Aerospace Education Council

AFA Awards Aerospace Education Grants to Civil Air Patrol Squadrons

The Air Force Association announced twenty grants promoting aerospace education for hundreds of students through Civil Air Patrol squadrons. The AFA grants, each $250, are awarded four times each year, twice to units and twice to educators. These grants were distributed to 20 squadrons for use in any Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) activity or materials that promote aerospace education.

Squadrons receiving AFA Grants are as follows:

St. Charles Composite Squadron, St. Peters, Missouri
Three Rivers Flight, Carlsbad, Texas
Pell City Composite Squadron, Moody, Alabama
Chicago Composite Squadron C/O Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Atlanta Senior Squadron 2, Griffin, Georgia
Flying Castle Composite Squadron, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Missoula Composite Squadron, Missoula, Montana
Central Florida Composite Squadron, Oviedo, Florida
Marion County Composite Squadron FL 361, Ocala, Florida
Capitol Composite Squadron, Berlin, Vermont
Palm Springs Composite Squadron 11, LaQuinta, California
Bessemer Composite Squadron, Leeds, Alabama
Cass County Composite, Harrisonville, Maryland
Ascension Composite Squadron, Gonzales, Louisiana
Starbase Composite Squadron SWR-OK-151, Tulsa, Oklahoma
West Richmond Cadet Squadron, Richmond, Virginia
Hammond Composite Squadron, Hammond, Louisiana
Van Dyke Cadet Squadron (GLR-MI-117), New Baltimore, Michigan
NY-419 Grover Cleveland HS Squadron, Ridgewood, New York
Squadron 310- Paradise Valley (AZ Wing), Scottsdale, Arizona

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