HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As we reach the end of another year, I want to personally thank all members of the RAF for the many accomplishments of 2017, and more important, be the first to wish the RAF even greater success as we head into 2018. We have a lot to look forward to, and I am grateful for…

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RAF YEAR END LETTER

By now you should have received your personalized year end letter from the RAF. We are hoping you took the time to read it and find the work that we are doing valuable. Valuable enough to consider contributing some of your time, talent and perhaps some funds to the cause. Without those we simply cannot…

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MULTI-GENERATION PILOT IS RAF’S NEW SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEER

Brittanee Lincoln can’t really remember her first time in an airplane, but it made an impression. She was only two weeks old when her dad Roger first put her on his lap and went flying off his airfield on his farm northwest of Havre, Montana where she was raised. Aviation runs in the family. After soloing…

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MONTANA WESTERNER TO HEAD INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

Montana’s U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke has been tapped by President-elect Trump for Secretary of the Interior. Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL, served in Montana’s Senate before being elected twice to Congress. If confirmed by the Senate, he will begin in January. “I’m a Teddy Roosevelt Republican,” he said in an interview. Montanans know Zinke as…

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NEIGHBORS PITCH IN AT MEADOWLARK WORK PARTY

The first of several fall/winter work parties at Georgia’s Meadowlark, (GA75) took place November 18.  “Neighbors showed up with tractors and graders,” Georgia Liaison Eric Davis said. Volunteers cleared the tall brush from the north end of the runway, which opened it up to the county road, so fencing became a requirement. “So another neighbor,…

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FEATURED AIRSTRIP: CHICKEN STRIP, DEATH VALLEY, CA

Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on.  We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips.  This month’s Featured Airstrip is Chicken Strip in CA. The Chicken Strip is a 1,300-foot dirt strip in a remote corner of Death Valley National Park. The drive there is…

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