One of our ships is being restored by a museum in Indiana. See the Huey restoration project website for more information.
I hope everyone has made plans to attend the reunion in Lenexa, Kansas in June. The dates for the reunion are June 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th . The host hotel is the Crowne Plaza, Kansas City-Overland Park in Lenexa, Ks. The nightly rate is $85.00 per night, with availability 3 days before and 3 days after thereunion. Phone number for reservations is 1-888-233-9527 or you can make your reservation online.
Registration for the reunion is $50.00 per person. The fee covers the steak dinner on Friday night at the VFW post, the banquet on Saturday night and any refreshments and snacks the Association may provide. Our host for the reunion, Fred Churchill, has scheduled a trip to the WWII museum in Kansas City on Friday, June 14 th . The cost for the trip is $25.00 per person, which covers the cost of the bus trip and admission to the museum.
Please mail your fees for your registration and bus trip to:
Jerry Staggs
412 Azle Highway
Weatherford, TX 76085.
If you wish to host our 2015 reunion, present your desire at the banquet and we will vote on it.
Our newsletter, the Black Cat News, is a publication for veterans of the 282nd Assault Helicopter Company. It is published quarterly and we invite members to send pictures and articles of interest to share with fellow Blackcats and Alleycats. The Association has Unit caps, patches (both Blackcat and Alleycat), pins, coffee mugs, and much more available for sale. A list will be in your newsletter. The current BLACK CAT NEWS is posted here.
Due to increases in the cost of printing and mailing the Newsletter to almost 500 members, we need for members to pay their dues to cover these expenses. If you haven't paid your membership dues for this year, please contact Jerry Staggs, our Treasurer, to do so. You can get Jerry's phone number and email address from the ROSTER.
We are in the process of negotiating cheaper printing prices, and reducing costs by using cheaper mass mailing provisions for non-profit organizations. We hope to always be able to afford to print a Newsletter for every member, and send it by regular post to those brothers who do not have email and web access.
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282nd AHC 2nd Platoon (Slicks) 1967