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Chapter Facts
Size:
Largest AFA Chapter in the World, with nearly 3600 members!
Constituency: All San Antonio Air
Force organizations.
Major installations represented: Randolph AFB, Lackland AFB
and Brooks-City Base.
Key organizations
Meetings
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Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meetings
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Take place on the second Tuesday of each month, at 1600 hours
at the USO downtown
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Provide for conduct of chapter administration and strategic
planning
Annual Functions
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A combined awards banquet in March
includes
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The Joe Kellogg Blue Suit Awards: Provides recognition to the top 65 Air Force “blue suiters”
in the local area.
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The Charlotte and Carlton Loos Civilian Awards: Provides recognition to the top 40 Air Force civilians
in the local area.
- AFA Expo, attracting over 100 booths and 3,300 participants
Participation in San Antonio's Celebrate
America's Military Week events, during November of each year:
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Veterans Day Parade
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Air Show
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Wreath Laying at Ft. Sam Houston military cemetery
Awards:
The
Chapter's awards program provides recognition to a total of 125 Air
Force people, military and civilian alike, each year.
Scholarship and Educational Outreach Programs:
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Earle North Parker Essay Contest and
Scholarship: $250 plus opportunity to compete for AFA-TX $3,000
award
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Community College of the Air Force "Pitsenbarger"
Awards: at three bases, ANG and AFRES; $500 per award
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UTSA ROTC Scholarship Program: Seven
scholarships with a total value of $2750
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JROTC Scholarship Programs: $150 scholarships and
complimentary AFA Memberships to Bronze Medal winners at 16
area high schools with a total value of over $ 2700.00
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AFA
Member/Immediate Family Member Scholarships; 3 awards at
$1000 each
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UTSA Center
for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (Homeland Defense)
Scholarship, $500.00
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USA Today/AEF “Visions of Exploration”
programs in 30 elementary schools impacting over 1000 young
people and valued at $ 2700.00.
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Educator Recognition
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Teacher of
the Year Program
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Christa
McAuliffe Memorial Award
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Each year the Alamo Chapter and its affiliate, the Alamo AFA
Aerospace Education Foundation invests over $10,000 in
educational outreach to every level of education, primary,
secondary and graduate in the south Texas area.
Sponsorship:
The Alamo Chapter provides financial sponsorship to the following
events, among others.
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AF ISR Agency Maj Gen Doyle Larson Sensor Olympics Banquet
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Air Force Recruiting Service Operation Blue
Suit
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AETC Outstanding Airmen of the Year Program
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Fiesta in Blue: AETC AF Band of the West
concert
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USO Thanksgiving Lunch: for Lackland basic
trainees and other Air Force people
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AETC Command Chiefs Conference
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Various base-level professional development
programs
Communications:
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