CS 21 Blackjacks

For anyone that hasn't heard we suffered a loss of one of our own yesterday. Make sure everyone is taking care of one another during this hard time.

Well the blackjacks have made it to another spring break! Most have had a lot to do and deserve a break. Be safe everyone!

Here are some pictures of the wing open boxing championship from 2 weeks ago. We had 4 blackjacks in the championships and 3 of them won!

This was the first year female cadets participated.

What the blackjacks are up to this week.

Academy Class of 1988 grad and former NFL Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Chad Hennings is speaking for NCLS about commitment to the core values, and why he chose to fulfill his commitment to the Air Force before playing professional football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQxlYDNZ10

Here's a quick video displaying what Seniors David Stone and James Shults got to come back to after hundreds weekend thanks to the freshman. Final stretch for the firsties!

CS-21 100's Weekend C1C Stone and C1C Shults returned from 100's weekend to find that the 18ers had created a room that matched their personality perfectly!

This past Saturday the Blackjacks spent their Friday night practicing SABC and land navigation. Check it out!

For throw back Thursday today take a moment to remember one of the most famous Blackjacks of history.

Capt Lance P. Sijan was in the Blackjacks and graduated in 1965. The plaque outside of his cadet room reads as follows:

While on a flight over North Vietnam, Capt. Sijan ejected from his disabled aircraft and successfully evaded capture for more than 6 weeks. During this time, he was seriously injured and suffered from shock and extreme weight loss due to lack of food.
Capt. SIjan was taken to a holding point for subsequent transfer to a prisoner of war camp. In his emaciated and crippled condition, he overpowered one of his guards and crawled into the jungle, only to be recaptured after several hours. He was then transferred to another prison camp where he was kept in solitary confinement and interrogated at length. During interrogation, he was severely tortured; however, he did not divulge any information to his captors. Capt. Sijan lapsed into delirium and was placed in the care of another prisoner. During his intermittent periods of consciousness until his death, he never complained of his physical condition and, on several occasions, spoke of future escape attempts. Capt. Sijan's extraordinary heroism and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at the cost of his life are in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Air Force and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Armed Force.

He was awarded the medal of honor on 9 November, 1967.

Here's a recap of some of the events this Saturday. Given discretionary time, we took it upon ourselves to make our squadron look better and have some friendly competition on the new air hockey, ping pong, and pool tables that we just got.

Anyone else excited for the new blackjacks mural?! The joker is coming in nicely.

Fans of CS-21, check out the pictures and video we uploaded from this weekends climb up the mountain! Not a lot of people attended, but hopefully we'll get some more of the squad in the future!

Small jaunt up the peak.