Cadets of Minnesota Wing's Viking Composite Squadron have been working on their rocketry badge since January. Recent good weather allowed several of them to complete more of the badge's requirements! Photo link: https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid02bbMppnPwKUAfsizDTuQdnkrZnACZmiQMBa4c9SvfLBiEdJXG2UpAucEgUik4mY59l (Photo credit Major Zurales)
Missouri Wing’s Group II, Gateway Senior Squadron, and Wentzville Composite Squadron represented Civil Air Patrol at the two-day, sold-out, Spirit of St Louis Air Show and STEM Expo, with a booth and static display of the Wing’s Cessna 172. The event was held at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport...
SD Wing members gathered in Pierre and Sioux Falls this weekend to hone emergency services skills, both refreshing existing skills and accomplishing tasks need for additional ES specialties.
North Central Region is saddened to learn of the death of a former Minnesota Wing cadet, Abraham Hansen, who passed away on May 18 at the age of 26. He was a cadet with the 130th Composite Squadron. At the time of his death, he was serving as a staff...
Close to 30 Civil Air Patrol members from across South Dakota assisted the organizers of the Let Freedom Fly International airshow in Pierre May 25-26. CAP’s Pierre Composite Squadron and SD Wing staff assisted the air show organizers by helping with parking, traffic, and food and beverage sales. CAP also had a static display of a Pierre-based CAP Cessna 182 as well as a recruiting booth.
FEMA praised SD Wing for the quality of its drone photography after responding to a call for aerial imaging after deadly tornados in Iowa in May. Iowa Wing requested support from the South Dakota drone (UAS) team. A FEMA official said the Wingtra results were the best UAS imagery they've ever seen from Civil Air Patrol, yielding a resolution of less than two inches per photo pixel.
North Central Region is saddened to learn of the passing of Lt. Col. William "Bill" Mausser, former commander of Iowa Wing's Dubuque Composite Squadron and former Iowa Wing safety officer, at age 77. He was instrumental in the reformation of the Dubuque Composite Squadron in the late 1980s. Obituary link: https://www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com/obituary/william-mausser?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2YX90uhmYlobQSJr0Cu95gJOooofrM2_KWj4JHGKrYf1e3OZNlaqJYQX0_aem_AbPO5jHg8lOAFOgDm5g4TaPF9YxcXX5a7eQRLKEAXbqELyvnydoEYnAzJHnvwIAIgwShPJ-Hu-JZpD3REMVq-6kw
North Central Region members and units participated in local community Memorial Day activities across all seven wings. Featured activities included: Minnesota Wing Members of Minnesota Wing's Duluth Composite Squadron participated in activities at the State Veterans Cemetery and Sunrise Cemetery while also participating in two Memorial Day parades. Members of...
Adult member pilots of South Dakota Wing's Lincoln County Composite Squadron have been instructing squadron cadets on how to read sectionals charts and create a flight plan. Resources were made available through STEM Gleim Kits. Photo link: https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0259ehe3qmSVFyBN7o1ZpaP3yWVwJBB9QQ3FeXF4RFsCtYyQMnXtffgvX9Ro93CEwil
SD Wing members gathered in Pierre and Sioux Falls this weekend to hone emergency services skills, both refreshing existing skills and accomplishing tasks need for additional ES specialties. 
FEMA praised SD Wing for the quality of its drone photography after responding to a call for aerial imaging after deadly tornados in Iowa in May. Iowa Wing requested support from the South Dakota drone (UAS) team. A FEMA official said the Wingtra results were the best UAS imagery they've ever seen from Civil Air Patrol, yielding a resolution of less than two inches per photo pixel.
