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East River aircrews participated in an aviation SAREX in Sioux Falls on 5/11/24. Worked on finding ELTs, airborne photography, and flying skills.

Civil Air Patrol provided essential aircrew services, allowing an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft to visit Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD.

A ground team from Missouri Wing's Gateway Senior Squadron responded to a late night search mission recently for an emergency locator transmitter (ELT beacon) at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, MO. The ELT was quickly found in an aircraft in a hangar along the western area of...

Civil Air Patrol’s Lookout Mountain Composite, Spearfish, held an open house and memorial service commemorating for family members of one of the men who died in an aircraft accident 30 years ago. Family members returned to Spearfish to mark the anniversary.

50-year CAP member, and long–serving Missouri Wing member, Col. Gene Hartman's love of flying has resulted in his establishment of the Col. Gene Hartman Missouri Wing Flight  Scholarship Fund to pay for flying lessons for cadets in his wing.  Read more about his outstanding career here: https://www.cap.news/missouri-wings-hartman-scholarship-donor-i-just-want-to-give-back-to-the-cadets/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2eLYMHbikcNEcQBxtxe7GlVpDP9hL3NpioqSWhJ4QidDB4sEa6Tf6q_Ts_aem_AbCFNPTQRSLO4yJCxDvOmyXypP1hGYQ2ZMO691HpiBKsqucANl16UlbC5zcHsE5toVaZ0-Z-UdLXZyyYivBpsaz1

Members from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and South Dakota Wings assisted with evaluations of recent tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa. IAWG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfAAc-Lhtik SDWG: https://sdwg.cap.gov/news/2024-newg-tornado MNWG: Prepared aircrew who were eventually not needed.  

South Dakota Wing completed two tornado damage assessment sorties in Nebraska this week for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Former North Central Region and Kansas Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Regena Aye, chosen by CAP Board of Governors as the organization's next National Commander.

Read CAP.news feature article here: https://www.cap.news/aye-named-next-national-commanderceo/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3ifYu9L3KZgAj2oMLxgTq5eeQiOVh63Vz9_0-y14vpSvdo-U14cY1Z7zU_aem_AbBsKsozcdLvnwvHCiSHcxl40lAmS8wbXBEHQXqyF3WhO5CivjJPU-rkm364uct12qGy-dlU53D5zQHb2UVohxFl

          On Saturday April 13, 2024, Major General Phelka presented C/Col Thomas Botkin with the General Carl A. Spaatz Award. This is the top promotion to Cadet Colonel and fewer than 1% of all cadets achieve this rank. C/Col Botkin is the 73rd cadet in Minnesota...

Great feature article from CAP,news about Kansas Wing's 50-year blood transport mission! https://www.cap.news/kansas-wings-50-year-blood-transport-mission-absolute-godsend-for-red-cross/