398th Annual Reunions and Tours
Our 42nd 398th BGMA Stateside reunion will be held in San Antonio, Texas alongside the 52nd 8th Air Force Historical Society Reunion October 14 - 18, 2026.
- The official 2026 San Antonio, TX 42nd 398th BGMA & 52nd 8th AFHS reunion hotel will be the La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham San Antonio Riverside, San Antonio, TX.
Details will be published in the January or April 2026 Flak News issues. The following link will also take you to Reunion information, program schedule and the Official Registration Form - Click Here- NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
If you have questions regarding the 398th's 42nd Reunion in San Antonio, Texas, please contact Ken Howard our 398th Reunion Coordinator. - *NOTE: ...The 2026 8th AFHS Reunion will be held Oct. 14 - 18, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. When available in 2026, Hotel Reservation Information, Registration Instructions and Registration Form, Program Schedule and Tour Descriptions can all be accessed from the 8th AFHS website.
Please click this link to go to 8th AFHS Reunion page.
The Station 131 UK Biennial Memorial Service, St. George's Church service, and the Cambridge American Cemetery Memorial Day service are scheduled for May 23, 24 and 25, 2026. ALL travel arrangements, including hotel and transportation, will be on your own. There will be no centralized arranged tour.
Please check back periodically for individual event updates.
Past Reunion and Tour Photos
Reunions
History and Speeches from Previous Reunions
- Annual Reunion History and Format
- Farewell Banquet Speech - 398th Phoenix Reunion 2007 by Malcolm ‘Ozzie’ Osborn
- "Une Histoire" by Col. Mike Ryan, 398th Falls Church Reunion - September 11, 2004. This is Mike's famous "Do You Know What You Have Done" Speech.
- Reflection of Greatness by Don Gaddo, 398th Oklahoma Reunion - 1999
Some Previous Reunion Announcements
- 398th 2009 Austin Reunion (downloadable pdf)
Tours
Reports from Previous Tours
- Tour to Nuthampstead have been bi-annual since 1982.
- Together Again in 2010 - June 2010 included Prague and/or Nuthampstead
- Three Generations Return to AAF Station Once More - June 2008 by Malcolm "Ozzie" Osborn
- Germany England Tour - Memorable Experiences Abound for 75 - June 1992
- Our First Visit to Station 131, Nuthampstead, England - September 1976 by Dorothy Crouch
Nuthampstead Visits
- A Daughter's Story by Elaine Stahlman Jurs, FLAK NEWS January 1997
- A Daughter's Visit to Nuthampstead by Sharon (Roderick) Krause, FLAK NEWS January 1997
Some Previous Tour Announcements
- 398th Bomb Group - Station 131 Remembrance Services - June 14th and 15th, 2008
- 398th 2005 Tour to Pilsen and Achenkirch - May 3-12, 2005
- One Last Look 398th Tour to UK and Normandy - June 2004