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AF Historical Foundation recognizes Maxwell writers

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  • By Carl Poteat
  • Air University Public Affairs
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. --  During its annual symposium in Arlington, Va., Oct. 8, the Air Force Historical Foundation recognized a professor from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and two members of the Air Force Historical Research Agency with writing awards.

Dr. Richard R. Muller, a professor at SAASS, and co-author Donald L. Caldwell of Lake Jackson, Texas, were presented the Best Air Power History Book Award for 2008 for "The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich."

The book is a 10-year collaboration between the two authors, according to a publicity release. It traces the development of the German air defense system from its beginning during the first World War though its collapse in 1945. The authors examined original war diaries, logbooks, doctrine manuals, after-action reports and interviews with combat veterans to produce a detailed account.

Receiving the Best Air Power History Article Award for 2008 were AFHRA historians: Joseph D. Caver, Jerome A. Ennels and Dr. Wesley Phillips Newton, a former Maxwell writer and professor emeritus of Auburn University. Their article, "Setting the Record Straight Regarding Lieutenants White and McCullin, Tuskegee Airmen," was published in the Fall 2008 issue of "Air Power History."

The article discusses the fate of Tuskegee Airmen 1st. Lt. Sherman H. White and 2nd. Lt. James L. McCullin, who did not return from a mission escorting B-25 bombers over Sicily in July of 1943.

This year's AFHF symposium focused on the Balkans air campaigns of the 1990's. The event included keynote speakers Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff and Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr., Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General.

According to its Web site, the AFHF is "dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of American aviation, with emphasis on the U.S. Air Force, its predecessor organizations, and the men and women whose lives and dreams were devoted to flight."