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READ ABOUT THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE MISSION
The Lobo Wing is the Albuquerque
New Mexico based attachment of the Midland Texas Based Commemorative Air
Force (CAF). The Wing flies and supports a 1942 Fairchild
PT-26 Cornell and is restoring a 1941 Beech AT-11 Kansan to flying
condition. We have a number of other interesting projects that you may
view on the "Our Projects" page. Please roam around the site and
learn more about the Lobo Wing. The Lobo Wing supports all of the
objectives of the Commemorative Air Force. This web site is best
viewed with your browser in full screen mode.
CAF Aims and Purposes
- To
acquire, restore, and preserve in flying condition a complete collection of combat
aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United
States, and selected aircraft of other nations, for the education and
enjoyment of present and future generations of Americans.
- To
provide museum buildings for permanent protection, maintenance, and display of these
historic aircraft, period artifacts, and documents as a tribute to the thousands of men and women who built,
serviced and flew them and to build and organize the "Combat Airman
Hall of Fame."
- To
perpetuate the spirit in which such combat aircraft were flown in the defense of our nation,
in the memory and hearts of all Americans.
- To
establish an organization having the dedication, enthusiasm and Esprit
de Corps necessary to operate, maintain and preserve these aircraft as
symbols of our American Military Aviation Heritage.
- To
receive gifts, and grants of money and property of every kind and to
administer the same for the purposes here stated, and to do anything
necessary or proper for the accomplishment of these purposes; to lease,
purchase, hold, have, use, and take possession of and enjoy fee simple
or otherwise any personal and real property necessary for the uses and
purposes of the corporations; and to sell, lease, alienate, or dispose
of the same at the pleasure of the corporation and for the uses and
purposes for which said corporation is formed; and to buy and sell real
or personal property and to apply the proceeds of the sale, including
any and all income, to the uses and purposes of the corporation.
Keep
'em flying!
The
Commemorative Air Force - Lobo Wing is an all-volunteer, non-profit
501(c)3 organization incorporated under Texas laws for charitable and
educational purposes.
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