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The Celebrate Freedom Foundation is proud to announce the renova-
tion of the new National Headquarters and S.T.E.M. Education Center.
Construction is currently taking place in partnership with the Midlands
Technical College Advanced Manufacturing and Skills Crafts students.
Midlands Tech students set about
demolishing existing structures
within the hangar to create an
open space that will be utilized for
aircraft maintenance and as a
learning facility for the SOaR™
S.T.E.M. education program.
Celebrate Freedom New National Headquarters
Left: Midlands Technical College
Advanced Manufacturing and
Skilled Crafts students removing
walls inside of hangar
Below: Construction inside of the
Freedom
Special Points of
Interest
New National Head-quarters
Sponsor Spotlight
SOaR™ Cadets
Tribute to CPT. Hampton
Special Thanks to the Volunteers and Sponsors
Celebrate Freedom Foundation Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1 June 2017
Inside this issue:
Sponsor Spotlight 2
History Highlight 2
Special Tribute to Cpt.
Hampton
3
Boy Scout Cadets
Faith-Based Cadets
3
Flyer
Right: Hangar with special
epoxy flooring courtesy of
PPG Aerospace
Celebrate Freedom Founda-
tion is highlighting a very
special sponsor that has con-
tributed greatly to the fur-
thering of the non-profit,
PPG Aerospace. Founded in
1883, PPG Industries is a
supplier of paints, special
materials, fiberglass and
coatings. Celebrate Freedom
is proud to be sponsored by
PPG and appreciate their do-
nation of the paint coating
for the floor of hangar for the
National Headquarters. The
paint was applied by Mid-
lands Technical College stu-
dents after an instructional
briefing by a representative from PPG.
CFF would like to thank PPG Aerospace
for their continued sponsorship and
the donation of the hangar floor paint
coating.
Sponsor Spotlight
History Highlight “Charlie Horse” was retired from active Army service in
1974, and after many years of work by Mr. Lovelady it
has been restored to enter a new phase of service to
honor the military veterans in parades and public
events. It is on display at the Foundation’s National
Headquarters and S.T.E.M. Education Center.
“Charlie Horse” is the name of the
Foundation’s full restored M-38A1
Army Jeep owned by Jack Lovelady.
It was manufactured by Willys in
1953 and delivered to the U.S. Ar-
my where it served in Korea and
later Vietnam with Charlie Troop,
1st Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
Airmobile.
The M-38A1 Jeep had many im-
provements over the WWII Jeeps
(Peeps) which it replaced such as a
more powerful engine, a synchro-
nized transmission, 24 volt electri-
cal system, greater ground clear-
ance and larger cargo capacity. This
Jeep also has the underwater ford-
ing system.
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“To catch the reade r's att ention, place an int eresting sente nce or qu ote f rom the s tory here.”
Left: PPG Instructor
Bruce Taylor giving
a briefing on new
epoxy flooring to
students
Honoring Past
Pioneers
Inspiring Future
Pioneers
One of our Newest AH-1F Attack Cobra Helicopters has been named
"Kimberly" honoring U.S. Army Captain Kimberly Hampton. Captain
Hampton was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above the
outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq in a raid on an illicit weapons marketplace
when she was shot down on January 2, 2004. She lived her dream of
commanding a U.S. Army Air Cavalry troop and died as a footnote in
history: America's first female military pilot killed in
combat by the enemy. An All-American girl from Easley,
South Carolina in the U.S. Army's All-American Division,
Kimberly was assigned as Commander of Delta Troop,
1st Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On August 31, 2003
she deployed her troop to Iraq attached to Taskforce
Wolfpack. Prior to that assignment, Kimberly served in
the 4th Squadron, 7th Air Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infan-
try Division in Korea.
A Special Tribute to CPT. Kimberly Hampton
Boy Scout Cadets and Faith-Based Program Cadets Receive Awards
Volume 1, Issue 1
Above: U.S. Army Captain
Kimberly Hampton
Left: Cobra design on
helicopter honoring CPT.
Hampton
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Boy Scout troop 777 received their special Aviation
Merit Badges that can only be earned after meeting
specific requirements. Congratulations to all of those
who received their badges! We are proud of you!
For completing the Celebrate Freedom Foundation’s
Faith Based Workforce Development Cadet Program,
we congratulate each of you for a job well done!
Those receiving awards were:
Jalen Blunt, Justin Blunt, Aisha Budden, Chancellor
Chavous, Nia Berry, Justin Jenkins, Calia Priester,
Malcolm Reynolds, Arenda Thomas II
The Celebrate Freedom Foundation would like to thank all of our sponsors who have given donations in order to ensure the edu-
cation of S.T.E.M. and to honor our military - past, present and future.
National Headquarters and S.T.E.M. Education Center 2533 B Airport Blvd. West Columbia, SC 29170
Phone: (803) 708-4752
Email: info@cff-soar.org
Website: www.GoCFF.org
To Contact the Celebrate
Freedom Foundation:
Educating the Public, promoting
patriotism and honoring the
Military - Past, Present and
Future
Celebrate Freedom would like to give a special
thanks to the volunteers that have given their time
and effort to the renovation of the CFF National
Headquarters and to our Board of Directors for their
continued pursuit of progress. Without the countless
hours of help, CFF wouldn’t be where we are today.
Thank you!
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
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Produced by: Nadja Seymour, CFF Intern
Lander University
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