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General Discussion => Hysterical History => Topic started by: RADIOMAN015 on September 18, 2011, 01:31:58 PM

Title: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: RADIOMAN015 on September 18, 2011, 01:31:58 PM
See:  http://www.bmtflightphotos.af.mil/
Attempt by the Lackland PAO to gather historical BMT class (flight) photos for EVERY class since the AF began. 

IF your class (flight) photo is missing please consider submitting it to the site.   

Interesting project, great work :clap:
RM
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: jimmydeanno on September 18, 2011, 09:19:54 PM
Definitely a neat project.  However, I'm surprised they want .jpg less than 2Mb.  If I were doing a research project, I'd want the photos in as high of resolution as possible and I could format accordingly for posting.  I'm going to see if they have my wife's yet...
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: sandman on October 01, 2011, 08:43:59 PM
Pretty cool idea.

I'm really considering purchasing a paver (In Footsteps of Heroes) at the Airman Heritage Museum and putting my CAP persona on it. Should be cool, gotta represent! Fifty-five dollars per paver (two for $100). I dropped by the other day in my goings to and fro, plenty of space available! On the other hand, maybe the museum will shut out CAP (or USAF AUX) members just like we changed the Nebraska Admirals application process....

Anyway, paver with my name, rank, and "Civil Air Patrol" or maybe "USAF AUX" (or both, you get three lines). Should be cool.

http://www.myairmanmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=182
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Salty on November 14, 2011, 06:40:36 AM
Heh, under January 1995 every male flight is there except mine and we were the Honor Flight that cycle.

322nd Flt 214

My BDU pic is damaged but the Honor Flight pic we took in our blues is still in great shape.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Майор Хаткевич on November 14, 2011, 11:52:02 PM
Salty, you should submit the picture to them.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Salty on November 14, 2011, 11:53:13 PM
I plan to later this week.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Майор Хаткевич on November 15, 2011, 12:11:12 AM
It's somewhat baffling that the Air Force didn't keep a copy of each picture...
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Salty on November 15, 2011, 12:16:15 AM
I've always assumed the people taking the pics gave a copy to the USAF. 

My tech school moved from Texas to Ohio recently.  I wonder if anything got lost when they closed Brooks AFB and moved USAFSAM to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: capmaj on November 15, 2011, 12:24:23 AM
To bad they didn't extend the pictures to other USAF BMT bases. And I don't actually remember there being a group picture on graduation. But that was in the 60's.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Salty on November 15, 2011, 12:31:57 AM
When I was looking through the pics for my dad's class I noticed they had pics from Parks AFB and Sampson AFB along with Lackland AFB.
Title: Re: AF Basic Military Training Class Historic Photos
Post by: Hawk200 on November 15, 2011, 12:57:42 AM
Quote from: capmaj on November 15, 2011, 12:24:23 AM
To bad they didn't extend the pictures to other USAF BMT bases.
From that site:"The collection includes photos from all bases that conducted Air Force basic training including Lackland AFB, Texas, Sampson AFB, New York, Parks AFB, California, Keesler Field, Mississippi, Amarillo and Sheppard AFB, Texas. The collection will also include Air Force basic training that was conducted overseas."