The exhibit recreates a squadron Orderly Room from the early days of the Cold War. The Duty Roster contains the essential enlisted service information of anyone who enrolled in the exhibit. The only requirement for entry is honorable enlisted service in the Air Force or its predecessor organizations and a modest donation of twenty-five dollars. The exhibit allows an enrollee to retrieve a copy of a personalized set of orders or duty roster assignment and those of their airmen enrolled. The exhibit and duty roster are personal memorials to the millions of men and women who have served this great nation.
Enrollment makes a memorable gift at special times, i.e. PCS, promotion, retirement, etc.
Each enrollee receives a personalized enrollment certificate attesting to their listing in the data base. An historical account examining the crucial role of ballooning operations during the American Civil War, Spanish-American War, and afterwards, this monograph traces the origins of organized military aviation to 1861. AMM research uncovered the facts surrounding the establishment of an official balloon corps in 1891, sixteen years before the date currently recognized by the U.S. Air Force. Fully illustrated with 15 historical photographs from the Airmen Memorial Museum's collection. Included are historically significant photographs of the former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.