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Air Force Historical Research Agency
The Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents. The Agency's collection, begun in Washington, DC, during World War II, moved in 1949 to Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of Air University, to provide research facilities for professional military education students, the faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public. It consists today of over 70,000,000 pages devoted to the history of the service, and represents the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation.
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For information on access to the facility, rules and policies for the reading room and for handling historical documents, and the agency's holdings of unit histories and special collections, visit the Welcome page.
USAF Organization, Lineage & Honors, and Heraldry for active Air Force units can be found on the Organizational Records page. The Guide to Air Force Heraldry is also found there.
The Studies link has links to short studies on recent operations and a link to the numbered USAF historical studies currently maintained on the AFHRA's Maxwell site.
The Timelines link has links to the USAF wing force structure and links to the following sections currently maintained at the Maxwell site:
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Chronology: 100 Years of Flight
- Enlisted Rank Chevron Chronology
The Photos page has links to the following photo albums:
- History of the 509th Composite Group
- Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol VI
- Photos of Early Wright Brothers Flying Machines, 1902-1913
- Personal Photo Collection of Captain Joseph J. Merhar Jr., c. 1943-1945
- Army Air Forces Mobile Air Training Command, Marine Training School, Point Clear, Alabama
- XIX Tactical Air Command Photo Album
- History of the 3rd Antisubmarine Squadron
These photo albums are currently maintained at the Maxwell site:
- Woodi Ishmael: Artwork and Interviews
- The Lewis E. Goodier Jr. Collection
The Aerial Victory Credits link has a link to the aerial victory credits database currently maintained at the Maxwell site and links to documents containing alphabetical and chronological lists of aerial victory credits by war. |
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The Air Force Historical Research Agency is charged with collecting and preserving copies of historical materials of archival significance. This means that all documentation in the collection is relevant to the history of the Air Force and is significant enough to warrant permanent preservation. Limited space makes it imperative that only documents of the greatest historical significance are included. Therefore, the following information is a useful guide when determining what to send to the AFHRA.
Please do not send items such as flags, streamers, ribbons, medals, plaques, trophies, uniforms, instruments, aeronautical material, museum pieces, displays, and the like. These should be sent to the National Museum of the Air Force. Books, newspapers, and magazines are not accessionable either as they are usually archived elsewhere. Documents of a purely technical nature are collected by the Defense Technical Documentation Center and not held at the AFHRA. If you are sending photographs with your collection please ensure that they are labeled as accurately as possible. Remove all home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security Numbers from each item. This will ensure that the public, to include you, has access to these materials.
Boxes that do not arrive in the above condition will be returned to the sender. Coordinate your shipment through Leigh Mahnesmith at (334) 953-3157 or DSN 493-3157 before hand.
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Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Central Time Zone
AFHRA
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB, AL
36112-6424
(334) 953-2395
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For information about the AFHRA, access to the facility, rules and policies for the reading room and for handling historical documents, and the agency's holdings of unit histories and special collections, please visit the Welcome page.
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