The Friends Journal is the quarterly publication of the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. (AFMF), and is a member benefit. Stories include first-hand accounts of a pilot getting vertigo on takeoff in an RB-47; the crash of an F-5 and the subsequent rough ambulance ride; a flight nurse caring for wounded soldiers in the air; an airman shot down over Poland in WWII who joined the Polish Home Army; six airmen listening to Russian radio traffic in Alaska during the Cold War; a B-26 pilot in WWII; an instructor pilot who trained foreign pilots during the Vietnam War; and an adventurous final flight. If you are interested in receiving the Journal in its entirety every quarter, consider a membership to the AFMF – visit afmuseum.com/membership or call (937) 258-1225. The AFMF is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the expansion and improvement of the NMUSAF and to the preservation of the history of the United States Air Force.
