Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS THREEFOLD: TO INSPIRE YOUNG AMERICANS TO PURSUE CAREERS AS MILITARY AVIATORS VIA SCHOLARSHIPS, FLYING INSTRUCTION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; TO PERPETUATE THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, LOVE OF COUNTRY AND THE HIGH IDEALS OF SELF-SACRIFICE EXEMPLIFIED BY THE AMERICAN PILOTS OF WORLD WAR I; AND TO RAISE AND INVEST FUNDS TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. AT YEAR END THE FOUNDATION HAD 9,854 MEMBERS.
PREPARATION, PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE "DAEDALUS FLYER", A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF MILITARY AVIATION AND ENCOURAGING AN INTEREST IN AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS. THE PUBLICATION INCLUDES INFORMATION ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL FLIGHT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SPEAKERS, AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS.
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE DESIRE AND POTENTIAL TO BECOME A COMMISSIONED MILITARY AVIATOR. DAEDALIAN FLYING TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS RECOGNIZES THE EFFORTS OF CANDIDATES BY PROVIDING THE GROUND AND FLIGHT TRAINING NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE A SOLO FLIGHT IN A GENERAL AVIATION FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. THE FOUNDATION AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION WITH PRESENTATIONS TO THE TOP GRADUATES OF THE FLYING TRAINING COURSES OF THE AIR FORCE AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND, THE NAVAL AIR TRAINING COMMAND, THE ARMY AVIATION SCHOOL, AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY'S NUMBER ONE STUDENT IN THE GRADUATION ORDER OF MERIT. THE FOUNDATION ALSO AWARDS THE PRESTIGIOUS DAEDALIAN JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (JROTC) MEDAL TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATRIOTISM AND SERVICE IN JROTC PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A MILITARY CAREER.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
| Maureen Defelice | EXECUTIVE DI | 10 | $0 |
| Col Daniel L Meyers Usa Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Col Daniel Sowada Usaf Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Lt Col Olga Custodio Usaf Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Lt Col Michael A Buck Usaf Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Mr Will C Hendrix Jr | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Col Francis L Kapp Usaf Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Lt Col Kathryn Staiger Usaf Ret | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Col Wayne Mudge Usaf Ret | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Col Luis M Rodriguez Usaf Ret | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Col Edward Sheeran Usaf Ret | VICE CHAIRMA | 2 | $0 |
| Maj Gen Jerrold P Allen Ret | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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