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Association of Air Force Missileers "Victors in the Cold War" The AAFM Newsletter - We publish a quarterly twenty page newsletter in March, June, September and December. You can review past issues in the Newsletter Library that is part of this web page. The September 2007 issue commemorated three anniversaries, the 25th for Space Command, 40th for the space and missile competition and 60th for the Air Force, with emphasis on the competition. The issue includes a lead article from Gen Kevin Chilton, Commander, AF Space Command, a history of the comp, a number of comp stories, an update on the future of Minuteman, a report on the Atlas 50th reunion and the North Dakota missile site museum. The December issue is a special 15th anniversary review of AAFM, and also includes articles about the AFA and AAFM, Minuteman Guidance Replacement, Gen Kehler on Space, the last Firebee mission, the SAC Memorial, Cape Canaveral Research, a request for volunteers for MIMI, an honor for Maj Gen Tom Deppe and recent missile-related books. Missileer News - For news about missiles and missileers, try the Mercenary Missileer at www.missilenews.com and join in discussions with other missileers www.missileforums.com. New Missile and Space Badge - The new badge became an official part of the uniform on 1 November. The badge replaced both the Missile and Space Badge and Missile Badge with Operations Designator. The command reviewed the qualifications of each officer and airman serving in space and missile billets to determine what level of badge was authorized. Those who have crosstrained to non-missile and space billets continue to wear either of the old badges until they leave the Air Force. The Missile Maintenance Badge, the pocket rocket without the ops designator, will still be worn by maintainers. We offer miniature lapel pins of all the badges on our Donations/Store page.  E-Mail Addresses - If you are an AAFM member, ensure that your e-mail address is registered with AAFM for our monthly e-mail updates. Air Force Missileers Book - The AAFM book featuring a history of all ground and air launched missiles, histories of other special events and activities, photos, poems, cartoons, a listing of more than 5,000 missileers, bios of over 300 AAFM members and much more was published in November, 1998. To order a copy, at $57.50 ($89 for a leather bound edition) and $6 to emboss your name if desired, send a check to AAFM History Book, Turner Publishing Co., PO Box 3101, Paducah, KY 42002-3101. Book updates - there are a number of new books about missiles and missileers, all by AAFM members:
Missile Videos and Photo CDs - Missile Videos and Photo CDs - We have a collection of DVDs and CDs at the Donation Center at www.afmissileers.com/secondshop/. CDs include photo collections, historical documents and the dash one technical orders for Atlas, Titan I, Minuteman and Titan II. DVDs include old AF films, documentaries that AAFM members participated in and other missile related films and videos. AAFM Library - We maintain a listing of over 500 sources of data about missiles. This listing is available from AAFM. Source materials are stored at our office and include books, magazines, articles, photographs and much more. Interesting Web Sites for AAFM Members - A few interesting sites are listed below. Please give us your feedback and tell us about other interesting Web sites.
Web Page List - AAFM has compiled a list of other web pages with a wide variety of information about missiles, nuclear weapons, museums and other related areas. For a copy of the list, send an e-mail to AAFM and ask for the Web Page Lisitng. Our Home page - the AAFM web page provides news directly to members who have access to the Internet, and publicizes our organization around the world. We maintain an e-mail address list of members, and provide monthly e-mail updates to all on the list. You can contact us directly by E-mail at any time at aafm@afmissileers.org. |
