The Annual USAF Aircrew Life Support/Aircrew Flight Equipment Reunion
For 2025, our Active Duty, Veterans, and Retirees group will be linking up during the AFE Superintendent’s Development Workshop being held in Phoenix, AZ this summer. Veterans and Retirees interested in attending will be billeted at the Hyatt Place Tempe/Phoenix/University Hotel at 601 East 6TH Street, Tempe, Arizona.
Additionally, due to your generous support over the years, I kindly ask that you please consider supporting our 28th Annual Reunion and fellowship event, to be held 11-14 August 2025. The 11th and 15th are travel days. Your monetary sponsorship and donations help to offset expenses (e.g. Hotel incidentals, rental vans, golf tournament needs, hospitality room snacks/beverages, and the farewell banquet, etc.) incurred during the event.
Many of our passionate retirees and veterans travel a great distance every year just for this occasion and you only need to attend one reunion to see just how much your support is appreciated. I’ve personally attended many, have enjoyed every minute of comradery, and hope you can join us this year too!
If you and/or your company are interested in helping us support this year’s reunion, please send a check or money order made out to our Reunion Committee Chairman, Bob McElwain, at the address below. The amount you send is entirely up to you. For your generosity, we also invite you to attend the joint AFE workshop/reunion and present your company’s product lines to all attendees. A posterboard will be proudly displayed at the hotel entrance and hospitality suite recognizing corporate and individual generosity. Available briefing time slots will be provided for our business day meeting in a future follow-on message, so please be on the lookout for that. Again, the reunion will be held this year in conjunction with the AFE Superintendent’s Development Workshop being held in Phoenix, AZ. The reunion is open to anyone involved in the Aircrew Protection business and we have a lot of enlightening events currently being planned for 2025.
The 2025 Reunion planning committee thanks you in advance for your thoughtful support and generosity. Please consider providing a donation and joining us later this summer in Phoenix for the 28th Annual AFE Reunion. Finally, feel free to share this message with other industry partners who you believe would be interested in assisting, supporting, and attending. I hope to see many of you at the reunion and look forward to clasping your hand later this year. As always, thank you again for the “World-Class” reunion support
The reunion and hotel registration information will be in our May 2025 newsletter and posted here on this website.
Send donations to: Mr. Bob McElwain, 12320 Roadrunner Lane, Victorville, CA. 92392
Warmest Regards,
Steve Wyatt
STEPHEN P. WYATT
Former Group Vice President and Current Advisor
2025 ALS/AFE Reunion Committee
Notice to Bidders for Our Reunions
Click the above link to learn more about our reunion. If interested in hosting one of our reunions in 2026, download the worksheet below, fill it out, and make sure you have listed the years 2026 and 2027 on your proposals for the reunions. Email the worksheet to bob.mcelwain@charter.net NLT 31 August 2025. All proposals will be presented to the September 2025 reunion attendees for the selection of our reunion location in 2026 and 2027. The selected locations will be announced shortly after our next reunion.
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Past Reunions