The Airpower Foundation was proud to appoint Fiske Hanley as an honorary Board Member on his 100th birthday, January 14, 2020. Fisk is a WWII Veteran who’s plane was shot down over Japan and was placed in a Japanese POW camp. He was released on August 29, 1945...
The Airpower Foundation was proud to partner with American Airlines on a mission to send 7 WWII Veterans who were all a part of the historic Normandy D-Day invasion 75 years ago on June 6th 2019 back to France to honor the anniversary and all those who gave the...
The last living member of the Doolittle Raiders, and Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot, Dick Cole, joined us on March 12th 2018 for a very special lunch and check presentation. Through the efforts of Sky Ball XV, the Airpower Foundation was proud to make a...
Raymond Haerry was born November 28, 1921, in Patterson, New Jersey. After high school, he was accepted to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but ran away from home to join the Navy and landed in the middle of history. He was 18 years old when he enlisted in...
The most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne division, James “Maggie” Megellas, will celebrate his 100th birthday on March 11, 2017. Our dear friend, and Maggie’s, Tony Orlando was able to make a stop in Dallas and the Airpower...
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