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Welcome to the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Welcome to the Air Force Historical Research Agency
We Work to Uncover DAF History
We Work to Uncover DAF History
Elizabeth Figueroa Quinones
Increase Access Through Modernization
Increase Access Through Modernization
Elizabeth Figueroa Quinones
Operationalize AFHRA to Benefit DAF Leaders
Operationalize AFHRA to Benefit DAF Leaders
Elizabeth Figueroa Quinones
Shape the USAF & USSF Archival Programs
Shape the USAF & USSF Archival Programs
Elizabeth Figueroa Quinones

What's New

United States Space Force Chronology 2019 - 2024

Visiting the Agency

Potential visitors to the AFHRA are encouraged to contact the Agency to let us know when you plan to arrive and how long you plan to stay. We will attempt to accommodate all visitors. To schedule a visit or request digitized copies of AFHRA holdings please utilize the "Contact Us" page or call (334) 953-5697. Please note, the Agency processes requests on a priority, first in, first out basis. Current wait times for general public requests may be 180 days to receive a response.

Upcoming AFHRA Reading Room Closures & Limited Availability📢

Please note the following schedule changes for our reading rooms:

Week of November 17–21, 2025
Limited hours: Open Tuesday and Thursday only, from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Closed all other days.
Week of November 24–28, 2025
Both reading rooms will be closed for the holiday week.
Week of December 1–5, 2025
Limited hours: Open Tuesday and Wednesday only, from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Closed all other days.
Week of December 8–12, 2025
Limited hours: Open Tuesday and Wednesday only, from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Closed all other days.
Week of December 15–19, 2025
Limited hours: Open Tuesday and Thursday only, from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Closed all other days.
Week of December 22–26, 2025
Both reading rooms will be closed for the holiday week.
Week of December 29, 2025 – January 2, 2026
Both reading rooms will be closed for the holiday week.

📢 Upcoming AFHRA Reading Room Closures & Limited Availability

Nov 17–21, 2025: Half days Tues & Thurs (08:30–12:30); closed other days
Nov 24–28, 2025: Both reading rooms closed for the holiday week
Dec 1–5, 2025: Half days Tues & Wed (08:30–12:30); closed other days
Dec 8–12, 2025: Half days Tues & Wed (08:30–12:30); closed other days
Dec 15–19, 2025: Half days Tues & Thurs (08:30–12:30); closed other days
Dec 22–26, 2025: Both reading rooms closed for the holiday week
Dec 29, 2025–Jan 2, 2026: Both reading rooms closed for the holiday week

Hours of Operation

Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. (Central Time Zone)

AFHRA

600 Chennault Circle

Maxwell AFB, AL

36112-6424

(334) 953-5697

*The AFHRA is closed on all Federal Holidays and the Reading Rooms are closed on all AETC Resiliency Days.

AFHRA Announcements

Panama Series: Part Three—Training in the Tropics: USAF Operations in the Panama Canal Zone, 1945-1970s - Monday, June 9, 2025

🌎 Our regional partners make all the difference!

✈️In the final part of the Panama series in From the Stacks, we explore the post-World War II training environment and integration with USAF partners through the 1970s. Taking a look how the USAF tested its bombing and air-to-air tactics, this post demonstrates how critical the USAF partnership with Panama is to pathfinding defensive and offensive capabilities as well as deterring threats to the homeland.

New Blog Post: 8 May 1945 Operation CHOWHOUND Concludes - Monday, June 9, 2025

✈️As today's V-E celebration and remembrances continues, we also reflect on the remarkable humanitarian mission that concluded 80 years ago. Known as Operation CHOWHOUND, B-17 bombers soared through the skies not for combat but for the delivery of life-saving food to the starving Dutch population in a defining moment of compassion. 🤝

DAF History & Heritage News From the Field

✈️ Team AFHMP Spotlight: Badge of Honor: Defender Airmen - History of Force Protection ✈️

Lyndon Deboma (bottom right), chief of information protection for the 194th Wing, poses for a photo with the 1989 10th Security Police Squadron’s ‘Peacekeeper Challenge’ team on RAF Alconbury, U.K. Deboma’s team placed first in the tactics event known as the ‘Defender Challenge.’ (Courtesy photo)

"Badge of Honor" is the USAF Security Forces legacy history that chronicles Defender force protection from the inception of the U.S. Air Force to today's Global War on Terrorism. It explores the career field's primary core competencies of air base defense, law enforcement and nuclear security. It is the first Air Force history that chronicles air base defense lessons learned and best practices experienced by USAF Security Forces as they continue to fulfill in perpetuity the career field's Latin motto "Defensor Fortis" - Defending the Force.

Badge of Honor: Defender Airmen - History of Force Protection

Great work to Mr. Purificato and the Department of the Air Force's AETC History Office!