The Friends Journal is the quarterly publication of the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. (AFMF). Among the stories included in this issue are reminiscences of a FAC in Vietnam; three stories related to the B-47; the saga of a maintenance officer; the final deployment of RB-57s; a P-51 pilot’s odyssey to heal and return home after being shot down in Yugoslavia during WWII; and tales of humorous interphone use in SAC, an interesting day for a C-17 pilot, an busy ORI in Turkey, and how to deal with snakes on a plane. If you are interested in receiving the Journal in its entirety every quarter, 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.