A cadet from Civil Air Patrol’s Middle East Region holds the Civil Air Patrol flag as Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James affixes a red, white and blue streamer signifying presentation of the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award to CAP for the period of Oct. 1, 2012-Aug. 31, 2016. Present for the ceremony were, from left, a second CAP cadet; Gen. David L. Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez, CAP national commander; and Rick Broome, the noted aviation artist whose painting of a CAP intercept mission was presented to the Air Force for permanent display in the Pentagon. The presentation occurred at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force Photo)