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SD Wing has purchased litters for squadrons, to enhance our Emergency Services capability, demonstrated here by Crazy Horse Squadron.

Units across North Central Region took advantage of the "Top Gun: Maverick" movie premiere to do some recruiting -- including members of South Dakota Wing's Big Sioux Composite Squadron and Missouri Wing's Table Lake Rock and Trail of Tears Composite Squadrons! https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0Y35bZGkoqFYFB3dSoA6GsT4AbecFVJs8dxTUEiP3kjGodxos1qogxfn2R9HJyamFl

Recently, three North Central Region cadets soloed to complete their private pilot licenses! C/Maj Hayden Farquhar of Iowa Wing's Des Moines Composite Squadron. https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0apGraQkA7HEhmC93rrppUkBa5iL9zLo3crMc44RrfgVU87fncEAHJgCu5coswgtcl C/Capt. Patrick Stolinski of Nebraska Wing's Omaha Composite Squadron. https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid02xVPb8rxdJDnmS1g6rkzcNdMjhAjf79hQepjbyd73FFG2VJBf5Jbhi7RwYmS212WNl C/1st Lt Thomas Botkin of Minnesota Wing's North Hennepin Composite Squadron. https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0rti8xnfvXX2cyqyEdQPVmg8ACfLyPmR3ZzzSJoYYbQi4JFfvxNJqYPTQfBoimXJsl Bravo Zulu to all...

Minnesota Wing's Stanton Composite Squadron color guard recently presented the colors at a St. Paul Saints baseball game! https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0AJU5qsrHfTpPk34KyWwZ1VvdCb5mYZfivswjEkbgUVenUEFpvecSaU1cnKR9L8Mhl

Through the generosity of U.S. Army veteran Nathan Whitney, the Kansas City Squadron of the Kansa Wing received enough gear to create ten 24-hour emergency packs for their cadets working on ground team qualification! https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid029zzXgzZ5rNh42fQP9b3KnQ9Nvyn9tqh5jhSPptew3CPYAtWFbVdLzx6xZJTh8Y6vl

On Memorial Day, May 30th, 2022, Hazel Swanson a local Cedar Falls resident was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal to honor her contribution to the nation's wartime effort in World War ll. This medal is similar to a medal that Congress honored CAP to recognize more than 120,000 members...

Cadets in Lincoln County Composite Squadron will be studying rocketry for the next few months to allow them to achieve their model rocketry badges.

Juneteenth and Pride Month What Is Pride Month About? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) Americans. In June...

Civil Air Patrol's North Central Region has created an annual award named for Col. David Small, Jr., who died unexpectedly in December, 2021. “The Colonel David Small, Jr., sUAS Crewmember of the Year Award will recognize pilots and other crewmembers in CAP’s drone program,” said Col. John O’Neill, CAP North...

In Memoriam: North Central Region is saddened to learn the news of the passing of Lt Col Ralph M. Gibbons, of the Nebraska Wing Fremont Cadet Squadron. Lt Col Gibbons passed away on 1 April 2022 at the age of 84. A retired Major in the U.S. Air Force, he...