AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan, center, poses for a group photo in front of a C-5A Galaxy at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan shows Michael Hulbert, Air Mobility Command Museum volunteer, his active duty flight logs at the AMC Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan flips through his active duty flight logs at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan tells Air Mobility Command Museum volunteers stories about his time on active duty at the AMC Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

Bill Whited, left, Air Mobility Command Museum photo archivist, and John Taylor, right, AMC Museum director, look through photos at the AMC Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. The never-before-seen photos were provided by U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan, who commanded the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

John Taylor, Air Mobility Command Museum director, holds a photo at the AMC Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. The never-before-seen photo showed members of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 from Dover AFB to Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan, left, points out controls to Jonathan Winston, right, his grandson, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan points at the variety of planes at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)

AMC Museum welcomes retired Lt. Col. William Jordan

Published Aug. 31, 2023
By Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. William Jordan, center, poses for a group photo in front of a C-5A Galaxy at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2023. Jordan was the commander of the first all African American C-5A Galaxy mission in 1986 and provided the museum with historical documentation from his time spent on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett)