Mission Updates & Events
Utah’s first Week of STEM: November 7 – 10, 2022
The Halvorsen Foundation is proud to partner with and support Governor Spencer Cox’s first annual “Week of STEM.” During his proclamation announcement, Gov. Cox stated, “Utah is made up of STEM industry leaders in aerospace, defense, science, health care, computer...
Airlift/Tanker Association Hall of Fame Honorarium
Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Convention In October, 2022, members of the Airlift/Tanker Association (A/TA) met near Denver, CO, for a two day conference. Hundreds of young military women and men were joined by their leaders for seminars, comradery and the...
Ancestry.com Connection
Ancestry.com is a world-wide genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical records, veteran's records and related genetic genealogy websites. Fold3™ is with Ancestry.com...
The Gail S. Halvorsen “Candy Bomber” Veterans Center
Orem VA Clinic is now called the "Candy Bomber" Veterans Center In May of 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed Congressman Curtis and Senator Lee's bill renaming the Orem VA Clinic to The Gail S. Halvorsen "Candy Bomber" Veterans Center. The bill...
Berlin Airlift Veterans Meet and Remember Sept 27-Oct 1, 2022
Seventy-three years ago in 1949 on September 30, the Berlin Airlift officially ended with the last airplane flying out of Rhein Main Air Force base in Germany. Meet and Remember On September 27-October 1, 2022 Berlin Airlift organizations gathered near Dayton, Ohio...
A Storybook Christmas
The Candy Bomber Tree This December at BYU-Idaho (Rexburg, ID), in accordance with their yearly tradition of creating a Christmas Tree Lane at the Manwaring Center, each department decorated a tree for this year's theme: "A Storybook Christmas." And yes, you guessed...
Remember the Candy Bomber: Video Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kX36kmwnhw
The Lundell Family Honors the Chocolate Pilot at King Theater, Ida Grove, Iowa
In July, the Lundell family of Kiron, Iowa, honored my father, Gail S. Halvorsen at the King Theater in Ida Grove, Iowa where the Lundells generously supported the showing of aviation masterpiece, “Top Gun: Maverick.” They dedicated it to dad, the Berlin Candy Bomber...
The Wings & Wheels Event
Join Spanish Fork and the Halvorsen Foundation for a celebration of flight and speed. The Halvorsen STEM Fun Bus will be at the airport with fight simulators, STEM activities and much more. Flight and driving demonstrations throughout the day. Find out more!
The Candy Bomber Foundation at Spanish Fork Fiesta Days
The Halvorsen Foundation celebrated Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Candy Bomber Style… with the children. During the children’s activities event held at Library Park on Saturday, July 23rd, the Halvorsen Foundation set up a booth with a preview of the Halvorsen Heritage...