The Air Force has bestowed its Heritage Award on the Berlin Airlift exhibit created by the Enlisted Heritage Hall at Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Ala. EHH curator Bill Chivalette, says that research and planning for the exhibit began in 1995, but the actual display had to wait until completion of EHH’s new wing. The Hall dedicated both the wing and the Berlin Airlift exhibit in June 2005. (Read our January and September 2005 pictorials for more on the Hall.)
Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon, spent his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19 pressing his civilian bona fides to lawmakers, with some pledging opposition to the waiver Austin would need to become the nation’s first Black Defense Secretary. Austin spent 40 years in the military…