Air Mobility Command Museum - Eyewitness to History

We are currently looking for stories relating to airlift and air refueling from the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Desert Shield/Desert Storm eras.

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• Rocket Test Program, Hangar 1301

In 1944, an accelerated rocket development program with the creation of the base unit and experimental rocket station at Dover AFB was established.

• The Mole hole, Building 1303

Building 1303 at Dover AFB is an example of the smallest version of the "mole hole", and was constructed for the readiness crews of the KC-97Ls.

• A Very Special Report from Operation Husky

By George C.Merz, Lt Col. USAF (Ret) as told to Lewis E. Johnston, 1st Lt AUS (Ret)

• The Great Underground Escape

By George C.Merz, Lt Col. USAF (Ret) as told to Lewis E. Johnston, 1st Lt AUS (Ret)

• 61st Troop Carrier Squadron

By Tony Cicippio, TSSgt. USAF (Ret) 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, WWII

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• Early Warning and the Cold War

By Chief Petty Officer Al Yearger, USN (Ret)

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We are looking for first person accounts of actual events for possible inclusion in this section.

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We are looking for first person accounts of actual events for possible inclusion in this section.

• The Congo Airlift

Sources: The AMC Museum; 436th Airlift Wing; Airman Magazine, Jan 1961; Airlift, Summer 1987;
Air University Quarterly Review, Summer 1961; The MATS Flyer, Jan 1965.

• Abandoning the Congo

By Col. David M. "Mike" Sibbald" USAF (Ret)

• Operation Nickel Grass

Sources: MAC History Office, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991; Heist, Harry, memoirs

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• Major Bernard F. "Bernie" Fisher

The first to be awarded the Air Force Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War.

• Sergeant James P. Connor

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, his medal dates from an invasion in southern France on the beach of Cavalaire.

• Airman 1st Class John L. Levitow

Is the lowest ranking Air Force member ever to receive the Medal of Honor.

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