself<br />
into your life (and mine). It is my privilege to edit Dispatch<br />
each month, and this yea<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=1"> CELEBRATING 60 YEARS January 2017 | Volume 42 | N</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=2"> Forward A Letter from the Editor For sixty years</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=3"> CAF Uniform Shirts A. Men’s Button-Down Lon</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=4"> </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=5"> HONORING AMERICAN MILITARY AVIATION THR</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=6"> Looking back and focusing ahead – the value </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=7"> 2. A subset of the unit goal is to have a CAF air</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=8"> 1957 How the CAF Began T</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=9"> He would hear the stories of his students in comb</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=10"> Members smile for the camera during the first Head</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=11"> CAF Colonel and Founder Lloyd Nolen offers reflec</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=12"> 1957 An Unofficial Begining Lloyd Nolen, Bill Tur</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=13"> 1963 First Airshow The CAF exhibited aircraft</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=14"> 1984 CAF Wings Over Houston The Houston area</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=15"> 1989 National Recognition Having been produci</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=16"> Traditions of the Caf ESPRIT-DE-CORPS The CAF w</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=17"> 3rd Coast Squadron members and CAF Staff after AI</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=18"> 18 T H E D I S P A T C H H J a n u a r y 2 </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=19"> Missouri Wing </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=20"> CAF HALL OF FAME For 60 years the CAF has grown t</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=21"> Wallace Athey CAF COL 168, Life Member 25 I</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=23"> </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=24"> Then & Now AIRCRAFT PRICES</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=25"> AIRSHOWS PAST Airshow Ticket Cost $5.00 (1960s) </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=26"> Then & Now </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=27"> Special Offer for COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE MEMBERS</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=28"> The Original Warbird 28 T H E D I S P A T C </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=29"> P-51 MUSTANG Red Nose P-51 Red N</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=30"> Th e a i r c r a f t t h a t s t a r t e d i t a </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=31"> scrapped at this point after the War – there were</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=32"> The Battle of Britain (1969) July 1966, an agree</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=33"> Fandango (1985) Five college buddies from th</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=34"> The B-29 Superfortress that would one day be a ce</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=35"> The CAF B-29 crew checks a map of their route bac</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=36"> Top: CAF B-29 project crew member Darrell Skurich</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=37"> supported by Boeing Seattle. Approximately 400 Bo</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=38"> The Caf of Today & Whats in Store for the Future </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=39"> Lest We Forget As we head into the Commemorative</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=40"> Looking Forward at the Future of the CAF – the fu</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=41"> COMING AT YOU! Flabob Airport May</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=42"> All In UPDATE by ADAM SMITH A L I A R N</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, January 2017 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f8eebb7c?page=43"> As of January 2017 Jame</a>
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