The AEF Board of Trustees elected Boyd Anderson Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the AFA’s Aerospace Education Foundation September 2003. He previously served as President of the AEF, an AEF Trustee, an AEF Presidential Advisor and chaired the Public Awareness Committee. Boyd served as the President of the Rocky Mountain Region. He was a member of AFA’s Membership Committee. He is a past President of the Utah State AFA and Chairman of the Utah AEF.

During his tenure as President of the AEF he was instrumental in the review and restructuring of the Aerospace Education Foundation and its programs. These efforts will enhance the Foundation’s future and establish strong financial posture. The partnerships with Civil Air Patrol, ROTC, USA Today Visions’ Program and the United State Air Force have been enhanced and focused on common objectives. During 2002-2003 the AEF established a Planned Giving Program. He has worked closely with the Air Force Association, at all levels, and has assisted the States and Chapters in developing local AEF programs, volunteers and organizations.

During his tenure as Chairman of the Utah Aerospace Education Foundation he developed AEF programs within the Chapters and State AFA and insured that AE Vice Presidents were appointed in each Chapter and the State. He organized Teacher of the Year Programs, had 30 Visions Classrooms, revitalized the Scholarship Program, developed relationships with all Air Force ROTC programs in the State, increased the number of grants available to schools and enhanced the Utah AFA/AEF Focus on Defense and Charity Golf program. The profits of this program now fund many new and exciting programs such as the Utah Aerospace Education Learning Center that is being built at the Hill Aerospace Museum in cooperation with the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Utah. He was instrumental in leading the UT AEF to obtain a tax-exempt status.

He served in the Department of Defense for 33 years. He retired in January 1995 from the Air Force Reserve as a Brigadier General. He was the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, UT. He retired in March of 1994 from Civil Service at the Ogden Air Logistics where he served as the Chief of the Manpower and Organization Office (GM-14).

General Anderson was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. He served on active duty in the Air Force Systems Command at LG Hanscom Field, MA and then in the Air Force Reserve the 945th Military Airlift Group, 508th Tactical Fighter Group, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing and the Command Section at OO-ALC. He held positions as Combat Support Commander, Deputy Commander of Resources and Mobilization Assistant to the Commander. He assisted in the transition from the F-105 to the F-16 fighter aircraft, the first F-16s in the Air Force Reserve and was involved in the management and support of the fighter wing. He was member of the OO-ALC Command Section assisting in the management of the center and it’s worldwide responsibility for logistic support of the F-16, F-4, Minuteman and Peacekeeper ICBM and commodities such as landing gear, airborne photography and reconnaissance, training devices and conventional munitions.

As the Chief of Manpower and Organization Mr. Anderson was responsible for determining, justifying and allocating the manpower to support the AFMC organizations and missions at Hill AFB, UT. He was responsible for as many as 21,000 manpower authorizations.

Mr. Anderson is active in several organizations. Life member of the Air Force Association and the Aerospace Education Foundation, Chairman Emeritus of the Utah Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Member of the Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce, member of the Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee, member of the Spikers – Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce (Ambassadors group), Past State President of the Utah Department, Reserve Officers Association, Member Utah Defense Alliance Board of Directors, Advisor to the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the Dee Shaw Stewart Museum, Ogden Eccles Dinosaur Park.

Mr. Anderson is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service, December 2002.

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