Cold War Party 2023

Hangar 207, Blytheville Air Force Base

Saturday, November 4th, 2023

This event raised over $375,000 for The National Cold War Center!

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Event Details

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Dinner catered by Elizabeth Heiskell, former head chef at Viking Range Corporation, current Today Show food contributor and best-selling cook book author.

Entertainment provided by MegaFly, a high-energy, variety dance band with an expansive song list, ranging from oldies, 80s and today’s top 40 hits!

Live & Silent Auctions!

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Rise Above Exhibit

Location: BAFB Exhibition – Blytheville, AR

This week-long event featured a fully-restored P-51C Mustang, a flying tribute to all men and women that served in the Tuskegee Experience.

The Rise Above Traveling Exhibit told the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The short original films showcased the Tuskegee Airmen or WASP’s stories as inspirational examples of how any one of us may be able to reach beyond our grasp to attain new levels of achievement, just like they did.

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    Cold War Conversation

    with John Clauson

    The covert intrigue of the Cold War comes alive in the story of Wallace Clauson, a stealth government agent who for 50 years fought the Russians with nuclear brilliance in top-secret work unknown to his own family. His son, John Clauson, told the story of his father who lived a double life in his book Missileman: The Secret Life of Cold War Engineer Wallace Clauson

    • Cold War Conversation with John Clauson