Close to 60 members of South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, spent the day April 15 capturing photographs of rivers and streams to simulate flood photography missions for local government. CAP crews performed air, ground and drone photo sorties along Rapid Creek, French Creek, The Cheyenne River, the Bad River and the Big Sioux River.
An outstanding opportunity for Missouri Wing Spaatz Award cadets to experience an orientation flight in the T-38 Talon! Missouri Wing is grateful to Maj. Gen. Kenneth Eaves, Air National Guard Advisor to the Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, and former Assistant Missouri National Guard Adjutant General and commander of...
By Maj Leslie Seery, North Hennepin Composite Squadron
On this brisk and rainy spring day, North Hennepin Composite Squadron hosted over 70 Scouts for an Aviation Merit Badge day. NHS cadet and senior members instructed the scouts on various topics such as aircraft instruments, airport design, the principals of flight, aviation terminology, and pre-flight inspections.
Another successful Kansas Wing emergency blood mission! "Volunteers with Civil Air Patrol Kansas Wing recently delivered emergency blood to a hospital in western Kansas at the request of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. Considered a mercy mission due to the critical need for the blood product, transport by CAP...
Members from across North Dakota Wing gathered in Minot, ND, recently for the wing's largest search-and-rescue training exercise since 2019. https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2023/04/minot-hosts-nd-wing-search-rescue-exercise/?fbclid=IwAR2XJO57l-I7YYVJkd99V1hN7lT5ro6w5u8oUoqM_ssM4EhrmJgQvK3uV60
Minnesota Wing aircrew have joined in the search for a missing Winona, MN, woman. https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/law-enforcement-organizes-mass-search-for-missing-winona-woman-on-friday?fbclid=IwAR2sLurSRJMwg0XJnOp50iDLLb4fSVG75AX-Ql9WMu7LnzWjw4ploKEFtoc
Minnesota Wing's Maj. Ron Finger is highlighted for his outstanding service as CAP's National Artist in this CAP.news feature article -- noting his recent award as the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame's Artist of the Year! CAP.news link: https://www.cap.news/cap-national-artist-inducted-into-aviation-hall-of-fame/
South Dakota Wing hosted an online Intermediate Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC) class this weekend. Twenty-five CAP members, from seven of the eight Civil Air Patrol regions, attended, including a few who were both renewing their qualifications and instructing modules.
You can’t keep these high-flying Minnesota Wing members on the ground! Congratulations to Cadet Staff Sergeant Sawyer Hahn of the Skyhawk Composite Squadron and Cadet 2d Lieutenant Leo Sun of the St. Cloud Composite Squadron who both recently completed their solo flights on their way to obtaining their private pilot’s...
The 2023 North Central Region Cadet Competition top finishers are: First Place: Table Rock Lake Composite Squadron, Missouri Wing (Pictured). Second Place: Viking Composite Squadron, Minnesota Wing. Third Place: 119 Cadet ANG Cadet Squadron, North Dakota Wing. The top two squadrons will represent North Central Region in the CAP National...
Close to 60 members of South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, spent the day April 15 capturing photographs of rivers and streams to simulate flood photography missions for local government. CAP crews performed air, ground and drone photo sorties along Rapid Creek, French Creek, The Cheyenne River, the Bad River and the Big Sioux River.
By Maj Leslie Seery, North Hennepin Composite Squadron
South Dakota Wing hosted an online Intermediate Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC) class this weekend. Twenty-five CAP members, from seven of the eight Civil Air Patrol regions, attended, including a few who were both renewing their qualifications and instructing modules.
