[ALBSA-Info] Young Eagles (fwd)

[Eriola Kruja]

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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:30:25 -0600
From: David L. McFarland <dlmcfarland at mindspring.com>
To: webmaster at albstudent.org
Subject: Young Eagles

HELP US FIND THIS BOY

On 14 April 1999 near Gjakove, US warplanes accidently attacked a convoy of refugees. The Serbs bussed in reporters from Belgrade to see the results. In the middle of the carnage sat a 14-year boy with straw-colored hair on a cart pulled by a donkey. This picture can be seen at the following locations on the internet at:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/nato_gallery/victims_default.stm

and 

http://jonovos.com/kosc/boy.jpg


My name is David L. McFarland, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired and I run a program known as the Gathering of Eagles at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Each year, to celebrate the graduation of the 600 officers from more than 70 nations who have earned a graduate level degree at the Air Command and Staff College, we bring 20 history-making aviators from around the world to pass on their stories to the class. 


We also have a special program for "YOUNG EAGLES." Fifty children from about age 10 to 16 are invited to fly in Beech T-34 and North American T-6 aircraft. For the last five years, Brigadier General "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to fly supersonic, has piloted the aircraft for about 15 "young eagles" and others have flown with astronauts and fighter "aces." 


Next June 10th, we hope to fly this boy and another from the village of Junik. We are currently working with the OSCE (Office for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Gjakove to find the boy. We believe he is still in Kosova, but, he may be with a relative in Brussels (?) as we believe that his parents were killed.


Please take a look at the picture on BBC or on the other site and help us find him. We plan to go beyond just giving him a flight and try to establish a fund to help him complete an education and establish a good life.


My email is: dlmcfarland at mindspring.com