A/101 Aviation Association, Inc
First & Finest
The A/101 Aviation Association, Inc, is a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation organized as a Non Profit, Tax exempt War Veterans Organization under IRC 501 (c)(19). We are an organization of 595 A/101 Aviation War Veterans who are honored to have served or are still serving our country proudly.
The A/101 Aviation Association Purpose and
Activities
Support the 101st Airborne Division - Air Assault
Promote the social welfare of the community
Promote, maintain and develop the A/101 Aviation
Association Website
Perpetuate the memory and legacy of A/101 Aviation
Perpetuate the memory of Veterans and comfort their
survivors
Attend Veterans memorial services
Conduct charitable and educational programs
Sponsor social and relational activities for A/101
Aviation Members
Operate, Award and maintain the A/101 Aviation
Memorial Scholarship fund
The A/101 Aviation Association is a standalone organization, we are not affiliated with any other organization. According to our Association Bylaws our Association members must be a former veteran who has served with Company A, 101 Avn. Bn., 101st Airborne Division (including any antecedent unit designations).
The association daily business is conducted by its Board of Trustees. Any member can vote on association issues brought before its membership by the board. Proof of membership is your name being listed on the A/101 Aviation Roster.
Association Mailing address:
A/101
Aviation Association
PO Box 67
Ephrata, WA 98823-0067
All of the Association corporate records and historical documents are in storage in the Ephrata Office.
There are no dues required to be a member of A/101 Aviation Association, Inc. As Veterans who have served, or continue to serve, with Company A, 101 Avn. Bn., 101st Airborne Division (including any antecedent unit designations) you have already paid your dues with your service.
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc membership roster.
A/101 AVIATION ASSOCIATION,
INC MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc
current Officers & Board of Trustees
Mr. Richard A. Bittle, Trustee/Founding & Current President/Trustee
(current term of office has been from 2004-2021)
Mr. Vince Reefer, Trustee
(current term of office
2015-2022)
Mr. Tom Halligan, Trustee
(current term of office
2020-2022)
Mr Paul Cauley Trustee
(current term of office 2011-2021)
Mr. Charles E Petty Trustee
(current term of office
2011-2021)
(Trustees a hold three year term of office which
are elected by general membership at the annual meeting)
A/101 Aviation Memorial Scholarship Committee
Founding & Current Chairmen Thomas Halligan.
Current Committee members:
Bradley Burkholder, Ed Schmelzer, Kenny Tromp
Mr. Chuck Slezak, Founding Trustee (term of office with the association was 2004-2020.
Chuck Slezak served with Company A 101st Aviation when the company deployed to the Republic of Vietnam on 11 April 1965 aboard the US Navy ship Iwo Jima. They became the first element of the 101st Airborne Division to see combat since World War II. A Company, 101 Aviation served from 04/1965-09/1966 at Soc Trang, Republic of Vietnam.
Colonel (Ret) Ted A. Crozier, Honorary Trustee
Col. (Ret) Ted Archer Crozier, Sr., age 91 of Clarksville, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. Ted was born October 27, 1925 in Meriden, CT. to the late Wesley Thomas and Flora Crozier. Ted retired as Colonel after 32 faithful years of service in the U.S. Army. He served as the first Aviator Chief of Staff 101st Airborne Division. In 1978, Crozier was elected and served two terms as Mayor of Clarksville.
Honorary Comanchero Kevin Buckley (photos of presentation)
Kevin Buckley is hereby on this, the forth day of December 2007 inducted as an honorary member of the Comanchero Flight, and may from this day forward, refer to himself as a “Comanchero, A Company, 101st Aviation Battalion”; and will, from this day forward, be greeted as a “Comanchero Brother” by all the men and women who have earned this honored distinction.
In recognition for his sincere thoughtfulness and open display of gratefulness having been rescued from Delta One landing zone by the Comancheros of A/101 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division, on 3 March 1971 during the largest and most horrific heliborne operation of the Vietnam War known as Lam Son 719; and further, highlighting the actions of the Comancheros in his Newsweek article, “Just Say It Was The Comancheros”, which appeared in the March 15, 1971 issue.
Kevin Buckley, then the Newsweek Saigon Bureau Chief, has forever immortalized the name of this honorable aviation unit, the Comancheros, and has forever immortalized the heroic deeds of the soldiers who brought life, camaraderie, and esprit de corps to the name “Comancheros” during the Vietnam War and whose legacy lives on to this day with the Comancheros of A Company, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
Association Registered Agent
Rachel Lilienthal Stark, Esq.
Stark & Stark, A Professional Corporation
P.O. Box 5315
Princeton, New Jersey 08543
Association Accountant
Kenneth R. Pelfrey, Certified Public Accountant
6758 Maplebrook Lane
Columbus, Ohio 23235-2733
A/101 Avn Merchandise
Merchandise Manager: Victoria Bittle
A/101 Aviation Association Bank Accounts
US Bank
A/101 Aviation Association General Fund
A/101 Aviation Association Savings Fund
A/101 Aviation Association Memorial Scholarship Savings Fund
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc - Articles of
Incorporation
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Corporation
By Laws-Revision 4 JAN 2007
IRS Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section
501(c)(19)
IRS Cover letter Re: Application
for Veterans Organization under IRC 501(c)(19)
Form
1024 pages pages 1-3-5
Form 1024 pages pages 2-4-6
Form 1024
pages Schedule K
A/101 Aviation Association has
been awarded Non-Profit Charity Organization status. Below is our IRS
determination Awarding the A/101 Aviation Association the status of IRC
501(c)(19) Tax Exempt War Veterans Organization effective 12/7/04. All
contributions made after 12/7/04 are Tax Deductible in accordance with
Publication 526 and other IRC regulations. Please consult your Tax Accountant
to check if your donation is deductible on your individual tax return.
IRC 501(c)(19) Award.pdf
IRS Award letter for nonprofit status
IRC 501(c)(19) pg2 Award.pdf -
IRC 501(c)(19) pg3 Award.pdf
IRC 501(c)(19) pg4Award.pdf
Tax Deductible Donations* made payable to:
A/101
Aviation Association
P.O. Box 67
Ephrata, WA 98823-0067
*All contributions made after 12/7/04 are Tax Deductible in accordance with Publication 526 and other IRC regulations. Please consult your Tax Accountant to check if your donation is deductible on your individual tax return.
Thank you for your financial support.
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Annual Reports
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2021 Association Meeting will be held Oct 19th 2021 at the The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV Please join us for this first reunion of our members since the Covid pandemic.
Join us in Las Vegas!!
https://www.specialoperations.org/soa/soarregistration/
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A101AVN 2020 Financial
report.pdf
2020 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc.
Annual Meeting was Held online (during Covid pandemic)
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2019 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc.
Annual Meeting Held at The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV
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A101AVN 2018_financial_report.pdf
2018 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc. Annual
Meeting Held at The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV
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2017 Annual
meeting agenda.pdf
2017 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc. Annual
Meeting Held at The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV
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2016 A101
Aviation Meeting.pdf
2016 A/101 Aviation
Association, Inc. Annual Meeting Held at The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV, Oct
18, 2016
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2014
A/101 Aviation Association Yearend financial statement
A101 Aviation Association Annual
Meeting Minutes 2015
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2014 A/101 Aviation Association Annual meeting minutes, Las
Vegas NV
2013 A/101 Aviation Association Yearend Financial Statement
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2013 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Annual meeting, Portland
OR
2012 A/101 Aviation Association Yearend financial statement
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2011 A/101
Aviation Association Annual Report
2010
A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Yearend financial statement
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2010
A/101 Aviation Association Annual Report
2009 A/101
Aviation Association, Inc Yearend financial statement
2010 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Annual meeting agenda
and meeting minutes
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2009
A/101 Aviation Association Annual Report
2008 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Yearend financial
Statement
2009 A/101 Aviation Association, Inc Annual
Business Meeting 11:00am Saturday June 20, 2009
Atlantis
Hotel and Casino, Reno, NV.
2009 A/101 Aviation Association, In Annual Meeting agenda and
meeting notes
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2007 A/101
Aviation Association, Inc Year End Financial Statement
2008 A/101
Aviation Association, Inc Annual Business Meeting, 5:00pm, May 9, 2008
Drawbridge
Inn & Convention Center, 2477 Royal Drive, Ft. Mitchell, KY
41017
2008
Annual Meeting agenda and meeting notes
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2006 A/101 Aviation
Association Year End Financial Statement
2007 Annual Business Meeting
- May 19th 2007 at the Holiday Inn Clarksville, TN
Clarksville,
TN and Fort Campbell, KY
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A/101 Aviation 2005 yearend Financial Statement
2006
Yearly Report and Activities for the A/101 Aviation Association, Inc
August
3-4-5th, 2006 at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South Minneapolis,
Minnesota
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A/101
Aviation Association, Inc 2005 Annual Report
2005 Activities for
the A/101 Aviation Association, Inc
February
3, 2005, Kissimmee, FL
A/101 Aviation Association Involvements and
Activities
June 2009 The association provided and sent 60 Comanchero label pins to our deployed unit member in Afghanistan
JAN 2009 The association purchased and sent 36 full sets of Thermal underwear to the deployed Comanchero Crew Chiefs and Door Gunners in Afghanistan.
All ten of our Association Scholarships that have been awarded to date
A Comanchero comes home! Memorial Services for SGT Timothy John
Jacobsen
Kevin Buckley inducted as a Honorary Comanchero
A/101 Avn Assoc helps Students try to brighten the holidays for Comancheros serving in OIF
Photographs taken July 28, 2005 at Fort Campbell, KY during the presentation of the Legacy Painting
A 4/101 Avn Regt Flag and A/101 Avn Legacy Print Gift Presentation to Monument Elementary School
A/101 Avn Association helps provide T-Shirts for 4th Bn soldiers
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Aviation Wreath Laying
The Fort Rucker 50th Anniversary
A/101 Aviation Association has sponsored several Reunions
Reunion Committee Chairmen: Richard Bittle
"A/101 Aviation Legacy"©
Joe Kline Aviation Art was commissioned by Edward “Jerry” Turner on behalf of the A/101 AVN Association to create this beautiful piece of art that honors our units five decades of service to our country from the jungles of Vietnam to the barren regions of Iraq. The seven aircraft in the painting represent those used by our unit throughout our legacy. The original painting with it's own hand carved frame designed by Wm. Robert Stanley Sr. Both are currently in storage by the association pending a final resting place at a place yet to be determined by the association.
1000 limited production signed and numbered prints were produced by the artist in digital format on 24"X28" 80# classic linen cover, Avon brilliant white paper. Several hundred of these beautiful numbered limited numbers of prints were reserved and sold to A/101 Aviation Association members before the painting was finished to fund this project. The artist is a Vietnam Helicopter Veteran from our sister company B/101 Avn, the frame was hand carved by a Vietnam Veteran renowned for his art work. The $8000.00+ project was funded by A/101 Aviation Association Inc and its membership. This work of art is currently in storage by the association until a final resting place is determined.
The remaining limited number
"A/101 Aviation Legacy"
prints are available to the general public. The first and finest aviation
unit of the 101st Airborne
Division.
All proceeds
from the sale of the print's help fund the A/101 Aviation Association, Inc.
Copyright
© 1998-2021 A/101 AVN. All rights reserved.
Revised: 07/22/21.