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Sijan Highlights
We had a great time with our Sijan community at Peterson SFB on March 21st during our Spring 2024 Ice Cream Social at The Hub.
120+ members of Colorado Springs’ military organizations, including our own Sijan Chapter President, Caty Rozema, celebrated the holidays at Weidner Field (home of the Switchbacks)! Each year, this event is a great opportunity to gather, eat, connect, and learn about what’s happening in our backyard. The party is jointly sponsored by AFA, AFCEA, NDIA, SFA,…
Sijan member, Bruce Hall attended the Colorado Springs Veteran’s Day parade on Saturday, November 4, 2023 and participated in the annual Veteran’s Day wreath laying at Memorial Park on November 11, 2023.
For the first time since COVID, there was a full house in attendance at the Colorado AFA State Banquet. In years past, AFA was able to recognize three nominees in each category of Airman of the Year, Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, First Sergeant of the Year, Cadet of…
National Award Winners: Colorado had multiple National Award winners this year, and those awards were presented at the National AFA Convention September 2023. Congratulations to these individuals and Chapters for their outstanding contributions to the mission of AFA. National Chapter Winners were: Aerospace Education Achievement—Mile High Chapter Aerospace Education Achievement—RE Huyser Chapter Aerospace Education Achievement—Mel…
USAF JROTC Cadet Awards The AFA Lance P Sijan Chapter presented USAF JROTC Outstanding Cadet awards at Sand Creek High School on April 20, 2023; Air Academy High School on April 24, 2023; Vista Ridge High School on May 1, 2023 and Mitchell High School on May 5, 2023. An Outstanding Cadet Award was also…
Chapter volunteer, Jeff Womelsdorf, presented the Sijan Chapter 2023 Scholarship winner, Ms. Hana Pavelko, a check for $1000 at the B-52 Memorial at the USAFA on July 21st, 2023. Ms. Pavelko graduated in May from Pine Creek High School with a 4.708 cumulative GPA. She will attend Colorado State University where she will study Microbiology…
A solid group gathered the afternoon of June 22nd at the Colorado Mountain Brewery on Interquest Parkway. We had a comfortable separate room, dedicated service, and good food. As before, a beverage ticket awarded each guest who showed our online invitation. Of the ten who attended, most were chapter members refreshing their commitment to the…
Col (Ret) Linda Aldrich, Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings Coordinator, past Colorado AFA State President, and prominent Sijan Chapter member, was recently featured in the Colorado Springs Gazette. Apr 22, 2023; Updated Apr 26, 2023 One of the first female missileers, retired Col. Linda Aldrich, was 30 when she decided to call a recruiter to…