United States Air Force Art Program

The concept of an official program, designed to record the Air Force story through the medium of art was born.

More importantly, the central purpose behind the program was to document the "Air Force story"--a job that belonged to Information Services.

Telling the story through art--with sponsorship of artists trips to Air Force installations to cover activities and events--was a natural extension of the Air Force public relations program's effort to tell the young Service's story through news media representatives, books, magazines, special public exhibits, trips and briefings for important community/opinion leaders.

The Art Program became a part of the Civil Liaison Division of the Office of information Services to document the Air Force History.

Artists of the Air Force Art Program were actually caught in the fighting of Hue, Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive.

Every eighteen months, a tuxedo banquet was held in Washington DC, for the participating artists of that period.