Florida Warbirds, EAA Warbird Squadron 24 serves the warbird community of Florida with periodic membership meetings, social events, fundraising activities and fly-ins. Our approximately 100 members are located throughout Florida and across the United States.
The Squadron is centrally located at the Lakeland-Linder International Airport in Lakeland, FL and operates out of the Warbirds of America Building on the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo campus. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in warbird aviation including aircraft owners/operators, maintainers, operations personnel, veterans, photographers, videographers, historians, students, military aviation enthusiasts and their families.
Meetings and fly-in activities are held several times throughout the year.
Squadron Leadership
President/Commander Doug Freeman, 863-397-5957
Vice President Michael Daughtry, 863-899-6724
Secretary Gary Bocard, 863-617-0682
Treasurer Steve Ritzi, 310-463-6379
Board Members Gary Donovan, 404-915-8063
Dennis O'Keefe, 727-776-8455
President Emeritus James "Zack" Olzacki
Squadron Committees
- Membership
- Flying Activities & Safety
- Special Events
- Social Media/Newsletter
