The Spirit of ’76 Echelon...A Tribute to the Long Blue Line

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The Spirit of ’76 Echelon… A Tribute to the Long Blue Line

The Spirit of ’76 Echelon… A Tribute to the Long Blue Line
The Class of 1976 Giving Committee has decided to support “The Spirit of ’76 Echelon… A Tribute to the Long Blue Line” for the 50th reunion project. This project is envisioned to provide propeller blades and bronze plaques representing each graduating class with their class crest, a brief narrative, and a digital kiosk with the names of graduates. Residual funds not used for the Echelon tribute will endow the AOG’s Next-of-Kin needs in perpetuity. The Gone But Not Forgotten Endowment will support the deceased graduate's family needs, including costs associated with dependent children's higher education needs; lodging for a spouse and children to attend memorial/burial services at the USAFA recognizing their fallen graduate; and surviving spouse needs to participate in major class reunions.

Project Updates
Class Crests Going Up on Props

164 days ago by Mikayla Stwertnik
Progress as of Jan 2026

213 days ago by Mikayla Stwertnik
Compass Rose

213 days ago by Mikayla Stwertnik
36 Pedestals Delivered

310 days ago by Luke Walsh
Monolith Pipes Install

 

 

 

 

 

325 days ago by Luke Walsh
1/16 model of the '59 prop and wings

342 days ago by Luke Walsh
Finishing Initial Slabs

347 days ago by Luke Walsh
Laying Concrete

352 days ago by Luke Walsh
Retaining Wall Completed

367 days ago by Luke Walsh
Second Retaining Wall Going in

367 days ago by Luke Walsh
Future Site of The Spirit of ’76 Echelon… A Tribute the Long Blue Line

367 days ago by Luke Walsh
Site Visit to Arco to Inspect the First Pedestal

Pedestal mold


Rebar forms for the pedestals.


First pedestal

367 days ago by Luke Walsh
Protocast Site Walk

367 days ago by Luke Walsh
Inside the Project
Groundbreaking
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