The McMinnville Composite Squadron had it's first meeting October 4, 1986.
The five charter members of of our squadron were: Alva Lee, Les Peterson, Joe Swetz, David Swetz, and Keith Fritz.
We initially began as a flight of the Washington County Composite
Squadron; they provided training to our charter members and helped us get on our way. After our first year as a flight,
we officially became a squadron September 19, 1987.
Our first squadron commander was Major Al Lee. He was Commander for about
two years. Our next Squadron Commander was Major Rick Mills. He commanded the squadron until 1991 when then Captain, now Lt
Col Les Peterson took over the reins as commander. Col. Peterson commanded the squadron until January 2004 when his nephew,
Captain David Peterson, took over. Lt Col Peterson took command of the squadron a second time in March 2005. Lt
Col Scott Hall commanded the squadron from October, 2011 through October, 2014. Our current squadron commander, Major
Hilda Pereyo, accepted the honor of being appointed commander in October 2014.
Over the years we have had over 200 cadet members and about 50
senior members in our squadron.
