USAF

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

Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing flew aircraft and drone photography surveys over Ellsworth Air Force Base to document the scene where a B-1 crashed on Jan. 4. Acting in its role as the auxiliary of the Air Force, Civil Air Patrol was tasked by the Air Force Interim Safety Board to fly photography surveys around the area of the crash, which happened as the bomber was attempting to land.