Sorry for the short notice! Holidays, family sickness, too Happy of a Happy New Year HOOHOO! YADA YADA YADA..... Meeting is intended for the local Squadron mbrs.
to reduce travel expenses for the key personnel residing out of state

Lunch will be served so please RSVP me ASAP so I can make sure we have enough Filet - Mignon - potatoes au gratin - and crisp spinach salad (NOT!!) But RSVP anyway so we have enough dogs or whatever. Cell 803-553-0113 leave a message please if I don't pick up. OR EMAIL ME!!

Emphasis for Sat. will be on maint. of organic assets (ie: APU's, maint. stands, etc), documentation of results for Acceptance Inspection on Huey a/c 701 "Madam X", inventory and tagging of unit spares, Squadron support vehicle maint., and Acceptance Inspection and initiation of maint. necessary to bring Cobra 517 to flight status.

VHPA Chapter will have an organizational meeting to discuss how members can best be fitted into the organization for maximum benefit for CFF and maximum enjoyment for member.

Did you catch the last sentence of the prior paragraph? It's a milestone for Viper Troop! We've actually made the decision to start the process of getting one of our Cobra's back into the air. 80-23517 Our newest F model. It only has 2,015 hours on it. Was flown mostly by the Washington NG. Last flight was Sept. 99 and was preserved for storage in Dec 01...............can't wait to hear the whop whop whop.

Christmas party was a huge success! Had about 85 people show up and devoured some great ribs cooked by CSM Vernie Nance - "Good chow! Vernie!" had about 9 or 10 new members as part of the VHPA chapter we're sponsoring. Jr. Buffalo Soldiers showed up and showed us up!!!! Sure have a bunch of strac youngsters in Alpha Troop HOOAH!

Here's one of the reasons we need to always wear our recruiting hat. Through a yahoo group I belong to I ran into, (on-line) a fellow Vietnam buddy, Mike Hudson! So I asked him to come to our first chapter meeting - found out he lived within 10 miles of me for the last 20 or so years. In telling Jack about him, Jack realized that he lived within a couple of blocks of Mike and in fact had taken his last Huey ride with Mike when they ferried it to Bragg. SO who knew??? Recruit recruit recruit!!! Look in your own back yard! There's over 600 Vietnam Veteran Helicopter Pilots in the state! Can you imagine how many crew members there could be??? And don't forget the troops that have retired since Vietnam (damn that makes me feel old)

Need more reasons to attend the meeting? See the Cav Troopers in the chow line below? They're Jr. Troopers of A Troop, our Buffalo Soldiers - teenagers! Learning respect, discipline, and history. We need to grow so we can help more kids. Check out those Cav hats!