1. Aaron Cochran February 12, 1971 - August 20, 1988

2. Aaron in CAP
Aaron was a cadet in the Harry S. Truman Composite Squadron
1985 to 1988
Cadet 2nd Lieutenant

3. Aaron’s CAP Career Pathfinders Technical School
Type A Encampments at Whiteman AFB
Billy Mitchell Award
ATC Familiarization
Orientation Flights
Color Guard

4. Pathfinders Technical School
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Matt Smith and Aaron Cochran
Goreman, Torkelson and Cochran

5. Whiteman AFB, Missouri Type A Encampment
(clockwise from top) Matt Smith, Matt Pinick, Aaron Cochran
Matt Smith and Aaron Cochran

6. Billy Mitchell Award
CAP Cadet Rank structure when Aaron was a cadet.

7. Air Training Command Familiarization Course
Aaron on board a USAF T-43 Navigation Trainer
Mather AFB, California
Aaron and an F-4 Phantom II

8. Orientation Flights

9. CAP Color Guard Matt Pinick, Angela Dulaney, Matt Smith Aaron Cochran
Matt Pinick and Aaron before a parade.

10. CAP Cadet Activities
Aaron and an A-10 Thunderbolt from the Missouri Air National Guard
Graduation day at the ATC Familiarization Course, Mather AFB

11. Aaron was murdered about 3 weeks after this picture was taken.
August 25, 1988
Samuel Levi Erwin murdered Aaron Cochran
Erwin was charged with murder and armed criminal action
Erwin was given a 70 year sentence
Aaron was murdered about 3 weeks after this picture was taken.

12. www.AaronCochran.com Erwin is up for parole on August 12, 2004
A letter-writing campaign will help keep Erwin in jail
The website has a lot of info for people wishing to write

13. Thank You