AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION 2002 NATIONAL CONVENTION

摘要

Under the banner of "Glob-al War on Terrorism―the Air Force Responds," delegates to the 2002 Air Force Association's National Convention gathered Sept. 15-18 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event came a year after the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America and the subsequent cancellation of AFA's 2001 convention. It also took place at a time of increased pressure for military action in Iraq. As a result, AFA members paid tribute to the forces engaged in the global war on terrorism and those about to embark on new and different battles. Many delegates attended a memo-rial service at Arlington National Cemetery, where AFA National Chaplain Donald J. Harlin gave the invocation and closing prayer. The 2001 and 2002 Memorial Tribute Lists were read by then-AFA National Chairman of the Board Thomas J. McKee and then-National President John J. Politi.