Cadet members of the Leesburg Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol met with members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate alongside other Civil Air Patrol members from across the nation.
Members of Civil Air Patrol’s Virginia Wing responded to support the Virginia Department of Emergency Management in locating an overdue aircraft early Tuesday morning.
Leesburg Cadets attend Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol's annual state legislative day, meeting with legislators in the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.
Civil Air Patrol members across Virginia Wing participated in the Virginia State Legislative Day, visiting the state capitol, meeting delegates, and being introduced on both the house and senate floor.
Burke Composite Squadron had a special guest, Korean War Veteran Colonel Warren Wiedhahn, United States Marine Corps, presented the Billy Mitchell award to Cadet Second Lieutenant Yacov Schwartz.
Cadet Colonel Kavin Ram, of Fairfax County, Virginia, and member of the Virginia Wing’s William P. Knight Composite Squadron has achieved the highest award of Civil Air Patrol’s cadet program - the General Carl A. Spaatz award.