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How can I obtain historical and heraldry information on the USAF?

Questions can be sent to one of the following agencies:

United States Air Force Historical Research Agency
(This office is the repository for heraldry information)
HQ AFHRA/RSA
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6424
Phone: (334) 953-2966
DSN 493-2966
United States Air Force Historical Research Agency

Air Force History Support Office
B-3 Brookley Avenue, Box 94
Bolling AFB DC 20032-5000
Phone: (202) 404-2264
DSN 754-2264
Air Force History Support Office

For the Department of Defense and other Military Departments, historical files are stored in repositories under the jurisdiction of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Information from records maintained by NARA is available to the public. For a nominal fee, NARA will reproduce documents of interest.

National Archives and Records Agency
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20408
Phone: (202) 523-3220
National Archives and Records Agency

Another source is the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office (GPO). The GPO stocks and sells over 24,000 different publications, periodicals, and subscription services. Topics range from accidents and accident prevention to zoology, and include military items relating to the topics of interest mentioned in letters to the Department of Defense. A listing of Government periodicals and subscription services sold by GPO is available to citizens at no charge. Citizens are also encouraged to avail themselves of resources of local public and school libraries, many of which routinely receive GPO listings. Their adddress is:

Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office (GPO)
Washington, DC 20402
(202) 512-1800
Government Printing Office

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