Spaatz Trophy
Spaatz may refer to: * Spaatz Island, Antarctica * Carl Spaatz (1891–1974), US Air Force general * Carl A. Spaatz Field, at Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania * General Carl A. Spaatz Award The awards and decorations of Civil Air Patrol are "designed to recognize heroism, service, and program achievements" of members of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) of the United States of America. CAP is the official Auxiliaries, auxiliary of the United S ...

Spaatz Island
Stange Sound () is a sound about long and wide along the coast of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. An ice shelf occupies the sound, which is bounded on the west by Smyley Island and Case Island, on the south by the mainland, on the east by Spaatz Island and on the north by open water in the Ronne Entrance. Photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE. 1947-48) under Finn Ronne. Named for Henry Stange of New York, a contributor to RARE who gave much time to assisting in preparations for the expedition. Location Stange Sound is on the English Coast of Ellsworth Land. It is largely ice-covered. It adjoins Carroll Inlet to the west and Ronne Entrance to the north and east, from which it is separated by Spaatz Island. Hill Glacier flows into the sound from Spaatz Island. Features Stange Ice Shelf . The ice shelf in Stange Sound, English Coast, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island, to the northwest by Smyley Island, and to the w ...
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Carl Spaatz
Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; 28 June 1891 – 14 July 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Early life Carl Andrew Spatz was born on 28 June 1891, in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, to Anna Amelia (née Muntz) and Charles Busch Spatz. Original publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Spaatz had an older sister Flora (1889–1971). Of German ancestry, in 1937 Spaatz legally added the second "a" to his surname at the request of his wife and three daughters to clarify the pronunciation of the name, as many pronounced it "spats". The second "a" was added, as it was in the European branch of his family, to draw out the sound like an "ah", similar to the "a" in "father." The name is thus correctly pronounced i ...
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Reading Regional Airport
Reading Regional Airport , also known as Carl A. Spaatz Field, is a public airport three miles (5 km) northwest of Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading, in Bern Township, Pennsylvania, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Reading Regional Airport Authority. Federal Aviation Administration records indicate the airport had 2,268 passenger boardings in calendar year 2006, 2,445 in 2005, and 9,288 in 2004. The airport had scheduled flights on US Airways Express carrier Air Midwest, which ended on September 3, 2004. The airport is now served by a charter airline. History Opened as a civil airport in April 1938, Reading Airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces First Air Force as a training airfield during World War II. Reading Army Air Field opened on June 1, 1943, with the 309th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron as its host unit. The mission was to train tactical reconnaissance units. The 26th Tactical Reconna ...
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