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September 2025
New Roster as of 21 Sep 2025
We have updated the roster based on our snail mail campaign. We received about 120 contacts via emails, phone calls, texts, and contacts to the website. John Hahn has reorganized the roster including adding several tabs to the spreadsheet. Please download the roster from this page and check your information - let us know by clicking here if we need to update anything.AWA Search Engine Created!
We now have a new AWA Search Engine to make it easier to find keywords on our website. Click "Search" in the top banner or footer.AWS Observer Magazines Posted:
Added December 1996 and May/June 1997 AWS Observer magazines to our (archive). If you have an Observer that's not in our archive please let us know and we can get it added.Departures Update:
Added Albert "Al" Sullivan's obituary to 2025 Departures.Added LtCol James “JT” Thomas Bailey's obituary to 2021 Departures. LtCol Bailey was listed as a "lost" AWA member and his obituary was found and reported to us by another AWA member.
Added Maj Michael Titre's obituary to 2007 Departures.
Added MSgt Joe Brackett's obituary to 2024 Departures.
Added Col Tom Accola's photo to 2024 Departures.
August 2025
New Video Posted:
A new Video was posted August 17, 2025.Compliments of Steve Dickey, who was interviewed in the video, Steve digitzed the video from a 1987 local TV news story of the groundbreaking ceremony at the Chanute new weather school.
Roster Update:
A new Roster was posted August 16, 2025.Website Update:
- Newly formatted, easier to navigate, and provide a more modern look.
- For the most part content has not changed.
- Reprocessed many photos to clean them up, remove fade, fix color, and enlarge them for easier viewing.
- Reorganized the Departures pages by year and, wherever possible, put the obituary in the year the member passed.
- Searched for photos of members who have passed and added it to their obituary if found.
- Created a new Biographies section that we can use for any member in any grade that wants to add their bio, not just for O6, O7+, and E9.