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People by Dyess Air Force Base

Description: Copy negative of a group of six people standing at the back of a Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. There are two uniformed men on the left, then James Filmore, June Kennedy, Wally Akin, and Bill Lewis. More planes are in the background, and there is a handwritten note on the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Reserve Order A-5 through A-42]

Description: Several pages of reserve orders assigning groups of officers and airmen to various flights and class courses, with Major Paul Hill's name underlined in red on each order.
Date: {1962-07-26..1964-07-16}
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Airplanes

Description: Photograph of people browsing at an airshow in Abilene, TX. Several large airplanes are stationary on the tarmac while one plane is landing.
Date: 1957
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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Interview with Captain Jeff Beene, November 14, 1989

Description: Interview with Captain Jeff Beene, an Air Force Captain. In the interview, Captain Beene discusses the situation surrounding an emergency landing he was forced to make while flying a B-1 Bomber.
Date: November 14, 1989
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Beene, Jeff & McCaleb, Gary
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Summary History of Abilene Army Air Field 1942-1946

Description: Narrative about the activities at the Abilene Army Air Field while it was during World War II. It includes descriptions about personnel and troop organization, training, accidents, official communications, morale and activity on the base, airplanes and maintenance, and other information about operations.
Date: October 1986
Creator: Edward, Lonnie
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Aeronautical Chart of Abilene]

Description: Aeronautical chart with various pieces of aviation information for flight and descent over Abilene. A handwritten note at the bottom edge reads, "Revised 8-25-44 for contact practice, Inst. Board."
Date: August 25, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Cornelia Fort

Description: Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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