On September 21, 2022, Kansas Wing conducted two critical blood transports across three states, totaling 27 boxes of blood delivered between Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
On Saturday, 10 Sep 2022, aircrews from the 130th Composite Squadron and the Viking Composite Squadron competed in the 2022 Minnesota Wing SARCOMP (Search and Rescue Competition). The Hutchinson Composite Squadron served as the mission base for the competition. Congratulations to both aircrews; first place honors went to the Viking...
Maj. E.W. Filler, of Big Sioux Composite Squadron, spent two weeks at Nellis AFB in Nevada this month, helping active-duty Air Force personnel train for use of remote-sensing drones.
North Central Region congratulates the following units for being recognized with a Quality Cadet Unit Award for 2022! Established by CAP National Headquarters in 2010, the Quality Cadet Unit Award rates cadet and composite squadrons on multiple categories: enrollment, growth, retention, orientation flights, encampment, aerospace, emergency services, outside activities (ie: CyberPatriot),...
South Dakota Wing has temporarily exchanged N832CP for a Kansas Wing aircraft, N524CP. Kansas Wing benefits from the exchange because N832CP, a C182T, can tow the KSWG glider. South Dakota Wing benefits because N524CP, also a 182T, has an advanced G1000 NXi system.
Outstanding work by Iowa Wing to get these cadets flying! Orientation flights in, both, gliders and powered aircraft are often the highlights of a cadet's journey through CAP! https://www.cap.news/worth-the-wait-overseas-squadron-brothers-receive-iowa-wing-orientation-ride/
More than 500 scientific experiments concocted by 120 teams of Civil Air Patrol cadets were released in CAP's second high-altitude balloon challenge. The 50-milliliter test tubes were carried as high as 105,661 ft before falling back to Earth. Units from across North Central Region participated in the event. https://www.cap.news/high-altitude-balloon-challenge-experiments-launched-recovered/
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) will be at the Discover Aviation Day event in Sioux Falls on Thursday, August 4. The event is part of the Sioux Falls Airshow organization, and sponsored by Aerostar. The goal is to provide information and activities that provide “kids of all ages” with information about aviation, including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
“This is what the whole program is about: dedicated individuals devoting time and resources to a program that can help their fellow man.” - (Then) Lt Col William T. Winkert reflecting on his first wing conference as the newly installed Missouri wing commander, Missouri Wing quarterly newsletter, December 1974...
Maj. E.W. Filler, of Big Sioux Composite Squadron, spent two weeks at Nellis AFB in Nevada this month, helping active-duty Air Force personnel train for use of remote-sensing drones.
South Dakota Wing has temporarily exchanged N832CP for a Kansas Wing aircraft, N524CP. Kansas Wing benefits from the exchange because N832CP, a C182T, can tow the KSWG glider. South Dakota Wing benefits because N524CP, also a 182T, has an advanced G1000 NXi system.
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) will be at the Discover Aviation Day event in Sioux Falls on Thursday, August 4. The event is part of the Sioux Falls Airshow organization, and sponsored by Aerostar. The goal is to provide information and activities that provide “kids of all ages” with information about aviation, including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
