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The Airlift/Tanker Association is a Section 501 (c) (3) e tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing a forum for ensuring that American military forces continue to have the air mobility capability required to implement U. S. national security strategy.

Mission
Provide an organization through which men and women may unite to fulfill the responsibilities imposed on modern society by aerospace technology:

Recognize the services rendered by industry, military, civilian and government personnel to air mobility activities in which the United States and its Allies have been or may become engaged.

History
The Association began in as a gathering of Vietnam War airlift veterans and has grown into the premier organization supporting America's mobility mission. Those former members of the 834th Air Division in Vietnam held their first reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969. Over the years the Association has been pleased to have had several luminaries as keynote speakers. These include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (twice), SECAFs, CSAFs, and CMSAFs in addition to representatives from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines and AMC commanders (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

Organization
The A/TA is governed by a Board of Officers. The officers are currently:

Chairman - Gen Duncan J. McNabb, USAF (Ret)

President - CMSgt Michael R. Kerver, USAF (Ret)

Senior Vice President - Lt Gen Vern M. Findley, USAF (Ret)

Vice President, Programs - Ms. Patricia G. Cost, DAFC, (Ret.)

Vice President, Industry - Col Cary M. Walgamott, USAF (Ret)

Secretary - Col Michael D. Cassidy, USAF (Ret)

Treasurer - Col John J. Murphy, Jr., USAF (Ret)