Offutt Composite Squadron, Spaatz Cadets

The Spaatz Award is named in honor of Carl Tooey Spaatz, the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. One of the giants in the history of airpower, in 1929 Spaatz, together with another pilot, set an important flight endurance record of 150 hours and 40 minutes in the early days of aviation. During World War II, he commanded the Allied air campaign against the Nazis. In the Pacific Theater, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place under his command. After retiring from the Air Force, General Spaatz served as the first chairman of the Civil Air Patrol National Board.

Award #	Name	Date
223	Victor L. Zirilli	07/06/1973
393	Daniel S. Adams	07/13/1976
836	Elizabeth A. Sliwinski	04/08/1987
851	Jay A. Sliwinski	08/06/1987
1071	Norman J. Cannon	08/22/1991
1147	Jonathan D. Carrison	12/15/1992
1634	Kathryn A. Petersen	05/23/2007
1695	Joseph L. Williams	05/16/2008