Air Force Historical Research Agency
The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) is the repository for United States Air Force historical documents. The Agency's collection began during World War II in Washington, D.C., and moved in 1949 to Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of Air University, to provide research facilities for professional military education students, the faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public.
Entrance to the United States Historical Research Agency historical collections | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 25 May 1979 (as the Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center) |
| Headquarters | Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 32.38527°N 86.34483°W |
| Parent department | Department of the Air Force |
| Parent service | United States Air Force |
| Website | www |
The U.S Air Force History Office in Bolling Air Force Base Building 5681 in Washington, D.C., houses microfilm copies of archival materials in the United States Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base.
Published guides of the collection include the Air Force Historical Archives Document Classification Guide (1971), Personal Papers in the USAF Historical Research Center compiled by Richard E. Morse and Thomas C. Lobenstein (1980), U.S. Air Force Oral History Catalog (1982), and the United States Air Force History: A Guide to Documentary Sources.