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Join us at the annual Arlington SkyFest and Airport Community Day this weekend!

We’ll be there with our WWII veteran UK Royal Navy AT-19 and CAF Airbase Arizona will have their B-17 Sentimental Journey and B-25 Maid in the Shade.

• The AZ CAF airplanes will be open for ground tours Tuesday-Sunday, with rides available Thursday-Sunday. Get more info here.

• Our AT-19 will be on display and available for rides Thursday-Sunday.

Get your once in a lifetime ride in a WWII veteran – our AT-19 served with the UK Royal Navy. We’ll also have our tent staffed with members who will be happy to talk with you about Commemorative Air Force, our AT-19, and how to join or support us in our mission to educate, inspire, and honor. We’ll also have great looking squadron hats and patches available to purchase. All proceeds directly support our ability to share the aircraft and its story with the public.

The airplanes will be on the ramp in front of the airport office: 18204 59th Dr NE, Arlington, WA 98223.

Come join the fun!

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Visit us at booth #504 at the 39th annual Washington State Aviation Conference and Trade Show at the state fairgrounds event center. This event features loads of educational and fun seminars, organizations, vendors, and meeting with your fellow aviation enthusiasts. It’s an annual pilgrimage for many of us!

We’ll be on hand to offer information about Commemorative Air Force, what’s happening with Rainier Squadron, and how YOU can join in our fun and meaningful work to educate, inspire, and honor through aviation.

RSVP on our event page:

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Full attendee details and schedule are at https://www.washingtonaviation.org/conference.

Join us at Arlington Municipal Airport (in the airport office conference room) on Saturday, February 18 at 2:00 pm for our monthly squadron meeting.

HEAR about our upcoming events and our plans in the works.
SEE the AT-19!
LEARN about CAF, Rainier Squadron, and how you can help us educate, inspire, and honor through flight.

RSVP on our Facebook event.

Updated below with photos!

CAF Rainier Squadron will be at the Museum of Flight to celebrate the 100th birthday of WWII B-17 pilot and museum docent USAAF Capt Dick Nelms!

Dick was a guest on our speaker panel at our fundraiser screening of Into Flight Once More.

Weather permitting, we will take Dick on a flight in our 1944 AT-19 which saw service in India with the British Royal Navy. Our hope is that museum visitors will be able to watch the flight operation from the museum parking lot. The specific timing of the flight is TBD.

If you wish to donate to the Museum of Flight and the Blue Star Museums program in Dick’s honor: https://www.museumofflight.org/support/

If you wish to donate to CAF Rainier Squadron to help defray our costs of donating this flight to Dick, we thank you heartily! https://dev.cafrainier.org/donate/

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See all the photos from the event!

It’s again time for CAF’s 12 Planes of Christmas fundraiser! We appreciate your support last year, which helped us get the Reliant flying again and serving a full air show season. This year, we are looking to improve our interior and acquire some parts for our engine to have a smooth 2023 season!

If you wish to support our efforts to educate, inspire, and honor through flight and living history experiences, just go to www.cafrainier.org/12planes.

Thank you and … Keep ’em Flying!