124th Anniversary Month: What Did Your Exchange Look Like Years Ago?
As we near the Exchange's 124th anniversary on July 25, let's see how our stores have changed throughout the years.
Maybe your Exchange is in this gallery. Hover the mouse over each image to read more.
Andrews AFB, circa 1968, now known as Joint Base Andrews
Dover AFB, back when it was known as Dover Army Airfield
Dyess AFB, mid-1950s
Fort Shafter, 1942
Fort Carson main restaurant, early 1960s.
Osan AB, 1967
Keesler AFB, when it was known as Keesler Army Airfield, 1942
Honduras, early 1990s
Maxwell AFB, when known as Maxwell Army Airfield, 1944
Fort Leavenworth, circa 1960
Elmendorf AFB, early 1960s, now known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Andersen AFB, 1960
Fort Hood Clear Creek Exchange, 1977
Barksdale AFB, late 1950s
Misawa AB, mid-1960s.
Fort Knox, when it was known as Camp Knox, Christmas, 1941.
Fort Riley, mid-1940s.
Vandenberg AFB, when it was known as Camp Cooke.
NAS JRB Fort Worth, when it was known as Carswell AFB, 1954.
Wiesbaden, Germany, 1948-49
Tinker AFB, when known as Midwest Air Depot, 1946
Lackland AFB, 1954, now known as Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland
Fort Campbell branch exchange, early 1950s.
Randolph AFB, now known as Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph
Aviano AB flight line snack bar, circa 1968
Fort Hood, 1955, celebration of Exchange's 60th anniversary
Fort Richardson, early 1950s
Camp Zama, late 1940s
Kirtland AFB Military Clothing Store, 1953
Fort Bliss main cafeteria, 1958
This is priceless for those interested in the history thru pictures of the Exchange. Great job in putting it together..
Mr. Bixby:
Thank you very much for writing to your Exchange Post.
If you want to see more than 700 historical pictures of us in action, check out the searchable, downloadable Exchange History Flickr album that I created.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/exchangeassoc/albums/72157669272401562
Your name rings a bell. You were GM in Operation Desert Storm/Shield, right? Or was it the Balkans? If you have any historical pictures you’d like to send me to include in the album, please do. Please send them as jpegs and not reduced in size to smithstev@aafes.com.
In fact, if anybody out there has historical Exchange photos, send them to me so I can include them in the Flickr album.
Thanks,
Steve Smith
Editor, The Exchange Post
Great pics. My first job was with AAFES 1966 at Itazuke Air Base , near Fukuoka Japan. I was 15 and every summer worked at the gas station. Today I’m at AAFES RAF Mildenhall UK. at a young 68 years of age. Great memories of the past with AAFES. Thanks for the memories.
Mr. Spaulding:
Thank you so much for writing to your Exchange Post. If you have any historical images of the post exchanges during your military career, please send them to me, smithstev@aafes.com.
Let’s keep the conversation going! Who else out there would like to comment about our post exchanges from the past? Type your thoughts in the comment box and hit enter.
C’mon . . . we want to hear from you.
If you also have historical images of our exchanges, please send them to me, too, at smithstev@aafes.com.
Thanks!
Steve Smith
Editor, The Exchange Post