1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,570 - [Bill] So the building we're in today was built in 1942. 2 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:04,970 It was originally the in-processing center 3 00:00:04,970 --> 00:00:09,650 for the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center here on Lackland. 4 00:00:09,650 --> 00:00:12,680 So the primary mission of the Airman Heritage Museum 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,350 is to train, educate and inspire basic military trainees 6 00:00:18,764 --> 00:00:20,230 here in the Air Force. 7 00:00:20,230 --> 00:00:25,230 Our secondary mission is also to educate the public, 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,690 and in particular for this museum, 9 00:00:27,690 --> 00:00:31,070 we see over 55,000 visitors per year. 10 00:00:31,070 --> 00:00:33,750 A large makeup of that almost 80% 11 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:37,790 is of BMP trainees families that visit for graduation. 12 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:40,280 So not only do we help train, inspire and educate, 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,490 but we also recruit. 14 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:44,026 Our target audience you know, 15 00:00:44,026 --> 00:00:46,150 being the airman and the public, 16 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:49,150 those family members can bring their young people here, 17 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:50,710 whether they are homeschooling, 18 00:00:50,710 --> 00:00:52,840 whether they're stay at home because of the COVID 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,830 and now they're learning from home. 20 00:00:54,830 --> 00:00:55,940 They can come in here and use 21 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:58,190 this as an opportunity to train. 22 00:00:58,190 --> 00:01:01,080 So the museum is open to the public and it's free. 23 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,500 What we did was we had an agreement 24 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:05,610 with the Security Forces Squadron. 25 00:01:05,610 --> 00:01:09,440 And so now our non-ID cardholders can visit the museum. 26 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,220 They need to go to the visitor center at the Luke East Gate. 27 00:01:12,220 --> 00:01:13,770 They ask that they wanna visit the museum 28 00:01:13,770 --> 00:01:14,930 and ask for a pass. 29 00:01:14,930 --> 00:01:16,320 They're vetted just like anyone else 30 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:18,340 would be better to come on base 31 00:01:18,340 --> 00:01:19,790 and they're allowed to come on base. 32 00:01:19,790 --> 00:01:22,390 Of a staff of six, we run all the facilities 33 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:23,380 we're in charge of... 34 00:01:23,380 --> 00:01:25,480 And everyone has been educated. 35 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,780 Everyone knows all the functions 36 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:30,370 and all of the educational opportunities 37 00:01:30,370 --> 00:01:32,650 for not only the Airman Heritage Museum, 38 00:01:32,650 --> 00:01:35,260 the Security Forces Exhibit Annex and the Air Park 39 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:37,240 ask almost every enlisted airman 40 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,230 where they went to basic, they'll say Lackland. 41 00:01:39,230 --> 00:01:41,110 And so the history of what they saw here, 42 00:01:41,110 --> 00:01:43,300 what they did here is what we're trying to preserve. 43 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:47,310 So they see a number of different and varying displays 44 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:49,490 and exhibits and kind of chronologically 45 00:01:49,490 --> 00:01:51,610 gives them the history of where they came from 46 00:01:51,610 --> 00:01:52,773 and where they are now. 47 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,880 - [Man] When did you feel like you wanted to quit? 48 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,407 Their response was, "We don't even know the word quit."