Aaron CochranFebruary 12, 1971 - August 20, 1988

Aaron in CAP

• Aaron was a cadet in the Harry S. Truman Composite Squadron

• 1985 to 1988• Cadet 2nd Lieutenant

Aaron’s CAP Career

• Pathfinders Technical School

• Type A Encampments at Whiteman AFB

• Billy Mitchell Award• ATC Familiarization• Orientation Flights• Color Guard

Pathfinders Technical School

• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Matt Smith and Aaron Cochran

Goreman, Torkelson and Cochran

Whiteman AFB, Missouri Type A Encampment

(clockwise from top)Matt Smith, Matt Pinick, Aaron Cochran

Matt Smith and Aaron Cochran

Billy Mitchell Award

CAP Cadet Rank structure when Aaron was a cadet.

Air Training Command Familiarization Course

• Mather AFB, California

Aaron and an F-4 Phantom II

Aaron on board a USAF T-43 Navigation Trainer

Orientation Flights

CAPColor Guard

Matt Pinick, Angela Dulaney, Matt Smith Aaron Cochran Matt Pinick and Aaron

before a parade.

CAP Cadet Activities

Aaron and an A-10 Thunderbolt from the Missouri Air National Guard

Graduation day at the ATC Familiarization Course, Mather AFB

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.

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

Thank You