Dacotah Chapter Welcome to the Dacotah Chapter website. Upcoming EventsView Local Events View National Events2026 Warfare Symposium February 23 to 25, 2026Learn More2026 National Convention September 12 to 13, 2026Learn More2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference September 14 to 16, 2026Learn More2027 Warfare Symposium March 1 to 3, 2027Learn More News from AFA AFA Swamp Fox Chapter Feeds 450 Airmen on Thanksgiving January 15, 2026 The dining facility at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C., is closed for renovation through 2027, leaving many dorm-residing...… Wreaths Across Nebraska January 14, 2026 AFA’s Ak-Sar-Ben and Lincoln Chapters in Nebraska have a long tradition of working with Wreaths Across America (WAA) every holiday...… Steele Chapter Strengthens Families at JBAB January 12, 2026 AFA’s D.W. Steele Sr. Chapter in Northern Virginia is demonstrating how local partnerships can make a lasting difference for military...… View All AFA News on AFA.ORG Air & Space Forces Magazine Gene Smith, Former POW and AFA Chair, Dies at 91 January 19, 2026 Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, who overcame five and a half years as a prisoner of war in the notorious Hanoi Hilton… DOD Task Force Moves Closer to Launching a Counter-Drone Shopping Site January 18, 2026 The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 took a step toward making an Amazon-like online marketplace for counter-drone tech a… What to Watch as Pentagon Implements AI, Innovation Reforms January 17, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week released strategies meant to focus the Pentagon’s “alphabet soup” of innovation organizations and proliferate artificial intelligence—moves that experts say could provide the structure needed… Read More on airandspaceforces.com