The 2006 380th Reunion was held October 12-16, 2006, in the Washington, D.C., area.  It was held at the  Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, Virginia.

Thursday     Registration in morning/afternoon; welcome dinner in the evening

Friday         380th Memorial Service in the morning at Andrews AFB Chapel; lunch at Andrews AFB;

   WWII Memorial and Air & Space Museum in the afternoon

Saturday      Members meeting in the morning; USAF National Memorial Dedication in the afternoon;

   tour of Arlington Cemetery afterwards as time permits

Sunday         USAF National Memorial Service in the morning; C&CO Canal trip in the afternoon;

    380th banquet in the evening

Monday Departure

The highlight of this Reunion was the dedication of the new USAF National Memorial on the ridge above Arlington, Virginia. It took place on  Saturday and Sunday, October 14-15, 2006. The Memorial design is a three plane "bomb burst" with the remaining contrails of the planes becoming the Memorial object (a picture of the model is included in this issue). A major fly-over of USAAF and USAF planes will be included with the Collings B-24 and B-17 featured. I