The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) is the
repository for
United States Air Force
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historical documents. The Agency's collection begun during
World War II
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in
Washington, D.C. and moved in 1949 to
Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of
Air University, to provide
research
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facilities for
professional
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military education students, the
faculty
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, visiting
scholar
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s, and the
general public
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.
The U.S Air Force History Office in Bolling Air Force Base
Building 5681 in Washington, D.C. houses microfilm copies of archival materials in the United States Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base.
Published guides of the collection include the ''Air Force Historical Archives Document Classification Guide'' (1971), ''Personal Papers in the USAF Historical Research Center'' compiled by Richard E. Morse and Thomas C. Lobenstein (1980), ''U.S. Air Force Oral History Catalog'' (1982), and the ''United States Air Force History: A Guide to Documentary Sources''.
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Holdings
Holdings include published and unpublished reports and oral histories on topics including:
* Col. Bernt Balchen correspondence, memos, and articles on polar regions
*BRIG. GEN. William N. Best Air Force oral history program interview No. 717.
*GEOPHYSICS IN CONNECTION WITH THE "INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN" 1964-65
*GERMAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, WORLD WAR II report on its organization, duties, and responsibilities to the Luftwaffe. 1944.
*400TH AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS GROUP. History, 1963–73.
*AIR WEATHER SERVICE history, 1945–46.
*AIR WEATHER SERVICE history, 1966–67.
*ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND history of the weather training program, 1939–1945.
*CLIMATE AND WEATHER MODIFICATION Air Force History Narrative.
*EASTERN TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND contract meteorology schools report on the experiment ato train Air Force Weather Officers, 1944
*FIFTH AIR FORCE, history of participation in Project Grayback ( Fulton surface-to-air recovery system) 1955
*METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM, STUDY OF METEOROLOGY AFFECTING ALMOST EVERY PHASE OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONS, 1961.
*THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE, history of participation in Project 119-L, which provided for a worldwide meteorological survey between 1 Nov. 1955 and 1 April 1956
*GEN Curtis Lemay correspondence on meteorology.
*METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING MILITARY OPERATIONS. 1942–present.
*METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR POLAR ICE PACK STATION.
*METEOROLOGICAL SOUNDING SYSTEM, AF Global Weather Central.
*METEOROLOGICAL SURVEY, an aerial photography of Western Europe, etc. 1945.
*METEOROLOGISTS TO THE BALLOON CORPS, National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans.
See also
* History of the United States Air Force
The United States Air Force became a separate military service on 18 September 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. The Act created the National Military Establishment, later renamed the United States Department ...
* Fairchild Memorial Hall
* Air Force History and Museums Program
References
External links
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Army Air Forces Research Help
Air Force History Support Office
U.S. Air Force Museum
1949 establishments in Alabama
Organizations established in 1949
20th-century history of the United States Air Force
Historical Research Agency
Military education and training in the United States
Military in Alabama
Archives in the United States
Organizations based in Montgomery, Alabama
Oral history
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