SALUTE TO THE CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1988

2010  THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES

Among the several valuable things that Mark and Marlene Davis contributed to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley this week was a program for the Van Nuys Aviation Expo of 1988 - "A Salute to the Guard." (click on this image to enlarge)

 

It will take time to examine the program fully, to glean and cross reference the information contained in just this one program. Why?  First, because it contains a great little history of the airport and its chronology, and more with the names of key personnel, kinds of aircraft etc. And, tucked away in the back of the program was a xeroxed 1988 map of the Air Port.

 1988 Wing Commander, Tandy K. Bozeman. At this time he was a Colonel in the California Air National Guard.  In 1999.  "Bozeman the adjutant general of the California National Guard, headquartered in Sacramento. He provides executive leadership of the military department and is instrumental in setting the operational policies for the California Army and Air National Guard and the state military Reserves."

 The Base Commander for the Van Nuys Air National Guard Base in 1988 was Lt. Colonel Daniel . Pemberton. He would retire from the service as a Brigadier General.

CALIFORNIA AIR GUARD VAN NUYS BASIC TRAINING

2010 THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES

California Air National Guard recruits at the conclusion of basic training - Photo image gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Steve Falk 2010 (click on image to enlarge)



When The Museum acquires our base of operations, we will begin immediately to scan, as well as photograph, all images that come our way. In the meanwhile, because of history's fleeting opportunities, we often photograph images such as this picture of California Air National Guardsmen during basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, take in June of 1961. Squadron 3710 Flight 39

CALIFORNIA AIR GUARD BUILDINGS ON ROSCOE BOULEVARD

For sometime the buildings of the old California Air Guard base at Van Nuys Air Port have been unused and appearing to be falling apart. Windows are broken and the structures were unpainted. Now, there is a fence around the place with barrier that blocks seeing what's going on. A piece of Valley (California) history seems on its way out.

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