The name Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold has become synonymous with the birth of airpower, so much so that he is often referred to as the “father of the Air Force.” Gen. Arnold’s grandson, Robert Arnold, visited Air University in search of finding a final home for his grandfather’s memorabilia, Nov. 13, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
This past March, Air University’s Officer Training School celebrated the graduation of its largest class in school history: 340 officer trainees. Just a few months later, though, the radar is reading a class more than twice that size.
Aviators from all over the country traveled to sunny Long Beach, California for the 30th annual Women in Aviation International Conference March 14 – 16, ten of the female aviators attending were Air Force Junior ROTC cadets who recently earned their pilots wings.
The idea for this article all started after seeing an online post my daughter, SSgt Monique Travis, shared about a conversation she and her husband Mykel had in regards to leaving the military. My daughter and son-in-law met while in college. They were both full-time, residential college students attending a notable university in Alabama.
