Silver Wings
Lt. General Frank M. Andrews Chapter
University of Tennessee
"Knowledge, wisdom, and
the courage to serve."
-Silver Wings Motto
Our History
The Founding of
Silver Wings
The first chapter of Angel Flight (AnF) was founded at the University of Omaha in 1952. Until 1957,Angel Flight was primarily a national idea with many names,uniforms,and activities. However,in April of that year,an important step toward unification was realized at the Eighth Annual Conclave of the Arnold Air Society. At that time,representatives from sixteen groups met in New York City to join their purposes under a National Coordination Headquarters.
In the years that followed,Angel Flight members worked to give the organization a professional,service-oriented image,as well as to support the AFROTC units on each campus. During the 1980′s,the Executive Board of Directors approved a petition to allow the local unit of Angel Flight to use the name “Silver Wings”on the local campus in order to accommodate diversity of membership,changing needs on the local campus,and a difficulty in recruiting members for AnF at some schools. These chapters were chartered by the national Angel Flight as Silver Wings or Silver Wings Society Flights.
Our Chapter
We are the Lt. General Frank M. Andrews chapter, located at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are associated with AFROTC Detachment 800 and the Arnold's Air Society squadron that shares our chapter name.
Our Detachment
Here at the University of Tennessee, we have the opportunity to support the award-winning AFROTC Detachment 800. We support them by attending the cadets' PFA (physical fitness assessment) each semester and cheering them on and bringing them breakfast, as well as cheer them on in any competitions they participate in.