Great effort by members of Iowa Wing's Des Moines, Dubuque, Davenport, and Southwest Iowa Squadrons making "the day for 14 Valley High School JROTC cadets by providing their 1st or 2nd Orientation Flights!! Mission well executed by all staff, totaling 8 CAP members, 5 aircraft, and a total of 28...
Col. Thomas Theis, NCR Commander Select, announces Command Team. On 2 June 2024, Col. Erica Williams and Col. Rickey Franz (former CMSgt Franz) will be assuming the roles as North Central Region Vice Commanders effective 2 June 2024. Colonels Williams and Franz were selected from five applicants for the position. Col. Tom Weston will continue in his role as Region Chief of Staff. CMSgt John Vanderhoof will be assuming the role of the Region Command NCO, succeeding CMSgt Mike Mudry, who has been in that position for the past 8 years.
Members of Missouri Wing's Group V recently assisted in a mass casualty/simulated airplane disaster exercise at the Branson Airport, in Branson, MO, where cadets and adult members served as 'victims', assisted with registration, and worked at the landing zone for three different air evacuation agencies. Participating agencies included: Western Taney...
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, Iowa Wing held an exercise to simulate their response to a request for assistance following a severe weather event. The Wing was able to fly eight air sorties and perform several ground sorties as well. This is what Civil Air Patrol can do for our partners in...
Congratulations to the following 11 North Central Region cadets who were awarded more than $12,000 worth of activity, academic, or flight scholarships – including one cadet recommended for acceptance to the U.S. Air Force Preparatory School in Colorado Springs! Read the full story here: https://www.cap.news/92-cadets-awarded-155k-in.../ Iowa Wing C/Maj. Jack Morman,...
Members of Missouri Wing's Springfield Regional Composite Squadron took advantage of the nicer weather to help clean up the Wilson Creek National Battlefield. Yet another way CAP units can serve their communities! Photo link:https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid02fBxDipVsry4DecRTszX3U8ateEDsr83rqCd6WpcNFwB5cm3QZYUMMWHVL45RXvSnl
Photos from the recent successful Labette County, KS, missing person search mission where members of Missouri Wing's Col. Travis Hoover Composite Squadron assisted Kansas Wing. (Photos by Maj. Henry Cole, MOWG Group V PAO.) Photo link: https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0hY2hboSKt9QE1eN8R7kBtpNAorDGm4zZwtRsqWxqjXY2C83nfxkziZEoKmihBmQpl
Yet another way to serve your community -- storm spotter training with the National Weather Service! Bravo Zulu to Missouri Wing's Central Missouri Composite Squadron! Photo link: https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid0259yoXbfVartZ5hk9CibJrsTRwKxkcnpMhLb6vYWRCW2ura7rUoQjq6nQTvk1bJV4l
Eleven members of the Pennington County Drone Team received drone training from South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, on March 20. Students used basic flight skills with drones to take accurate photos of what they were seeing and to maneuver between targets based on an NIST training curriculum.