On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, Michelle Ciulla Lipkin will present:

When the Headlines Hit Home: Why Media Literacy Matters 

The VICTIMS OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103, INC. will hold its Annual Members Meeting on Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY at the conclusion of the University’s Remembrance Week programs.

VPAF103, Inc. will hold our annual memorial service at the Pan Am 103 Cairn at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday, December 21st, beginning at 1:30 pm. The service will include the reading of the names of all our loved ones.

The Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC), created in 1989 after the attack on Pan Am Flight 103, will cease to exist. ASAC’s individual members represent 19 key stakeholder groups affected by aviation security requirements, including victims of terrorist acts against aviation. For 35 years, ASAC has worked to improve aviation security, and to recommend policies that address aviation security in an ever-changing threat environment. 

The 36th Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

We are incredibly frustrated and angry about the content in the series. It does exactly what we feared it would: amplifies falsehoods and unsupported theories, ignores the work of hundreds of family members by focusing on one, disregards the work of investigators and prosecutors, and brings to life, in grotesque detail, the events of December 21, 1988. Worst of all, the series presents a convicted murderer as an innocent man that should be empathized with. This show dishonors the memories of our family members and puts doubt in the public about those that committed this heinous act. We are appalled.

The 2024 Remembrance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery will proceed as planned even if there is a US government shutdown.

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.