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Wreaths Across America

Every year in December, ACE Basin Composite Squadron is humbled to participate in the Wreaths Across America at Fort Jackson National Cemetery.

We honor those veterans that have gone before by joining with volunteers in placing wreaths of remembrance.

You can support this wonderful program, and us, throughout the year.

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Cadet Programs

ACE Basin Composite Squadron prepares our cadets for future leadership positions with a structured framework of increasing responsibility, physical fitness and Aerospace Education.

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Orientation Flights

The Civil Air Patrol gives cadets the opportunity to experience the wonder of flight using the largest fleet of single engined aircraft in the world.

ACE Basin cadets have flown from airports all over the region.

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Encampment

Encampment is the Civil Air Patrol program squeezed into one incredible week. It is a chance for cadets and adult volunteers to learn, to build teams and to have experiences like no other.

We all build friendships with others in South Carolina and in many other States that are represented during SC Encampment week.

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STEM Kits

As an educator, at home or in school, you can join us as an Aerospace Education Member (AEM). You then have access to hundreds of dollars worth of classroom materials and STEM kits from Civil Air Patrol.

We can even arrange a free Teacher Orientation flight so that you can share their experience with your students.

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Adult Volunteers

ACE Basin Composite Squadron is driven by our volunteer adult members.

Civil Air Patrol is not just for pilots. You can bring your skills or develop new ones with self-paced training and continuing professional development.

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Tuskegee Airmen

The ACE Basin Squadron welcomed members of the Hiram E. Mann Chapter of The Tuskegee Airmen to the Low Country Regional Airport in Walterboro to share with the Squadron the enduring legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Presentations were made by U.S. Air Force Veterans James Hampton and Barron Wilkins, followed by a Question-and-Answer session by phone with Tuskegee Airman Dr. Eugene J. Richardson, Jr.

Low Country Regional Airport is home to the most southerly Tuskegee Airman memorial in the USA. The 3rd Airforce and Tuskegee Airmen serving here inspired our squadron patch.

High Altitude Balloon

Cadets from ACE Basin Composite Squadron sent science into space!

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