Sun, May 17, 2020
CAF Units and Members Are NOT Sitting Out The Pandemic
You can't count good people and a good organization down when times get tough and the CAF is a sterling example.
In the past, CAF units and members have participated in honor flights, Make-A-Wish rides, and delivered supplies to communities in need. Today’s situation is no different, and CAF members continue to support their communities and each other.
In recent months due the COVID-19 pandemic, many have experienced hardships and many, like our first line responders and medical care workers, are working through extremely difficult days. In times of crisis, the members of the CAF have come together whenever possible to help and support each other and our country. +
CAF has sent us a short list of the many ways CAF members have brightened someone’s day by gestures - both big and small.
Paying Membership Forward
- CAF Colonels – Recognizing the financial hardships of some, many CAF Colonels have been contacting Member Services to renew another members’ dues.
Remembering Veterans
- CAF WASP Squadron – Organizing Messages for Living WASP in honor of the cancelled 2020 annual WASP Homcoming
- CAF Headquarters – Memorial Day Memories, an online tribute to honor and remember those who sacrificed.
Honoring VE Day
- Wisconsin Wing – 75th Anniversary of VE Day Flyover over Southern Wisconsin
- Airbase Arizona – 75th anniversary of VE Day and Tribute to Arizona’s heroes Flyover
- Houston Flyover- Houston Wing, P-63 Sponsor Group, Tora, Gulf Coast Wing, Central Texas Wing, Devil Dog Squadron – Together with the Lone Star Flight Museum, 75th Anniversary of VE Day Flyover
Spirit Flights
- Big Easy Wing – Flew New Orleans Archbishop and local Rabbi over the city on Good Friday
- Tex Hill Wing – Provided a very special VIP ride to Archbishop García-Siller to deliver blessings from above San Antonio
- High Sky Wing – Performed a flyover "Salute to the Spirit of West Texas"
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