The application for the 2025-2026 VPAF103-Legacy Scholarships is now open. There will be one VPAF103 Fellow and one VPAF103 Scholar chosen for students pursuing advanced degrees at U.S. institutions in areas of study related to improved national security and terrorism prevention.

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2024 will take place on the SU campus from Sunday, October 20 through Friday, October 25. Remembrance Week will begin with premiere of “Every Moment Radiant” and will include the annual Candlelight Vigil, the Celebration of Life, the annual Rose Laying ceremony and the Remembrance Convocation.

Three virtual speaker events are each academic year featuring the VPAF103-Legacy Scholarship Awardees and others in national security or terrorism prevention. VPAF103, Inc. presents this series to promote learning about advances in support of national security and terrorism prevention and highlight the impact that our Scholarship Awardees are making.

Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. will again hold our traditional memorial service at the Pan Am Cairn at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, December 21st. The service will begin at 1:30 pm.

Allowing loved ones who have waited over three decades for a trial in this country to be able to participate in a way they are able, is true justice.

On Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET, Cody Gardiner, 2023-24 Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Fellow, will present Ivory and Instagram: The Link Between Wildlife Trafficking, Social Media, and National Security as part of the Legacy Speaker Series.

Cody Gardiner completed his bachelor’s degree at Emory University, where he double majored in international studies and history with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Max Goldberg, 2023-24 VPAF103 Legacy Scholar, will present The Accessibility of Terror as part of the Legacy Speaker Series. Max Goldberg is an accelerated BA/MA in International Relations student at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, with minors in Geography, and Atrocity Studies and Practices of Social Justice.

Details about the 2023 Annual Membership Meeting

All attendees must go through security. 

With the USA gaining custody of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, the pursuit of justice has taken an important step. Our loved ones will never be forgotten, and those who are responsible for their murder on December 21, 1988 must face justice.

First and foremost, I’d like to thank Attorney General Barr, Director Wray, the prosecutors at the DC US Attorney Office. I think I speak for a majority of family members when I say that we are justified, vindicated, our patience and persistence proved fruitful with this decision today. The motto of the family members over the past 32 years has been “The truth must be known.” Today confirms what we believed to be true and a step forward in holding all those responsible for the murder of 270 innocent people on this day in 1988.

For the last 30+ years, the dedicated men and women (past and present) of the FBI, Department of Justice, Crown Office, Police Scotland, and all the administrations since 1989 have never stopped investigating this case, working to make sure all those who perpetrated this heinous crime are brought to justice. We have worked with so many over the last 3 decades, many of whom have dedicated the majority of their professional careers to this case. We have always been assured that this was an open case and that no lead be unfollowed. Today is the culmination of all that hard work. It’s the resilience of the family members who have not let anyone forget our loved ones who were lost on that tragic night. We will continue to pursue justice for all who were responsible for this bombing, but today is a small victory in that conquest. We are grateful the Department of Justice and the FBI continue to fight for justice for all Americans.