Air Force ROTC Photographs, 1988-2005

Title: Air Force ROTC Photographs, 1988-2005

ID: P 281

Primary Creator: United States. Air Force ROTC

Extent: 1.15 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Air Force ROTC Photographs consist of images of Air Force cadets at Oregon State University and document ROTC training and activities. The Air Force ROTC unit at Oregon State was established in 1949.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

The Air Force ROTC Photographs document the ROTC unit's training and activities at Oregon State University. The images depict cadets in their squadron units, formal cadet inspections, physical training exercises, participation in the Arnold Air Society/Silver Wings National Conclave, and a wedding in the Memorial Union. Photographs of a football game half-time show featuring the Silver Wings Drill Team and Color Guard are also included.

Most of the items in the collection are color prints; a few b/w prints are included. About half of the photographs are in an album, with detailed descriptions, that was assembled by members of the Silver Wings Drill Team and Color Guard. These images depict the team marching in a parade as well as social activities.

An addition to the Air Force ROTC Photographs (Accession 2014:024) includes 14 composite group shots of Air Force ROTC students who had completed the commissioning process to become second lieutenants. Also found in this transfer is a newspaper clipping about the 1996 commissioning class (that was attached to the back of one of the composites) as well as a photograph print of the September 1997 OSU Alumni Marching band show salute to the U.S. Air Force.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

The Air Force ROTC unit at Oregon State University was established in 1949. Detachment 685 is known as the Flying Beavs.

The Arnold Air Society is a national honorary community service organization for Air Force ROTC cadets. Silver Wings serves a similar purpose of community service and is composed of cadets who are not active members of the Arnold Air Society as well as civilian college students.

Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.

More Extent Information: 111 photographs; 2 boxes and 1 map folder

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The photographs were transferred to the Archives in 2010.

Related Materials: Materials documenting the Air Force ROTC at Oregon State University, including scrapbooks, plaques, and other materials, are part of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Records (RG 058). The Air Force ROTC Motion Picture Films (FV 056) consists of footage of the Apollo space flight simulator constructed by Oregon State University Air Force ROTC cadets in 1962; a sound recording of students in the simulator is available in the History of Oregon State University Oral Histories and Sound Recordings (OH 003).

Preferred Citation: Air Force ROTC Photographs (P 281), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

United States. Air Force ROTC

College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State University--Students.
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
United States. Air Force ROTC
University History

Photographic prints.