During World War Two, artists created thousands of insignias for the military members to represent their individual ships, bomb groups, squadrons, battalions, units, and on and on. Disney characters were some the most popular but other figures from Warner Bros., MGM and the comic strips were certainly in high demand. It is difficult to fully appreciate how it felt for a serviceman to have his unit represented by an iconic “touch of home” character. For the generation that fought World…

Dr. Ben Lambeth is a long-time specialist in international security affairs and air warfare. He spent 37 years with the RAND Corporation as a Senior Research Associate. A civil-rated pilot, Ben has flown or flown in more than forty different types of fighter, attack, and jet trainer aircraft with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. He has also flown with eight foreign air forces, and was the first U.S. citizen to fly the Soviet MiG-29 fighter. Ben is…

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Names like the Oklahoma and Arizona or Kaga and Agaki may be commonly associated with the Pearl Harbor attack but how many of us realize that over 150 vessels were actually involved. In the Pacific of 1941 a naval clash of titans was about to see its first blows thrown. Join us as we remember this date that will “live in infamy” and examine the fleets that would be matched toe to toe. Presenter: Michael Carra

Ho, Ho, Ho and Away we go…at 11 AM each day Santa Claus will arrive at the Air Museum in his airplane to greet all the good little girls and boys who have come to see him. In addition to sitting for photographs and having a special gift for each child, Santa will open his winter fun land complete with snow directly from the North Pole.

Ho, Ho, Ho and Away we go…at 11 AM each day Santa Claus will arrive at the Air Museum in his airplane to greet all the good little girls and boys who have come to see him. In addition to sitting for photographs and having a special gift for each child, Santa will open his winter fun land complete with snow directly from the North Pole.

Flying high over Hitler’s Reich this program is a tribute to the men who courageously flew and fought in peril, half frozen and five miles about the earth. The men of crew #136 were more than ordinary; they were extraordinary men doing an extra ordinary job. This is the story of waist gunner Staff Sgt. Emerson Krieger and his 29 missions with the 849th Bomb Squadron. Presenter: R.C. Cline