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Wednesday October 03, 2007
| CAP national commander removed |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Civil Air Patrol has removed its national commander after investigating complaints that another patrol member took Air Force tests for him. Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Pineda denied that anyone took tests for him, and said Wednesday that he never got to tell his side to the CAP's Board of Governors. ''After being a volunteer in this organization for 20 years, this is how they pay me back,'' he told The Associated Press in a phone interview. Pineda was suspended two months ago after another CAP member said he took tests for Pineda at the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College in Montgomery in 2002 and 2003. The disputed tests were for six courses with topics including national security, strategy and war, and leadership and command. |
| CAP volunteers remembered for selflessness |
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. - James Henderson was passionate about planes and made
flying a regular part of his life, monitoring gas pipelines from the air
and doing air searches for the Civil Air Patrol in Wyoming. |
| Three CAP members killed on mission |
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SHELL, Wyo. - A plane carrying three members of
Wyoming's Civil Air Patrol, out searching for a missing teenager,
crashed and burned in the Bighorn National Forest, officials said
Tuesday. |
| CAP rescues glider pilot |
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Franklin, W.Va. - The pilot of a missing non-powered aircraft was found alive early Tuesday morning a few miles south of Circleville, W.Va. Ground teams from the West Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol, and local rescue crews found the pilot on Norfolk Mountain at approximately 9:13 a.m. Crews placed the pilot in a stretcher, and spent several hours walking down the treacherous terrain to a helicopter operated by the Maryland State Police. The pilot was taken to a Cumberland Hospital with serious injuries, but according to reports the pilot was alert and talking with rescue crews. 30 ground team units consisted of Clarksburg, Morgantown, Beckley, and Charleston with one unit from the Pennsylvania Wing CAP providing assistance. Civil Air Patrol is extremely grateful for the help and accommodations received from local fire departments, and county emergency services personnel. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center out of Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida alerted the Wing at approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 16, 2007. |
| CAP orders 31 new Skylanes |
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Cessna Aircraft Co. will deliver 46 Skyhawks to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and 31 Skylanes to the Civil Air Patrol. The company announced the orders at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla. The Civil Air Patrol ordered 29 Skylanes and two turbocharged Skylanes to add to its fleet. CAP uses its aircraft for its cadet programs, aerospace education, and search-and-rescue missions. Based on list prices for a 182 Skylane and 182 turbocharged Skylane, the order is worth $10.9 million. |
| Calif. and Nevada cadets take leadership classes |
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While most teenagers are off relaxing and enjoying their winter break, a select group of cadets from all over California and Nevada came to the Lemoore Naval Air Station. They are taking part in a rare class about integrity and leadership.
Sixteen year old Molly Hurt could be playing in her high school
basketball tournament this week. But instead, she says, she couldn't
miss these cadet classes offered once ever other year. They will help
her become a naval officer. |
| Cheating allegations investigated |
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Miami, FL (AHN) - Allegations from a former Civil Air Patrol volunteer
started two investigations of alleged misconduct against its national
commander Thursday. |
| CAP teaches the teachers |
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Local teachers learned something new over the weekend. |
| Civil Air Patrol get budget increase |
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The U.S Air Force has awarded a $6.24 million contract modification to Civil Air Patrol Inc., Maxwell Air Force Base, to increase funding for fiscal 2007 Civil Air Patrol operation and maintenance and counter-drug activities, drug demand reduction program, residual support for CAP-USAF State Directors and the AFROTC/CAP Flying Orientation program authorized by 10 U.S.C. 9442(b) and 10 U.S.C. 9444(a) and (b). The contract was awarded by USAF's 42d Air Base Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base. |
| A National Bargain: The US Civil Air Patrol |
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Overall, CAP has over 58,000 members in over 1,700 local units across the United States. CAP members are civilians and are not paid by the U.S. government for their CAP service. They do not have command authority over members of the United States military, nor are they subject to command. As part of recognition of CAP's service to the USAF, however, CAP members are allowed to wear "U.S." as part of their uniform, and CAP members are required to render military courtesy to all members of U.S. and friendly foreign military personnel. Most members of the U.S. military will also render military courtesy to CAP officers, though they are not required to. |
| Civil Air Patrol Honored For Relief Efforts |
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If you think volunteerism is all-but-dead in the US... we offer the
following proof to the contrary. |
| Army major credits CAP for his success |
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Maj. Jayson Altieri credits the Civil Air Patrol with helping make him a
successful Army officer. So, whenever he gets a chance, he tries to give
back to the organization. |
| New marker honors Civil Air Patrol's service |
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Land was clear, roads were few and shopping malls were nonexistent in
Rehoboth Beach in 1942 when the Civil Air Patrol opened Base Two to
patrol the coast.
"This is the best expenditure of taxpayer money because it educates,"
said McCabe, as he looked on the newly erected sign. He did, however,
add an apology for the amount of information on the sign, saying there
was much more to the story than he could fit into one paragraph. |
| N.D. Wing revamping procedures on missing aircraft |
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FARGO, N.D. - Procedures for the release of information on missing or
overdue aircraft will be reviewed in the wake of a missing plane
incident in North Dakota, officials say. |
| EFJ gets $2.7M Civil Air Patrol order |
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OCT. 12 12:39 P.M. ET EFJ Inc., primarily a manufacturer of handheld and
mobile radios, base stations and other wireless systems, said Thursday
its EFJohnson subsidiary received a $2.7 million order from the Civil
Air Patrol for mobile radios and accessories. |
| First female vice commander of CAP elected |
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RENO, Nevada. Civil Air Patrol made history today when the organization's national board elected Col. Amy Courter of South Lyon, Mich., as CAP's national vice commander – the first woman to serve CAP at the national command level in the organization's 65-year history. The election took place during CAP's summer national board meeting and annual conference, which is being held at the John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort. |
| CAP patrols Arizona-Mexico border |
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RENO, Nev. — Volunteer pilots and crews from Nevada are will patrol the
Arizona-Mexico border as part of the federal government's increased
security effort, according to the head of the state's Civil Air Patrol
unit. |
| N.M. squadron wins national honors |
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GALLUP — The local Civil Air Patrol squadron is the recipient of the F.
Ward Reilly Leadership Award, which is awarded to the top CAP program
nationwide. |
| Cadets hospitalized after O' flight |
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. --About a dozen Civil Air Patrol cadets were taken to hospitals Wednesday after feeling sick during an orientation flight on a military cargo plane.
"They're airsick," said Col. Augustine Comella, head of the Civil Air
Patrol. |
| Legendary pilot killed in crash |
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GEORGIA – The 1960 Cessna 210A aircraft belonging to Col. A. Scott
Crossfield of Herndon, Va., has been located. Georgia Wing conducted air
and ground searches along the flight path and located the crash site in
Gilmer County. There were no survivors. |
| CAP help out in wake of tornadoes |
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ROGERS — After tornadoes and high winds struck northwest Arkansas Sunday
evening, the Arkansas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol was activated early
Monday morning to conduct damage assessment flights and to deactivate
aircraft emergency beacons set off by storm damage. |
| CAP pilot killed in Stewart-like incident |
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St. Paul business owner William R. Cammack Jr. died when his plane
veered off course 700 miles and crashed late Friday night in West
Virginia as fighter jet pilots tried unsuccess-fully to contact him. |
| CAP planes play intruder for Super Bowl security test | |
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Mike Sandstrom found a great
seat at Detroit's Ford Field — except he was there in the middle of the
night and 10 days before Sunday's Super Bowl. |
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| Capt. Rick Crepas, left, and Lt. Mike Sandstrom of the Civil Air Patrol in Battle Creek were part of a practice flight last week as the Department of Homeland Security prepared for Sunday´s Super Bowl in Detroit. | |
| CAP pilots find 31-year-old plane crash |
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| CAP helps fly teenagers with cerebral palsy |
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When a Civil Air Patrol pilot spotted engines and metal debris on Granny Ridge, he thought it was the wreckage of a Cessna 182 that went missing New Year's Eve 2005.
But the wreckage turned out to be from a Lockheed PV-2 bomber, turned
into a fire bomber. The two crewmembers that were fighting the June 1974
fire lost their lives in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, in an
area of the Mogollon Rim near Chevelon Canyon. |
| Texas CAP pilots locate fires across the state |
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It's hard for fire officials to maintain wildfires, especially if they
don't know a fire exists. |
| CAP participates in Super Bowl security drill |
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Everyone’s ready for Super Bowl XL. The agencies included the FBI, Federal Aviation Administration, Continental Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, NAV Canada and Canadian Air Defense Sector. |
| Web-based CAP Museum set up to mark anniversary |
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The galleries on the site provide detailed histories and many photos of CAP members at work. |
| Texas member runs for DeLay's congressional seat |
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Mike Fjetland ,a Republican attorney from Missouri City, formally announce his candidacy for the District 22 congressional seat currently held by Tom DeLay.
Fjetland, (pronounced Fetland), who filed on Friday, Dec. 9, formed a
congressional campaign exploratory committee earlier this year, is an
international attorney, negotiator, and expert on counter terrorism and
national security issues with experience in over 50 countries. |
| SC wing aircrew helps find pilot of crashed plane |
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A small plane crashed into nearly inaccessible woods south of Orangeburg late Friday night.
The pilot, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to The
Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg for assessment. She told
authorities she was flying from Savannah, Ga., to Columbia. The pilot
was trapped until rescue workers could find the wreckage and free her.
A Civil Air Patrol plane that already was in the air in response to the
ELT signal was immediately redirected to Orangeburg. “We were talking to
her on the phone, and she didn’t know where she was,” Smith said. She
couldn’t reach her global positioning system device and “she was trying
to describe things” she could see from her plane, Smith said. |
| Wyoming wing pilot killed in crash |
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Fletcher F. Anderson, the Jackson Hole Civil Air Patrol pilot who died
in a Snake River plane accident Friday morning, was remembered as "one
of the best pilots I ever flew with" by Bill Jepsen on Monday. Jepsen, a
commander with the Wyoming Wing's Teton Composite Squadron, is the last
person known to have talked with Anderson before his fatal crash.
Anderson, 57, died Friday morning just before 9 a.m. when the
singleengine Cessna 182R he was piloting plunged into the Snake River
just south of Wolf Creek in Lincoln County, according to Jepsen and a
Forest Service press release. |
| CAP provides aerial traffic reports to Delaware patrol |
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The Delaware Department of Transportation prepared for additional
traffic with increased monitoring by the agency’s Traffic Patrol Units,
assigned to assist disabled vehicles and observe traffic conditions. |
| Cadet contest winner speaks to AF Assoc. |
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DANVILLE, Va. - When 15-year-old Kirsten Buslinger joined the Civil Air
Patrol two years ago, she never dreamed she would be traveling to
Richmond to speak before a quarterly meeting of the Air Force
Association of Virginia. |
| CAP bombs kids with chocolate |
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BAY ST. LOUIS - At some point, everyone has that dream: Standing around
with a few good friends, and all of a sudden chocolate just falls from
the sky. The Mississippi Civil Air Patrol conducted the drop, and because they were only allowed to fly as low as 1,000 feet, strong winds forced organizers to throw most of the candy on the field by hand. |
| Northeast Region CAP hosts concert |
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BOXBOROUGH - The Northeast Region of the Civil Air Patrol will be
hosting a concert featuring The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast
in conjunction with The Northeast Regional Civil Air Patrol Annual
Conference at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, Veteran's Day, at The Holiday
Inn in Boxborough. |
| CAP starts hurricane relief fund |
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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – The Civil Air Patrol, the auxiliary of the U.S.
Air Force, has established a relief fund to help with the extensive
multi-state recovery efforts now underway in the wake of Katrina, a
Category 4 hurricane that ripped into the nation's Gulf Coast Aug. 29. |
| CAP flight simulator game released |
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Civil Air Patrol Pilot is an Expansion pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator that lets flight sim fans experience the missions of the Civil Air Patrol. Starting in the 1940s as an all-volunteer flying unit, the CAP quickly became a primary source for urgent search and rescue flights, air and ground support for disaster relief, and many other vital missions. Perform the same missions as these highly-respected aviators, as you pilot all-new aircraft.
Fly these Civil Air Patrol Pilot aircraft: Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, DHC-2
Beaver, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Gippsland GA8 Airvan “This is the first of its kind for CAP,” said Maj. Gen. Dwight Wheless, CAP national commander. “By teaming with Abacus, Civil Air Patrol members will not only be able to fly the CAP colors in Flight Simulator, but they will also see tangible benefits in funding for our cadet programs as well.” |
| Former cadet becomes first female Thunderbird |
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| Alaska Wing trains on simulator |
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Practicing takeoffs and landings used to mean hours of work and money in
the gas tank. Flying through some of Kodiak’s treacherous passes used to
mean risking life and limb.
Only actual experience used to prepare pilots for Alaska’s difficult
weather and terrain. |
| Horse-mounted cadet featured as "Teen of the Week" |
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Edward Joseph Vazquez is nobody's junior. Not even to his father, Edward
M. Vazquez, a chief petty officer in the Coast Guard. |
| Louisiana Wing holds regional exercise |
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If a natural disaster or terrorist attack were to occur, the Civil Air
Patrol would spring into action. |
| Civil Air Patrol provides emergency services to NCR |
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WASHINGTON -- This year has brought a wide array of emergency services
missions to the personnel of Civil Air Patrol's National Capital Wing.
In terms of size, it's the smallest wing in the nation but has over 600
members. CAP's NCW area of responsibility covers the approximate area
inside the Capital Beltway around Washington, including portions inside
Maryland and Virginia with a span of only 25 miles. |
| CAP trains with Army, Air Force, National Guard, Navy Reserves |
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"This was one of the better annual training exercises we have had in the
last three years," Sgt. 1st Class Dave Burr said. "At the state level, I
thought they did an excellent job with the training and we have plans to
return next year. |
| S.C. Wing prepares for hurricane season |
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June 11, 2005 - The threat of a hurricane hitting South Carolina is real possibility. One group is gearing up for an overactive season that could bring a hurricane to our shores.
As tropical storm Arlene churns on the Gulf Coast, forecasters around
the country are keeping an eye on the first storm of the season in South
Carolina. |
| Former munchkin most proud of duty with CAP | |
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NEW YORK - It's a simple proclamation that can bring you instantly back to the land of Oz: "As coroner, I must aver / I thoroughly examined her / And she's not only merely dead / She's really, most sincerely dead!"
The familiar recitation — a confirmation that the Wicked Witch of the
East was killed — was uttered by Meinhardt Raabe, on leave from his job
with Oscar Mayer to appear as the munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of
Oz." But he says the accomplishment he is most proud of is his service with the Civil Air Patrol, an organization similar to the National Guard. He worked as a ground instructor during the war and says he flew every kind of single-engine airplane made at the time. |
| Meinhardt Raabe waits for a cab with his nurse companion, Pat Kinske, center, in front of his hotel in New York. | |
| Civil Air Patrol tests satellite |
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The Civil Air Patrol responds to 95 percent of inland search and rescue
missions in the United States. Now the Louisiana Wing has a new system
that can make their lives easier in disaster response, search and
rescue. |
| CAP participates in tsunami exercise |
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When the sirens sounded yesterday at 11:45 a.m., agencies and organizations from the American Red Cross to Waikiki hotels geared up for an imaginary tsunami, arriving from off the coast of Alaska. Civil Air Patrol planes circled O'ahu beaches, announcing a test of the tsunami warning system.
"Except that we told them not to use the word 'tsunami,' " said John M.
Cummings III, a spokesman for O'ahu Civil Defense. "We were afraid there
would be people who would hear 'tsunami' and not hear the 'test' part." |
| CAP works toward school safety |
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It was a tragedy that no one cares to see repeated. It was a tragedy
that struck so close to home that it shook the sense of security some
students and their parents have about school safety. And, the Minnesota
Army National Guard is taking steps toward prevention for the future. |
| Civil Air Patrol adds fire spotting to duties |
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RAPID CITY, S.D. - Dry conditions and a dry forecast make for conditions that could spark a lot of fires again in the tinder-dry Black Hills, but much of the firefighting effort going into the season is to keep the fires small. Joe Lowe, head of the state Division of Wildland Fire Suppression, said the number of forest fires hasn't really fallen over the past several years, but fewer have turned into major infernos because of an aggressive response. ''We've had the same number of fires. We've just been very successful in our initial attack efforts,'' he said. ''We hit them hard and keep them small.'' When a fire is spotted, fire engines and crews are dispatched immediately, as is an air tanker that can snuff out the flames, when the fire risk is high. Much of the credit for keeping fires small goes to the local Civil Air Patrol, Lowe said. The volunteer CAP pilots, known best for finding missing or lost people, now take to the air when the weather and forest conditions are right for fires sparked by lightening. |
| Civil Air Patrol hosting weekend of aerospace |
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| CAP member flies around the world | |
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OCALA, FLA. - Imagine
being all alone for hours in the cockpit of a single-engine plane at
night, with only a dimly lit instrument panel to keep you company. Above
you is a starry sky. Below, only blackness stretches ahead. |
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| Pilot Carol Ann Garratt poses with the Mooney plane she flew around the world in 2003 at her Florida home. Garratt is a member of the Civil Air Patrol. | |
| First plane with hyperimaging system delivered |
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When a plane goes down, a helicopter crashes, or a major storm smashes
into a coast of the United States, time is of the essence to find and
recover survivors whose life may just be running short. |
| CAP SAR team finds crashed plane |
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Wednesday morning the Civil Air Patrol found the wreckage of a
40-year-old small engine Cessna that had crashed near the Hot Springs
airport. It went down about a quarter of a mile from the runway, and
only 250 yards from a condominium complex off Woodlawn Avenue in Hot
Springs. |
| Surveillance Gear Boosts CAP Role |
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It'll undoubtedly be handy in a search, but the digital camera/computer combination now being tested on some Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft can do a lot more than pinpoint wreckage. In fact, the hyperspectral enhanced reconnaissance system is the same basic hardware used by military patrol aircraft, but it's been scaled down to fit in a Gippsland GA-8 Airvan, an Australian utility aircraft picked for the duty because of its large capacity and modest purchase price ($400,000) and operating costs. |
| CAP - A new eye in the sky |
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FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Gene Hartman finished the checklist on his lap and the single-engine aircraft barreled down the runway, taking off to test technology that will soon lift the Civil Air Patrol to new roles in homeland security. In the back, John C. Kershenstein sat at a computer console, examining images of the Washington suburbs being painted across its large screen from a sophisticated digital camera in the airplane's belly. These two volunteers - one a retired Air Force fighter pilot, the other a civilian Navy scientist - are testing high-tech equipment that security experts say will vastly extend the reach of the military on homeland-security and disaster-recovery missions. And it will do it at relatively low cost when placed in the hands of the nation's Civil Air Patrol over the next year. |
| Cadets participate in air/ground searches for missing pilot |
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A number of Edmond students have participated during the past week in
air and ground searches through the Edmond squadron of the Civil Air
Patrol for a missing plane flown by a Texas pilot destined for Shawnee
Jan. 14. |
| Florida DCC is 'best of the best' |
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Six Airmen chosen by their leadership as the "best of the best" in their units, were honored as the Florida Air National Guard's 2005 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, during an awards presentation, Saturday, at the Casa Monica Hotel. Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year Tech. Sgt. David Lowe, of Jacksonville, Fla., is a Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman with the 125th Maintenance Operations Flight in Jacksonville, Fla. His leadership describes him as the "heart and soul of the Wing Honor and Color Guard; consummate leader, outstanding manager and administrator." During the year Lowe supported 23 events, 10 of which were military funerals, and led the color guard through several high-visibility events including NFL games in Jacksonville. He is also a Deputy Commander of Cadets for the Civil Air Patrol, and also participated in humanitarian relief efforts for the four Florida hurricanes in 2004. |
| CAP assists in response to train derailment |
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Though last weekend's train derailment kept most San Marcans focused on the ground-level problems at hand, an eye in the sky was getting a whole different perspective on the situation.
A day after seven cars from a Union Pacific train jumped the tracks, a
team of Civil Air Patrol members took flight to assess the situation and
document the scene for officials. |
| CAP wins national award for hurricane response |
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Maxwell AFB, Ala. — The Civil Air Patrol has received national
recognition for its volunteer work following hurricanes Charley,
Francis, Ivan and Jeanne. The 60,000-member all-volunteer CAP has been
selected for a 2005 Award of Excellence from the American Society of
Association Executives (ASAE) in Washington, D.C. |
| Florida cadet sings in National Honor Choir |
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Matthew Van Pelt wants nothing more out of life than to become an
astronaut, and while his aspirations are heavenly, so is his singing
voice. Van Pelt is a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol in Boca Raton and has a wall plaque awarding him second place in the recent Southeast Regional Civil Air Patrol Winter Encampment Squadron 111 Honor Cadet. |
| Afghanistan veteran starts middle school squadron | |
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VALDOSTA — After a year that included a deployment to Afghanistan, Maj.
Andreas Wesemann of Moody Air Force Base returned to Valdosta to finish
what he started. Before deploying in spring 2003, Wesemann wanted to
start a cadet squadron of the Civil Air Patrol at Valdosta Middle
School. |
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| Civil Air Patrol Georgia Wing Commander Col. Don Greene, right, presents Maj. Andreas Wesemann with Valdosta Middle School’s CAP Cadet Squadron organizational charter. | |
| Civil Air Patrol breeds heroes |
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PLYMOUTH (Jan 26) - Most people familiar with the town hangar at
Plymouth Airport know it as the place they cast their votes on election
day. Few know it as the training ground of young heroes. |
| CAP gives student tour of national HQ | |
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Darius Jones is one
focused young man. He wants to become a big-league baseball player or be
accepted into the Air Force Academy. The Civil Air Patrol would like the 17-year-old to consider the latter. On Friday, the organization's executive director, Al Allenback, and staff welcomed Jones to national headquarters at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base. It was part of National Groundhog Job Shadow Day, an annual event giving students a real-world look at careers so they can make informed decisions that will affect their lives positively. Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with some 60,000 members nationwide. During the morning, Jones got a firsthand look at one of the Civil Air Patrol's cutting-edge planes and also saw a state-of-the-art ground station. It didn't take long to see a bond develop as Jones visited with Allenback, who's a retired Air Force colonel, a past commander of the 42nd Air Base Wing at Maxwell-Gunter and currently a Montgomery community activist. "It's the trials and tribulations that you have to go through," Jones told Allenback of wanting to go to the Air Force Academy. |
| Pete Kalisky, right, chief of standardization and evaluations for the Civil Air Patrol, explains the instrument panel of a Gippsland GA-8 Airvan to Darius Jones, a junior at Jefferson Davis High School, on Friday at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base. | |
| CNN profiles CAP homeland security efforts |
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Cable News Network profiled Civil Air Patrol's efforts toward homeland security in their Defending America series. The story profiled a mission pilot and lawyer from Louisiana. The Kentucky Wing is hosting the video for those who missed the report on CNN. Click the above link to access the video. |
| Cadets help in search for missing plane |
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EDMOND, OKLA. -
A number of Edmond students have participated during the
past week in air and ground searches through the Edmond squadron of the
Civil Air Patrol for a missing plane flown by a Texas pilot destined for
Shawnee Jan. 14. |
| Military overwhelmed with donations - CAP unit spread word |
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WASHINGTON — Americans responded almost immediately to
early reports that wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany needed clothing, but
now the facility as well as the Army hospital in Washington, D.C., are
urging donors to hold off for a while. |
| Two killed in CAP plane crash in Louisiana |
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MONROE, La. (AP) — A small Civil Air Patrol airplane crashed in northeastern Louisiana during a training exercise, killing two men, including a former president of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury, authorities said.
The single-engine 182 Cessna was reported missing late Monday. The
wreckage was found at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday off Louisiana Highway 134 near
the border between Ouachita and Morehouse parishes following an 11-hour
search by police and rescue workers using four-wheelers and boats, said
Ouachita Parish sheriff's Capt. Danny Acree. |
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Former South Carolina cadet killed in Iraq 1Lt. Andrew Shields of the South Carolina Army National Guard was killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 9 in a helicopter collision. Lt. Shields and his twin brother, Philip, were former cadet lieutenant colonels in the Spartanburg Composite Squadron and participated in the International Air Cadet Exchange. Their father, Maj. Don Shields, is a senior member in the Spartanburg squadron. Spartanburg cadets will remember the time Lt. Shields spent to fly an Apache helicopter to the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport to show it to cadets and explain its operation. We all join the Shields family in mourning this great loss. |
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Andrew, right, and Philip Shields earned their pilot's licenses at 17 as CAP cadets. |
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Lt. Andrew Shields
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| N.C. squadron enlists horses for SAR unit |
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STATESVILLE - Jim Green's free time is spent with equines. |
| CAP chaplain service director counsels wounded from Iraq |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Bob Hicks has not been in on the recent fighting
in Fallujah. But he can tell you a lot about the aftermath. |
| Cadet helping with disaster relief saves hurricane victim's life |
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When Cadet Christina Zarrilli volunteered to help the elderly residents of Lake Delray Apartments |