Detachment 880 cadets enjoy their first time in the cockpit, thanks to the You Can Fly Scholarship.

Seventy cadets from Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine ROTC programs competed in a series of challenging tasks attempting to earn a German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB).

Cadets were selected to attend the AFA Airpower Symposium at Langley Air Force Base, in Hampton, Virginia where they received unparalleled insight into the technological and tactical contributions of ACC to the Department of the Air Force and other service branches.  

Detachment 880 AS400 cadets have recently received their Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC), determining the career fields they will enter upon commissioning.

Detachment 880 AS400 cadets earned their jump wings at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) Freefall Parachuting course. Each summer, cadets are given the opportunity to attend the 12-day parachute training program conducted at USAFA, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

It was an overcast day, but spirits were bright and hearts were full when more than 170 Virginia Military Institute cadets commissioned into the armed services in Cameron Hall, May 15 in the annual Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) joint commissioning ceremony.

During LLAB, Cadet Colonel Abigail Soyars '24 handed off the Detachment guidon to Cadet Captain Joshua Vissicchio '25.

Virginia Military Institute hosted an Air Force Special Warfare FTX from April 19 to 20. 

Gen. John P. Jumper, a distinguished alumnus of the Virginia Military Institute ('66), honored Detachment 880 by visiting cadets April 18 and partaking in the commemorative toast in observance of the anniversary of the Doolittle raids.

A group of Det 880 Cadets embarked on a visit to Joint Base Andrews. Highlights of the excursion included witnessing the EOD demonstrations, Security Forces Military Working Dog presentations, 1st Helicopter Squadron and 99th Airlift Squadron visits, 316th Aerospace Physiology insights, and a stop