# Airlift Tickets & Wind Tunnel Services

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa480925p0058

- Solicitation number: FA480925P0058
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Awarded to Paraclete Aviation LLC
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA4809 4TH Cons SQ CC (FA4809)
- NAICS: 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Product or service code: V221 Passenger Air Charter Service
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina
- County: Cumberland County (FIPS 37051). https://abierto.us/counties/cumberland-county-nc-37051
- First posted: October 9, 2026
- Last posted: October 9, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/760a03ff6a1e4959a6afc5f3aa11909b/view

## Description

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.

SOURCES SOUGHT:  This is NOT a Request for Quote. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government.  All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The 4th Contracting Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, NC is conducting market research. We aim to identify potential small business vendors willing and capable of providing Airlift Tickets & Wind Tunnel services at Pope Army Airfield. Please refer to the attached Statement of Work for further details on this requirement. Vendor and wind tunnel must be located within 95 miles of Pope AFB.

This notice is for information and planning purposes only. It is not a solicitation for proposals, and it does not commit the U.S. Government to award a contract now or in the future. Interested parties are requested to contact the primary and secondary points of contact listed in this posting via email to express their interest and capabilities.

For any questions or concerns, please email 2d Lt Flowers McDowell (flowers.mcdowell.1@us.af.mil) and Mr. Jason Horlacher (jason.horlacher.2@us.af.mil).

## Attachments

- [Lift Tickets and Vertical Wind Tunnel SOW_.pdf](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/18e995ce538549eb97f82bba634b5dca/download)

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Paraclete Aviation LLC (UEI JPKTXJUN3EA8)
- Contract: FA480925P0058, purchase order
- Obligated: $9,150.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number FA480925P0058 was reused as the contract number; same awarding office FA4809 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA480925P0058_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


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## Publications

- October 9, 2026: Sources sought, due October 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 760a03ff6a1e4959a6afc5f3aa11909b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/760a03ff6a1e4959a6afc5f3aa11909b/view

## Points of contact

- 2d Lt Flowers McDowell, flowers.mcdowell.1@us.af.mil, 9197227145
- Jason E Horlacher, jason.horlacher@us.af.mil, 9197221750

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