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Air Force ROTC Establishment Letter
This letter informs Queens College President John J. Theobald that the college's application to institute an Air Force ROTC unit on campus has been approved.
Air Reserve Forces Review
Air Reserve Forces Review is a newsletter addressed to the various reserve forces of the United States Air Force, including the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, ROTC, Civil Air Patrol, and Explorers. This issue from October, 1951 covers recent…
Flushing Airport Map
A copy of a map depicting the Flushing Airport and surrounding neighborhood. Originally opened in 1927, the airport was the busiest in New York before it was overtaken by LaGuardia. However, it remained in operation until it was finally abandoned in…
Kaydet Kapers
The first issue of a newsletter created by and for Air Force ROTC cadets at Queens College. (Selections - full volume available from Queens College Archives)
M4 Sherman Tank on Campus
ROTC members stand on and around a Sherman tank parked behind Jefferson Hall. The M4A3E8 was the most advanced variant of the Sherman to be developed by the US Army in World War II, and continued to be used into the Korean War, which was ending…
Pershing Rifles Scrapbook
A scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs compiled by the Queens College chapter of Pershing Rifles, which included cadets from Air Force ROTC. The Pershing Rifles are a drill-focused organization for college students training to become…
Queens College Press Release, Alan Rea Dedication
Press release announcing the re-dedication of the Queens College ROTC building in honor of Lieutenant Alan Rea, who died in a plane crash in the Netherlands. Lieutenant Rea, a graduate of Queens College and the Air Force ROTC program there, was…
ROTC Cadets on Parade
Cadets in Air Force ROTC Detachment #565, stationed at Queens College, parade on campus in full uniform.
The Afterburner
In 1958, the Queens College chapter of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps replaced its original newsletter with the more energetically titled "Afterburner". (Selections - full volume available from Queens College Archives)