USAF Museum SR-71 Symposium 2002

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On September 13th and 14th, twenty-one Blackbird crewmembers, ground crewmembers, engineers, and other personnel were in attendance for the first Blackbird symposium at the United States Air Force Museum. There were three panel discussions per day, with an SR-71 video following the 10:00 A.M. panel. Also, Col. Donn Byrnes and Col. Rich Graham autographed copies of their excellent books, Blackbird Rising and SR-71 Revealed, respectively, following all panel discussions. Here is a list of those in attendance:

Bertelson, Col. Gil
Bledsoe, Col. Pat
Bozek, Lt. Col. Blair
Burns, MSGT Dave
Byrnes, Col. Donn
Carpenter, Col. Buz
Cunningham, Lt. Col. Nevin
Emmons, Col. Don
Graham, Col. Rich
Greenwood, Lt. Col. Jim
Halloran, Maj. Gen. Pat
Hornbaker, Lt. Col. Mac
Hull, MSGT Mike
Kinego, Col. Joe
MacKean, Col. Barry
Shelton, Col. Lee
Stampf, Col. Frank
Storrie, Maj. Gen. John
Walbrecht, Col. Don
Yeilding, Lt. Col. Ed
Zimmerman, Maj. Mike
Col. Don Emmons, MSGT Dave Burns, Lt. Col. Nevin Cunningham, & Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Symposium slideshow: Ben Rich with SR-71A #972 (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding talks about #972's record-setting last flight (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding, Lt. Col. Nevin Cunningham, Col. Buz Carpenter, MSGT Dave Burns, Col. Lee Shelton, & Maj. Gen. Pat Halloran (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Col. Donn Byrnes, Col. Don Walbrecht, Col. Pat Bledsoe, Col. Gil Bertelson, Col. Frank Stampf, Lt. Col. Mac Hornbaker, Lt. Col. Jim Greenwood, & Col. Rich Graham (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
MSGT Mike Hull, Maj. Mike Zimmerman, Lt. Col. Blair Bozek, Col. Joe Kinego, & Col. Don Emmons (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) MSGT Mike Hull, Maj. Mike Zimmerman, Lt. Col. Blair Bozek, Col. Joe Kinego, Col. Don Emmons, Col. Rich Graham, Maj. Gen. John Storrie, & Col. Barry MacKean (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Carney Auditorium at the United States Air Force Museum (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) MSGT Mike Hull, Lt. Col. Jim Greenwood, Col. Donn Byrnes, Lt. Col. Mac Hornbaker, Col. Don Walbrecht, Col. Don Emmons, & Col. Rich Graham (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Lt. Col. Mac Hornbaker, Col. Don Walbrecht, Col. Don Emmons, & Col. Rich Graham (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)
MSGT Mike Hull, Lt. Col. Jim Greenwood, & Col. Donn Byrnes (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection) Col. Rich Graham and Col. Donn Byrnes sign books for fans (Paul R. Kucher IV Collection)

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