t was once called the Confederate Air Force (formerly Confederate Air Corps), but for politically correct reasons the name was changed to Commemorative Air Force (CAF) in 2002.
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Captain Loyal Auterson, 02SEP2017.
CAF’s mission is normally to restore old combat planes, but on 02SEP2017 they used one of their restored birds to deliver food aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey.
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Captain Loyal Auterson, 02SEP2017.
The U.S. Army Reserve’s Echo Company, 7th Battalion (General Support Aviation Battalion) 158th Aviation Regiment joined with the Commemorative Air Force in loading up an old C-47 cargo plane to bring supplies to people in the Orange area of Texas.
https://www.facebook.com/CommemorativeAF/videos/10155594289787510/?t=36
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Captain Loyal Auterson, 02SEP2017.
‘Bluebonnet Belle’ delivered 3-thousand-8-hundred pounds of supplies to the residents in the area of Orange, Texas.
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Captain Loyal Auterson, 02SEP2017.
The CAF C-47 is operated by the Highland Lakes chapter, based in Burnet, Texas.
Update: On 21JUL2018, the ‘Bluebonnet Belle’ crashed and burned while taking off from its home port of Burnet, Texas. News reports said nobody was hurt.
Fox7 Austin: Survivor of Bluebonnet Belle crash files suit against plane operator
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