posted by William Foster on October 19, 2010 15:56 as General
Dear CAF Colonels
After
a long but very successful AIRSHO the CAF HQ Staff immediately launched
into the massive task of mailing the Absentee Ballots out.
Each
Nominee was asked to submit his or her biography for the mailing. I
removed myself from the process completely and turned it over to Keith
Lawrence, VP of Operations, who has handled this task for over 15 years.
Keith had trouble locating one member's biography (Col Chuck Beasley)
so he went to a Web site and took what he felt was pertinent
information. On another nominee's biography (Col Ken Fields) he edited
out a political statement. Keith's rationale is explained in his own
words below.
Although, what Keith did was right from his perspective
and he did what I ask all employees to do (Make a decision) and I
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posted by William Foster on October 13, 2010 17:00 as General
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Welcome to On the Fly the bi-weekly e-mail for all CAF Members.
Special Thanks for a Great AIRSHO 2010
The CAF would like to say thank you to all of the CAF and CAF Airpower Museum members who came out in support of AIRSHO. Colonel’s Parking was near full throughout the weekend, and we hope you all come back next year!
Special thanks also to these 2010 AIRSHO Sponsors:
Western National Bank, Domino’s Pizza, FINA 7-Eleven, Basic Energy Services, Basin PBS, Duncan Disposal, Miller Lite, West Texas Chevy Dealers, Air Capital Insurance, Stallion Services and Rentals, Direct Advantage Furniture, Barn Door Steakhouse, West Texas Radio Group, Lonestar 92, KODM, Johnny Johnson Insurance, KMID ABC 2, Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Midland International Airport.
CAF AIRSHO 2010 Celebrates Great Turn-Out
 The skies were clear, and the temperatures were just right for some high flying at the 2010 ... | >> full
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posted by William Foster on October 10, 2010 14:53 as General
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Enjoy daily updates online of the
events, aircraft and fun taking place at the CAF AIRSHO at
CAF Headquarters in Midland, Texas. Join us each day as we welcome
warbirds from all over the country to take part in the BEST WARBIRD SHOW
IN AMERICA.
SET UP DAY- Thurs. Oct. 7, 2010
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posted by William Foster on October 09, 2010 7:10 as General
CAF Airpower Museum Announces New Director
MIDLAND , TEXAS (Oct. 5, 2010). –The Commemorative Air Force
(CAF) and CAF Airpower Museum are proud to announce today that Jeff
Wood has accepted the position of Museum Director of the CAF Airpower
Museum . Wood has held the Interim Museum Director position since March
of 2010.
 Wood has been a member of the CAF Museum staff for 10 years and previously held the position of Interpretive Director.
"Jeff
has done an outstanding job for the CAF Airpower Museum , creating,
designing and overseeing the installation of many of the displays that
impart such an emotional experience to our visitors," said CAF President
and CEO Stephan Brown. "Since Jeff stepped into the position on an
Interim basis he has made substantive changes to the staff, the displays
and educational content that the Museum provides now and in ...
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