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Congratulations to the cadets and senior members who promoted in June, as well as the senior members who completed their professional levels in the Education and Training Program.

It is with deep sorrow to announce that Lt Col Scott Van Cleef, the squadron commander of Roanoke Composite Squadron, passed away yesterday from a heart attack.

Cadet Col. Evan E. Heidenreich of Prince William Composite Squadron, Virginia Wing, was presented the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award certificate on Friday afternoon, July 16th at the Air Force Association (AFA) Headquarters.

Virginia Wing relocated aircraft yesterday from outside ramps to inside hangars in advance of potential damaging weather related to Tropical Storm Elsa.

Congratulations to all of our members who promoted in May or completed a professional level in the Education and Training Program.

Virginia Wing is honored to have three annual award winners from our wing this year.

This past Saturday, Group 3 cadets in Northern Virginia hit the ground running with a group wide Drill Day!

Group Two was out in force for their first big event of summer 2021!

Cadet Colonel Cyrus Rodriguez, a member of the Virginia Wing’s Leesburg Composite Squadron, has earned the highest achievement a Civil Air Patrol cadet can attain, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award.

There was no airplane assigned to this mission.  Under normal circumstances, they would very carefully move ahead.  Instead, today, because the Danville squadron had just completed small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), aka “drone” training, they are able to receive assistance rapidly.