WACO Lecture Series USAF Strategic Security: Protecting Aircraft and Bases Set for May 15

Provided by WACO Air Museum

TROY - WACO proudly announces the speaker for our Aviation Lecture Series for May 2025: Amy Cost, USAF Master Sergeant (Retired) and the new Executive Director of the Miami Valley Veterans Museum (MVVM).

 

   A 1986 Troy High School graduate, MSgt Cost served 25 years active duty in the USAF, retiring in 2011. After completing Basic Military Training, Security Forces Technical School, and Air Base Ground Defense training in Texas, she performed a string of aircraft-related security assignments at USAF bases, including KC-135s at Malmstrom AFB, Montana; F-15s at RAF Lakenheath, England; and ICBM missile security at Minot AFB, ND.

 

   Amy then applied and was accepted into the Air Force Recruiting system, starting as a basic enlisted recruiter in Lawrenceburg, IN. Proving herself by meeting or exceeding recruiting goals, she moved up to Operations NCO and served in many different positions, including advertising, training, management, marketing, and public affairs at recruiting headquarters in Indianapolis, IN. In her final Air Force tour, MSgt Cost served as Recruiting Flight Chief at Seymour-Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC, where she supervised Air Force recruiting activities of 6 offices, manned by 8 recruiters covering half of the state of North Carolina. 

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   MSgt Amy Cost has completed 2 associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force, a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management, and a Master of Science degree in Management from Oakland City College in Oakland City, IN. She retired from the United States Air Force in 2011 and returned with her family to her home in Troy, Ohio.

 

   Amy has been volunteering at MVVM since November 2023 and became the executive director in September 2024.

 

   All aviation lectures are sponsored in part by Collins Aerospace and are free and open to the public; donations to WACO Air Museum are gladly accepted. Lectures are held in the Willis Wing of the WACO Air Museum at 1865 South County Road 25A in Troy, OH. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. Programs are scheduled to last one hour with questions to follow. For questions, please call 937-335-9226 or visit www.wacoairmuseum.org.