Civil Air Patrol’s Starbase Composite Squadron volunteers are working to ensure that all veterans laid to rest at Floral Haven Cemetery are honored this December on National Wreaths Across America Day. This year, the ceremony, held simultaneously across the country at nearly 2,000 participating locations, will be Dec. 14. The goal: to place a live,…
Members of Civil Air Patrol’s Riverside Flight are asking the public to sponsor veterans’ wreaths for placement on the headstones of our nation’s service members on December 14 to honor those who served the United States as well as current military members. The ceremony will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa. The CAP…
Civil Air Patrol’s Riverside Flight, based out of the R. L. Jones Airport, Tulsa Technology Center campus, rallied at 5:30 in the morning on October 5 at the Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing to serve during the Fighter Wing’s family day. “The 138th Fighter Wing tries to have a Family day event every year,”…
Civil Air Patrol’s Oklahoma Wing is comprised of 18 units across the state. The newest flight is located at R.L. Jones Airport at the Tulsa Technology Center at 91st Street and Elm Place on the border with Jenks. “We started looking into the possibility of a new flight at the Tulsa Technology Center location when…
As this is written, one day following the annual observance of Memorial Day – a whole week-end – my thoughts have returned to the events beginning on Saturday morning. For those not familiar with the goings-on each Memorial Weekend for the past 47 years, this is information to remember for the future. For that long…
It is always a pleasure to me to be able to recount incidents that lend hope for the future custodians of our wonderful, one-of-a-kind, “representative republic” USA. And there seems to be such despite the continuing stream of “news” – whether true or fake – coming forth from the sources on which we are reduced…