AFPAA's 27th Annual Meeting was held October 26 – 28, 2023 in warm and
sunny Tampa, Florida.
The association's 27th meeting was originally planned to be held in
Dayton, Ohio in 2020, but Covid had other ideas and it had to be
cancelled, marking the first time in AFPAA's history that an annual
meeting wasn't held. Covid uncertainties continued in 2021 and 2022,
resulting in two more cancellations. The losing streak was finally
broken in 2023, with Tampa and MacDill AFB rolling out the red carpet
— allowing AFPAA members to get together for the first time
since 2019 in Charleston.
In addition to its beautiful weather, Tampa offered AFPAA members the
opportunity to receive timely briefings and updates from US Central
Command, US Special Operations Command, and MacDill's host wing, the
6th Air Refueling Wing.
The gallery below contains thumbnail images of photos from the Tampa
meeting. Click or tap on any thumbnail to open a new window or tab,
where you can see a larger version of the photo. Many thanks for these
pictures to two AFPAA members who are accomplished photographers
— Mike Miley, who also briefed members on the Civil Air Patrol,
and Dick Cole, the editor of
News and Notes.
You can see even more Tampa 2023 photos from
Mike and Dick by going to the links at the bottom of the page.
And if you have photos you'd like to add to this collection,
please contact the webmaster here.
For more great photos from the Tampa meeting, click or tap on Mike's image to go to his Flickr page or Dick's image to go to his Shutterfly page.
