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 flying on a B-36 Peacemaker; shipping aircraft overseas on aircraft carriers; an avoidable non-fatal crash; building C-54s in 1942; handling a difficult situation at a community dance; two stories about serving in China during WWII; flying around Cuba during the mid-1960’s; an officer being assaulted by an airman and thanking him for it; flying into the unknown to recon a Japanese island in WWII; and lifting a fully loaded B-17 off a short runway. 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.