Airlift/Tanker Association

In July 1969, members of the 834th Airlift Division who served in the Vietnam War convened for a reunion in Las Vegas, where they formed the Airlift Association. The association was chartered in 1975. It later formed a partnership with the Air Force to train and develop airmen. The association was renamed the Airlift/Tanker Association in 1992. ==Activities==

The association is structured into chapters, which are typically formed on or adjacent to military bases. The chapter needs at least 20 A/TA members and a drafted charter that is presented to the association before it can be approved. Chapters include Robins Air Force Base that was formed in 1992, the Huyser Chapter at Scott Air Force Base named after Robert E. Huyser, and overseas chapters like Luftbrücke and Berlin for air crew who flew in the Berlin Airlift. Events vary between chapters. Some collaborate with other societies for charity events on base, such as a golf tournament on Dyess Air Force Base between the A/TA's Big Country chapter and Meals on Wheels Plus in Abilene in 1987. Other chapters own and operate historic aircraft like a Douglas DC-4 owned by the Berlin Airlift Association The A/TA hosts the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium annually in partnership with the Air Mobility Command. Other activities by the association included sponsoring the Air Force Ball in 2012. The headquarters are located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is a 501(c)(3) organization. ==Hall of Fame==

The A/TA maintains a Hall of Fame, which has 37 inductees . The Hall of Fame was founded in 1989. The sculptures are part of the Airlift Association Hall of Fame Memorial and Walk of Fame, which opened in 1991 as part of the larger Berlin Airlift Memorial Garden. It features a three-ton, eight-foot-by-four-foot slab of the Berlin Wall that was delivered by the association's German chapter Luftbrücke. Founding members of the A/TA also receive busts. ==References==