F-15E Fighter Jet Squadron to Fly Over Charlottesville
September 14, 2009
As noted in the release below, UVA ROTC (Army, Navy & Air Force) will be conducting a POW/MIA vigil tomorrow. Be forwarned! The vigil will conclude with a special ceremony including a flyover of 4 F-15E's between 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. This could be NOISY! The squadron will be led by 1996 UVA graduate Major James Gresis. Did you know the F-15E can fly at speeds of Mach 2.3-2.5, reach an altitude of 30,000 feet in less than 60 seconds, & begin to track its target at 10 miles away? Enjoy-we hope they do an airfield fly-by of CHO!
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Contact: Matt Kelly
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POW/MIA Vigil Planned at the University of Virginia
September 8, 2009 - Cadets from all three branches of the University of
Virginia ROTC program will hold a 'round-the-clock vigil for American
service members held as prisoners of war or reported missing in action.
The event starts Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m. on the north steps of the
Rotunda.
The annual vigil, in which cadets and midshipmen from U.Va.'s Army, Air
Force and Navy ROTC programs march in half-hour shifts during a 24-hour
period, will end with a ceremony Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m.
David N. Harker, an outreach coordinator for the Virginia Department of
Veterans' Services and a Vietnam War veteran, will speak at the
concluding ceremony on "Standing up for American Ideals of Liberty and
Justice for All."
A Lynchburg native, Harker was captured by the Viet Cong after being
wounded in combat in Quang Tin province in South Vietnam on Jan. 8,
1968. His family was notified eight days later that he was missing in
action and then told on March 12, 1968, that he was a prisoner of war.
He was held for five years before his release on March 5, 1973.
The ceremony is also scheduled to include remarks from Col. Daniel
DeBree, commander of the Air Force ROTC unit at U.Va.; an exhibition
drill team performance; a 21-gun salute; and a fly-over of four F-15Es
from the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, which will
close the ceremony following "Taps." The F-15E fly-over will be led by
Major James Gresis, a 1996 graduate of the School of Engineering and
Applied Science.
Local veterans and members of the Charlottesville/Albemarle American
Legion Post 74 have been invited to the ceremony. This year's ceremony
is open to the public and sponsored by the Arnold Air Society, a
professional and service organization for Air Force ROTC cadets.
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434-924-7291
POW/MIA Vigil Planned at the University of Virginia
September 8, 2009 - Cadets from all three branches of the University of
Virginia ROTC program will hold a 'round-the-clock vigil for American
service members held as prisoners of war or reported missing in action.
The event starts Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m. on the north steps of the
Rotunda.
The annual vigil, in which cadets and midshipmen from U.Va.'s Army, Air
Force and Navy ROTC programs march in half-hour shifts during a 24-hour
period, will end with a ceremony Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m.
David N. Harker, an outreach coordinator for the Virginia Department of
Veterans' Services and a Vietnam War veteran, will speak at the
concluding ceremony on "Standing up for American Ideals of Liberty and
Justice for All."
A Lynchburg native, Harker was captured by the Viet Cong after being
wounded in combat in Quang Tin province in South Vietnam on Jan. 8,
1968. His family was notified eight days later that he was missing in
action and then told on March 12, 1968, that he was a prisoner of war.
He was held for five years before his release on March 5, 1973.
The ceremony is also scheduled to include remarks from Col. Daniel
DeBree, commander of the Air Force ROTC unit at U.Va.; an exhibition
drill team performance; a 21-gun salute; and a fly-over of four F-15Es
from the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, which will
close the ceremony following "Taps." The F-15E fly-over will be led by
Major James Gresis, a 1996 graduate of the School of Engineering and
Applied Science.
Local veterans and members of the Charlottesville/Albemarle American
Legion Post 74 have been invited to the ceremony. This year's ceremony
is open to the public and sponsored by the Arnold Air Society, a
professional and service organization for Air Force ROTC cadets.
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