Welcome! You have found your way to the Arnold Air Society Squadron of the University of Michigan's AFROTC Detachment 390. AAS is a national, professional, honorary, service organization. We perform several service projects in and around the campus community throughout the year. Our squadron is named after James Van Veen, a historic founder of the squadron.

On 3 November 1950, the Harry C. Carver Squadron was formally recognized on the campus of the University of Michigan and by the national organization of the Arnold Air Society. The charter members of the squadron were: James Cestelli, James Van Veen, Harold Schuler, Phillip Smith and Allen Weygard. The squadron was named in honor of Professor Harry C. Carver, a member of the University of Michigan Department of Mathematics, and leading authority on air navigation. Although Professor Carver richly deserved the honor of having the squadron named after him, he made a mutual agreement with the squadron members to have the squadron renamed after the first AFROTC and AAS graduate from this detachment who was killed in combat. The re-designation was approved and the squadron then became known as the James Van Veen Squadron after First Lieutenant James Van Veen's F-84 was shot down over Oktong-ni, Korea.



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