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

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Boy Scout Cadets

Faith-Based Cadets

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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