Cold War Museum Talks, A Swinging Luau, and more August events in the Calendar

Community Two August Cold War Museum Opportunities

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Visit www.coldwar.org for registration details August 8th

Saving the Kids: The Operation Babylift Plane Crash in the Vietnam War

Too often, U.S. military people are seen only in their necessary roles of deterring and attacking enemy forces. That’s a true but partial picture. Often invisible are the missions of mercy that they undertake, such as the Berlin Airlift during the early Cold War and Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War, a little-known but largely successful attempt to airlift as many Vietnamese orphans as possible from Saigon as it was falling.

But the first flight out suffered a disastrous series of mechanical failures at high altitude, ones so severe that it seemed inevitable that all of the children aboard would die along with the crew. Miraculously they didn’t; the majority survived almost certain death, thanks to the incredible teamwork, skill, and ingenuity of the crew. This is their story, told by the C-5A’s pilot, Col. Bud Traynor (USAF Ret.)

August 29th

Shock & Awe from the Air: Planning & Executing the Air War In the First Gulf War

Hear the story of the transformation of air power in the first Gulf War from two pioneers of the planning and execution of the Desert Storm Air Campaign.

Lt Gen Dave Deptula, USAF (Ret.) invented the master air-attack plan and wrote the attack plans for each day of the Desert Storm air campaign, using desired end-state effects as a planning mechanism by capitalizing on the technologies of stealth and precision in a fashion never applied in warfare before.

Col Al Mink, USAF (Ret.) deployed as the first bomber pilot from the Air Force’s only wing of tactically qualified and ready bomber forces. He served as the initial cadre on the secret “black hole” team to plan the shape of the air campaign applying Gen Deptula’s new campaign approach. He brought the fighter-approach of Air Tasking Orders to the nuclear bomber force. During combat operations, he coordinated the launch and refueling of the largest bomber strike in the war and flew 18-hour strike formations.

Lieutenant General David A. Deptula (Ret.) is the Dean, Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies, and the Risner/ Perot Senior Military Scholar at the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Academy. He is a highly-decorated military leader who transitioned from the USAF in 2010 after more than 34 years of distinguished service. He is a world-recognized leader in conceptualizing, planning, and executing national security operations from humanitarian relief to major combat. He has accomplished several “firsts” in the command of joint forces, planning and execution of aerospace power, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and improved international relationships.

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