South Dakota Wing demonstrated the ability to use aircraft relay to communicate across the state during a sortie Nov 20. The objective of the test was to determine the effective range and usability of a “high-bird” communications relay in central SD.
North Central Region's Minnesota Wing hosted the recent change of command ceremony for North Central Liaison Region (CAP-USAF Detachment 5) where Lt Col Jeffrey L. Meyers relinquished command to Lt Col Michael D. Veltman. Lt Col Meyers has been a constant fixture throughout North Central Region over the last several...
Missouri Wing, Civil Air Patrol, assisted the National Park Service in conducting a search for a missing hunter in Southeast Missouri in response to a request by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. CAP aircraft, aircrew, ground and small unmanned aerial system (sUAS or drone) teams from Fort Leonard Wood...
Colonel Mike Beason, the SD Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Director of sUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial Systems), has another job when he’s not volunteering with CAP.
Congratulations to Col Mark Lahan, Kansas Wing commander, on his outstanding recognition by the International Association of Emergency Managers as the Uniformed Services Auxiliary Emergency Manager of the Year! IAEM-USA, the nation’s largest emergency management professional association, is a nonprofit professional organization representing more than 5,000 emergency management and homeland...
South Dakota is the latest state with a life saved credited to CAP support. The CAP “Save” is for a cell phone forensics mission during which the wing was not activated.
Congratulations to the following North Central Region units on earning the Aerospace Education Achievement Award for fiscal year 2022! Their active and successful involvement helps accomplish CAP's AE mission and promote an interest in aerospace, aviation, and STEM. Kansas Wing KS-055 Heartland Cadet Squadron KS-092 Smoky Hill Composite Squadron KS-125...
On 23 Oct 2022, approximately 170 cadets graduated from the 2022 Minnesota Leadership Academy. Held at the Minnesota National Guard’s Camp Ripley, this year's class was the largest in recent memory, if not the largest ever. Congratulations to all who participated and staffed this successful event! First Day Overview Photo...
South Dakota Wing held a day-long operational mission training exercise on Saturday, Nov 5. The training, conducted at multiple locations around the state, featured airborne search and photography skills, ground search, air-to-ground coordination, aerial drone photography, and related mission management skills.