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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…
2021 Air Force Ball was a huge success
Colorado Springs KOAA Channel 5 covered the Memorial Day Wreath Laying ceremony and the AFA Lance P Sijan Chapter participation in the Memorial Day wreath laying on May 31, 2021 at the Colorado Springs Memorial Park. KOAA Channel 5 interviewed the spouse of Sijan Chapter Vice President Col Paul L Bailey, USAF (Ret), Mrs. Deborah…
Reconnecting with our Community Sponsors over the Holidays.
Raising Awareness About Racism Sijan Chapter Members joined Peterson AFB personnel in a 5K hike on June 13th to come together as a military community in a show of solidarity in hopes to bring awareness and compassion to a very sensitive and complex topic. Participants were asked to bring an open mind and an open…
Reception Celebrates Sijan’s Community Partners The local Colorado Springs Community Partners of the Sijan Chapter are essential to our support for a deterrent force with the sufficiency to ensure national peace and security. The Chapter sponsored a reception at 1150 Academy Park Loop in the Space Foundation in July to honor and thank our Community…
Enlisted Heritage Highlights – AFA Newsletter On March 22 the Sijan Chapter was pleased to present a panel of three distinguished Command Chiefs from the Pikes Peak Region at their Enlisted Heritage event. The panel members consisted of the current 21st Space Wing Commander – Command Chief Master Sergeant Jacob Simmons, Air Force Space Command…
Operation Pringles Jingle We live in a community of generous hearts! We have 600+ cans of Pringles donated by Rick at High Country Roofing (719) 391-1856 to ship overseas in boxes donated by Great Plains Moving and Storage (719) 597-8850. Because of the outpouring of support, they will be shipped to different locations where we…