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pril

2004

Official Publication

of

the California Wing Civil ir Patrol

P

O Box 7688

Van

Nuys CA 91409

More Than Quarter entury o

alifornia Wing ommanders

Left

to Right:

Col Virginia Nelson Col Larry Myrick Col Byron Brammer

Col Angelo Porco ol Ernie Pearson ol Ed Lewis

Col Warren Barry Col Jack Ferman ol Howard Brookfield


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is an authorized

publication, published in

the interest of the members

of

the California

Wing of

the Civil

Air Patrol. It

is

published by a private flrm

in no way connected with

the Department of

the Air

Force or the Civil Air Patrol

Corporation. The

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Materials for publication

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Col Virginia Nelson,

Wing ommander

Capt Brian Stover,

Editor

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Commander s

Comments

olonel Virginia Nelson

YOU KNOW TIDS FEELS GOOD Many of you who knew me as a

cadet probably would have considered me least likely to ever be wing

commander. I m surprised too I feel that I have been in training the last

four years, had a great coach, and now feel I m ready.

As you may know, part

of

the wing commander selection process is

for each candidate to form a plan or vision for how they would like to

change the wing. It seems only fair to tell you, the members

of

Califor

nia wing, what I told the board. First, I told them that CAWG is in great

shape - outstanding shape. Under the direction of Col Myrick, our seven

Gp CCs a

nd

the wing staff we have righted many problem areas, devel

oped solid programs, have good working relationships with our custom

ers and are striving for excellence

in

all we do.

So, the situation does not call for a dramatic heading change. We just

need to fine tune a little and stay on course.

There are two areas I want to emphasize next year. The flfst involves

mentoring. I feel extremely blessed to have had many exceptional men

tors and good role models. They helped shape me (but should not be

held accountable for the results). I would like to mention a few: Marilyn

Rodger

s,

Betty Decker

,

Delight Miller, Marjorie Bessemer

,

Billie

LeClair, Jean Fitzpatrick, Catherine Murphy, Shirley Timm, D Fringer

and especially Mary Knorr. I would also like to thank the two people

who have taught me the most about leadership - Col Ernie Pearson and

Col Larry Myrick.

Seniors, you are role models for our cadets. You may think that be

cause you do not work directly with cadets that you do not have an im

pact on them. That's wrong. They are watching you - at the squadron, n

the parking lot, on the flight line and here at this conference. Cadet offic

ers -

li

sten up: the other cadets really look up to you and want to imitate

you . Are you a good role model? Are you mentoring younger cadets at

your squadron ?

We need to be better mentors to our new members. I don t think any

one left to

hi

s

or

her own devices would stay in CAP. We all need a help

ing hand , be it with paperwork, getting ready for a form 91 flight, learn

ing to run a radio net, logging

n

to the WMU, with paperwork, tracking

an ELT for the first time, launching a model rocket , deciphering regula

tions and with paperwork. Senior members who drop out of

CAP

usu

ally do so during their first two years - primarily due to frustration with

either the inability to get the training they need to participate in missions

or with paperwork. I

don t

have a solution right now for the paperwork

problem but we are going to make getting required training easier.

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Commander s Comments

Continued

That is

my

second area

of

em

phasis. I have charged our new di

rector of Operations, LtC

Steve

Asche, with developing a series

of

primarily "hands on" training pro

grams for the entry level ES rat

ings. Everyone, senior and cadet,

pilot and non-pilot should train as

a UDF

team member.

The

Ops

section will be working on training

curriculum that can be used at the

group and squadron level for ES

ratings. Maj Wayne Stuart is de

veloping a training

program for

potential ICs. We will have a series

of

flight clinics devoted to

some

"back to basics" flight training. All

our pilots are encouraged to par

ticipate

in

the

FAA wings pro-

gram.

Our Director

of

Gliders ,

Maj Dave Widrig, has been tasked

with holding power pilot transition

course in our sailplanes. The days

of

the ya ll

come massive

SAREXs are over. Instead we need

to focus on smaller scale quality

training that our members need to

obtain an ES rating, maintain the

one they have and to keep learning

something new and useful.

Thank you for all you do at

your home units.

You

are the mem

bers, working together, who have

made CAWG the best wing

More than

a

quarter

Century of

California Wing Commanders L-R):

Col Virginia Nelson Col Larry Myrick

Col Byron Brammer

, Col

Angelo

Porco,

Col

Ernie Pearson,

Col Ed

Lewis,

Col

Warren Barry,

Col

Jack Ferman, Col Howard Brookfield.

alifornia Wing

hange o ommand

y Major Alice Mansell

ON 18 OCTOBER 2003, COMMAND of the California Wing

passed from Col Larry Myrick to Col Virginia Nelson at an annual

Wing Conference attended by 45 members.

The National Vice Commander,

BG

Dwight Wheless, presented

Col Myrick with a Distinguished Service medal in recognition of his

outstanding work leading the Wing for four years exemplified by the

"Excellent" ratings the Wing earned from the U.S. Air Force on its

evaluated exercise and Wing-wide inspection in recent months. Col

Myrick will join the Pacific Region staff

as

the vice commander.

Col Nelson

is

a long time member of CAP, having joined as a teen

ager in 1973. As a cadet in California Wing, she earned the rank of ClLt

Col and participated in the 1977 lACE exchange to Great Britain. She

has most recently served as the Vice Commander of California Wing.

She earned her

CAP

observer wings as a cadet in 1976 and her solo

wings in 2003.

She holds CAP emergency services ratings

in

scanner and finance/

administration. Col Nelson obtained the Gill Robb Wilson Award in

1985 and has received five Meritorious Service and two Exceptional

Service Awards.

The morning after she took command, she hosted a meeting for the

seven Group Commanders and a meeting for the 70+ squadron com

manders attending the annual convention with the latter open to the en

tire Wing. She spoke about how the Wing would work

to

improve upon

the legacy

of

excellence left by Col Myrick and how she looked forward

to traveling throughout the State and visiting many squadrons and ac

tivities.

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Lt Col Mike Prusak C Wing Liaison OffICer

LE DERSHIP

Aim High Endless Potential

Years ago I sat

in

the cockpit

of a T-38 awaiting the start

of

a

"familiarization" flight while at

AFROTC summer encampment

at

Platt

s

burgh

AFB in ups

tate

New York. Until then I had never

been near ANY airplane let

alone a supersonic jet. I sat there

exhilarated and petrified think

ing that someday the Air Force

will want me to actually fly one

of these jets alone I had set

two goals for this fljght - not to

get

s ick and to keep my eyes

open the entire time. Well I got

sick

but

kept

my

eyes

open

-

well

most of the time.

I se t

higher goals for myself after that

flight. I did solo the T-38 and I

ended up back at Platts

burgh

flying the FB-ll1 .

Several years

later the Air

Force

put

on a multi-media re

cruitment campaign whose slo

ga n was entitled "Aim

High

" .

The slogan is one that may have

been given to the biblical hero,

David, before

hi

s encounter with

Goliath

but in today s

world

those words are meant to unlock

the potential in all of us. I firmly

believe the job of any leader is

to communicate motivate nd

recognize

potenti l

as we ll as

reach teach

nd

inspire.

Every

commander

and su

pervi

sor mu st

make informa

tional tran

sfer

a top priority

if

they are to succeed. The com

municate/reach

phase

is where

you clearly identify the goals of

the organization to all con

cerned. Information is the life

line of any organization and

as

a

leader, you are the conduit of

that

information.

Thi s is not a

one-way street either. Informa

tion must flow up and down the

organizational st ructure , con

stantly

and consistently. You

w ll

fail as a leader

if

you don

t

believe this is true.

Motivating and recognizing

potential

go hand

in

hand. In

CA P, like the Air

Force,

we

challenge our people to discover

that potential by providing skill

training

and

then valuable

hands-o n experience. Whether

it' s in operations, logistics or ca

det

program

s, we are all given

the tools to excel. It

s

up to the

commanders and supervisors to

instill the

confidence

and pro

mote se

lf

esteem that allows

subordinates to excel. It 's not re

ally hard to do .

You

will be sur

prised how far a little recogni

tion can go to bolster someone's

se lf image. Pride

goes

a long

way and once our people have it,

they can

se

t

goals for them

se lves and their organization.

Take

the time

to shake some

hands and

in

spire some dream

s.

All our folks should be treated

like potential leaders.

When aiming high , don t be

in a hurry. Instant communica

tions sometimes leads to in stant

gratification

which

so

metime

s

leads to cutting comers to the

point of violation of personal

or

institutional integrity. Don t go

at a snails pace either. It is po -

sible to lose sight

of

our

goa

ls

along the

way

. Whether you

come from operations or logis

tic

s

guide your folks to accept

challenges rather than being re

pelled by complexity. Individu

als should focus primarily on

opportunities and not dwell on

problems. f you are in a leader

ship position , setting your goals

high just for yourself is selfish

and

certainly not

beneficial to

your organization. Help your

folks set their goals by sharing

some of the leadership functions

with them. Then give them your

support when they make deci

sion

s.

Your organization will be

come healthier as you all

en

deavor to "AIM HIGH". tar

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ncampment

2 3

By Major lice Mansell

On

August

31,2003,

the

Commander

of

Civil Air

Patrol s California Wing, Col Larry Myrick, presided

over a graduation ceremony pass and review

of

more

than 180 Civil Air Patrol cadets who had completed a

nine day

encampment at California National Guard s

Camp San Luis Obispo.

An

encampment is one

of

the most demanding and

cballenging programs in the Civil Air Patrol. It is an in

tensive experience in physical training, drill, aerospace

education and drug

demand

reduction education with

electives such as orientation to a flfing range. Gradua

tion from an encampment is a requirement for promo

tion in the Civil Air Patrol s Cadet Program.

The

Cadet Commander

was

C LtCol

Gavin

Woodman from the San

Carlos Composite Squadron

192. He led a staff of 33 cadets tasked with duties rang

ing from sergeants for cadet squadrons and flights to lo

gistics and administration.

The Encampment Commander, LtCol Tony Upton,

oversaw a staff of 25 senior Civil Air Patrol members

assisted by two medics from Travis Air Force

Ba

se, two

CAP-Air Force Re

serve

Assistance Program

officers

and a senior Air Force non-commissioned officer from

the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Team at

Camp San Luis Obispo.

An MTV video crew attended the fInal day s

of

the

encampment to fIlm two

of

the Cadet Training Group s

Squa

dron commanders, Cadet Captain

s

Jeremy

and

Jo

s

hua Pemberton for

an

upcoming

MTV program

about twins.

The

Encampment Distinguished Graduate

CIUCol Gavin Woodman, California Wing s Cadet Training

Group Commander.

was C AIC

Cami

Bu shem.

The Commanders

Award

for Academic Excellence went to C SSGt David

Stateler.

CICapt

Brian Jensen won the

Commandant s

Award for Leadership.

The Cadet Commander s

Award for Staff Excellence went to

C 2Lt Robert Gibson. The Cadet

Training Group presented

the

Chaplain LtCol Loren

Brown

Award for

Out

standing Leadership

to Major

Scott Englund. The En

ca mpment Commander gave

his

award for

Outstanding Leadership

and

Performance

for

a cadet to

ClLtCol Gavin Woodman.

On

3 August 2003, CICMSgt Gregory Magram inspects CISSgt Daisy Bugarin of

Los Angeles Cadet Squadron

38

and the Encampment s Delta Flight as the 95th

Cadet Training Squadrons First Sergeant, CIMSgt Todd Rassmussen looks on

A fInal special award from the

Cadet Training

Group was pre

se nted

to Chief

Ma

s

ter Sergeant

Norman MarOllS for his service to

the

Encampment

as

a

Drug De

mand Reduction instructor and his

41 years of service to the Air Force.

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Change.

It s

inevitable. The

most noticeable and

recent

change has been the Change

of

Command for California Wing.

After four very productive and

s

ucce sful years, Col

Larry

Myrick has stepped down as

Wing Commander. Col Myrick

may have

stepped

down

from

California Wing, however he has

stepped

up to

Pacific

Region

Vice Commander Kudos to the

Colonel on his move to Region .

I ve

enjoyed an outstanding

relationship with

Col

Myrick.

He has been extremely helpful

with matters involving Public

Affairs and agle Call. I also

appreciated his interest in per

so nal issues, such as honoring

my so n by presiding

over

his

first officer promotion to Cadet

2nd

Lieutenant

and handling a

few promotion and paperwork

issues for me. Colonel , I have

truly enjoyed working for you. It

Capt Brian Stover CAp Editor Eagle Call

has not only been a pleasure, but

an

honor to have served on your

Wing Staff.

Stepping

up

to the plate now

is the new

Wing

Commander,

Col

Virginia Nelson.

Many of

you know her as the Vice Com

mander.

Col

Nel so n

was

se-

lected from among three candi

dates

by

the

Pacific Region

Commander to head our Wing

for

the next

four

years. Col

Nelson

assumed command

at

the Wing

Conference

this past

October. (Please see her column

for her welcoming address).

I

look forward

to working with

Col Nelson as part of her Wing

Staff.

Still other changes

are

oc

curring.

CAP

is moving closer

in its relationship with the Air

Force. By the time you read this,

the

CAP

Seal that was worn on

our flight suits will

no

longer be

authorized. e now have a com-

mand

patch that

is s

imilar

to

those

of

other Air

Force

major

commands such as Air

Combat

Command,

Air Force Material

Command, etc. Reportedly new

ID cards are

in

the works, simi

lar to those being issued to the

regular

Air Force.

More and

more we

are

referred to as the

Air

Force

Auxiliary; recogniz

ing who we are associated with.

Some believe

the

changes

are good, others are not so sure.

Time

will tell whether the

changes

wi

be good for tho se

of us

towards the bottom

of

the

food chain.

Whether

good or

bad ,

there

will

continue

to

be

change. As one of the finest or

ganizations in America, I be

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only that, California Wing is the

finest

Unit

within

all

of

CAP.

Kudos to you all for the out

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CAP National

Board

Meeting

and

Conference Notes

THIS WAS A VERY GOOD and informative meeting and confer

ence.

Many CAWG

members attended. I have no idea of how many

but

I saw

our

members everywhere I went. It was great. I want to

thank all

who

attended.

The

following are

the

NB

meeting

agenda items.

Agenda 1:

Election

of

the

National Vice Commander. This

is a vote by the

National Board

members each year at the Sum

mer Board meeting. The

Vice

Commander term is a one-year

term.

There were

3

candidates,

BG Dwight Wheless (the current

Vice

Commander),

Col. Tony

Pineda, (the current SE

Region

Commander)

and Col.

Angelo

Porco. The vote results were: BG

Wheless - 46 Votes; Col. Pineda -

19

votes; Col.

Porco

- 0 votes.

BG Wheless was reelected to his

third

term.

As

a

side

note: The

current National Commander,

MG Richard Bowling's term is up

at the summer 2004 National

Board meeting. Whenever a Na

tional Vice has been elected to 3

consecutive terms he has always

been elected the National Com

mander the following year.

Agenda 2: Confirmation

of

the NHQ CS, JAG, Controller, IG,

FM and Chief

of

Chaplain Ser

vices. All were approved.

Agenda 3: This was a pro

posal to allow an alternate signa

ture element to the title block of

official documents of USAF

Aux

or

the current

CAP

. This

failed by a 2/3 or so vote. Signa

ture

blocks remain

the same as

previously published.

Agenda

4:

This

was

about

looking into getting glider tow

aircraft exclusively for towing

gliders. This

fai

led. The board felt

getting AC to just tow gliders

(like a Pawnee) is not feasible.

Agenda 5: Regulations ap

provals. The following Regs .

were approved: R70-J CAP Ac

quisition of Regulation Introduc

tion. R77-1 Operation and Main

tenance

of CAP

Vehicles. R60-6

CAP

Counterdrug

Operations.

R900-5 Civil Air Patrol Insur

ance/Benefits Programs.

R60-3

and

R60-5 were pulled

and

not

voted on. They are at the

AF

for

comment.

Agenda

6: This was to estab

lish that all regulations will be

published electronically as well as

in paper form. The electronically

published regulations shall be up

dated with in 30 days of

final

adoption

of any

regulation

change.

As

soon as the regulation

appears electron ica lly it will be

considered to be in effect. This

was approved.

Agenda 7: This was a pro

posal to put a large

CAP

decal

on top

of

vehicles that participate

in

GT

activities. This was sent to

committee

for study and will be

reported back to the NB at a later

date.

Agenda 8:

This was a

pro

posal

to rename Composite

Squadrons to Squadron as the

default names for a squadron.

There would still

be

Senior and

Cadet squadron names. Nobody

liked this so it failed .

Agenda 9: This

was

a

pro

posal to change the designation

Senior member to simply

member and cadet member to

Cadet . Nobody liked this either

so it failed.

Agenda

10: This was a pro

posal to have the

NHQ

Profes

sional Development department

study

and

recommend require

ments

which would

change the

qualifications for duty perfor

mance in field grade promotions

(Maj. and LtC) to make them

much more restrictive. This had

the

same

fate as agenda items 8

and 9, it failed too. The Develop

ment committee will be examin

ing this issue with possible rec

ommendations

in

the future.

Agenda 11: Proposal to con

sider

having

the 05 and

06

Na

tional Cadet Competition held in

Washington DC. A committee

will report back with a recom

mendation at the

Winter

Board

meeting. This was approved.

Agenda

12: This was a pro

posal to have the CAP ID card be

an all-in-one card to have your

ROP

CAP driver's permit and ES

ratings all listed on your member

ship card. This failed. The AF and

NHQ are still trying to figure out

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National oard Meeting

Continued

how

to

have a military type ID CAP card with your

picture on it Not sure when or if this will bappen.

Agenda 13:

Pulled from the meeting. Went

to

committee.

Agenda 14:

This was a proposal

to

drop the

re-

quirement for a unit ops officer in specialty track

211 to be a CFI. This was approved.

Agenda 15, 16

and

17

were pulled and went

to

committee.

Agenda 18:

This was a proposal

to

have a vote

of no confidence in the MIMS system. This was

tabled. The short story

is

that we are going

to

keep

using the WMU for a while. The long story is too

convoluted

to

go into here.

Agenda 19:

This was committee reports. Notes

on the various committees follow later in this report.

Agenda 20:

Old Busi ness. CAP Finance offic

ers: Provides for promotion to a higher grade for

work experience and higher education and being a

CPA This passed. Exact wording will be in CAPR

50-17.

Agenda 21:

New

Bu si

ne

ss:

1

Adopted a policy that when a member logs

into a CAP internet based service using a name and

unique password that

it

would be considered equiva

lent

to

a paper form signed

by

the individual if it is

considered as non-sensitive.

2

The senior member Leadership ribbon will

be renamed the Gen. Benjamin O Davis ribbon if

hi

s family agrees.

3 The wear of the CAP grey nameplate on the

service dress uniform is approved pending Air Force

approval. DO

NOT START

YET

- I

WILL LET

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN.

4

Region Vice-Commanders who were not pre

viously colonels will revert to the grade of lieutenant

colonel when they step down.

5 Proposal to add an additional day to summer

national board meetings was sent

to

committee for

study.

OTHER NEWS:

CAWG was awarded a "Unit Citation" for our

participation in the Columbia shuttle recovery effort.

This means that all CAWG members can wear the

"Unit Citation" ribbon

if

you were

in

CAWG at the

time the mission was done - 0 I Feb 03

to

04 Mar 03.

If you were not a member during that time you can

not wear

it

CAWG

won the Aerospace Education award for

PACR

We

placed second

in

the nation for aerospace

excellence.

CAWG also won the Counterdrug award for

PACR.

CAP affiliation with NASCAR will end at the

end of this season Our driver, Ashton Lewis Jr was

at the meeting and gave a speech on how much he

appreciated CAP and all we do for our country. He

thanked

us

for our sponsorship and said how lucky

he was to have such a wonderful sponsorship.

NHQ

has placed orders for 21 C-182 s and 2

GA-8. We are slated to get a GA-8 and 2 C-182's

and the

NVWG Maule

when they

get their

new

C-182.

The Executive

Director,

Col.

Allenback,

briefed the Board on some recent developments. He

has decreased the number

of NHQ directorates from

9

to 6

and reduced the national HQ staff from 193

to

153.

That

is a $1.8 million payroll savings. CAP

membership is up 5.2% from last year with 37,583

seniors and 27,142 cadets. (CAWG membership is

up approximately 8% - good job Keep it up). There

have been 48 million newspaper and magazine ar

ticles about CAP nationally

in

the last year. 112 lives

have been saved so far this year. Over $2 million

worth

of

radios and 8 satellite digital imagining sys

tems have been sent to the field. CAP currently has

513 Cessnas and is sla ted to get an additional 28

next year. 72 vehicles will be purchased next year

2004. Check out the new homepage www.CAP.gov.

CAP memberships can now be renewed on line and

the bookstore has been converted to an on line store

called CAPMart.

You

can now order uniform items

on line.

The

CAP-USAF

CC, Col Vogt, stated that the

Air Force

is

proud of its auxiliary. The loss

of

CAP

deputy state directors was part of a personnel reduc

tion mandated by the Secretary of the

AF

CAP Cor

poration is working on replacing them with adminis

trative assistants.

National Commander, MGen Bowling gave

an

update on CAP.

We

are making good progress in

safety, teamwork and accountability.

We

have a

good partnership with the AF CAP

is

studying many

advanced technologies for possible use. We are fly

ing weekly

HLS missions in the Washington DC

area. For the first time ever we were asked

to

partici

pate in war games this year in Alabama. CAP has

signed an agreement with the

US

Citizens Corps.

There are over 700 local councils in the US and units

are encouraged to make

contact

with their local

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National oard Meeting

Continued

council. NCASE will be

in

Atlanta next year with

the theme of Planning for the Future. Cadets have

several new special activities including one on AE

careers and one on the legislative process. CAP

chaplains can now take USAF chaplain continuing

education courses. Accountability is important to

credibility. CAP

is

implementing

an

Asset Tracking

System.

We

are in year two of a five-year program to

provide all squadrons with a laptop computer.

Chairman of the Board of

Governors, Col

Bess, commented that CAP is made up

of

great

people doing great things for a great purpose and

having a fun time doing it. The BoG has resolved

CAP budget issues and has changed CAP's constitu

tion and bylaws regarding adverse membership ac

tions. The BoG has directed the NEC to fix BoG re

moval procedures. The word is spreading within the

Air Force about how great CAP is.

We

need to be

careful not to tum off new members with CAP poli

tics and the failure to work with each other.

Mr.

Gary Woodsmall,

the NHQ director

of

safety, spoke on safety. In 2002 there were 9 JC ac

cidents. 2003 has 5 so

far.

In 2003 there have been

12

vehicle accidents and 11 bodily injuries. The only

trend

is an

increase

in

cadets hurting themselves on

LRCs. The AF will soon be sharing their safety on

line courses with CAP and they will be on the CAP

website. A new pamphlet, CAPP62, CAP Accident

Response Plan is being written.

USAFIXOH, BGen David Cleary reported on

HLS. Terrorists have no rules and no boundaries.

CAP's role in HLS

is

primarily prevention. Plan

ahead and make contacts with city and county gov

ernments now rather than during a crisis. The AF

is

having quarterly practice WMD exercises and may

include CAP

in

the future. AF would like to use ca

det s to play victims. Be patient. HLS has lots

of

moving pieces, the AF is still learning and defining

its

role.

We

all need to work for the greater good.

Be

a

Pilot

Foundation representative spoke

about its marketing campaign to interest the general

public in flying. Nationally 2,000 FBOs are partici

pating. 35,000 people respond annually with 75%

starting flying lessons. CAP cadets who participate

will get a free logbook. Cost to participate

is

49.00.

COMMITTEE

REPORTS

Development - A new cadet officer shoulder

board is being designed. A Region Staff College

Challenge coin is being developed. Region com-

manders are the approving authority on local unit

coins. A command badge for squadron and group

CCs was approved. t will only be worn while serv

ing as a unit commander.

Paperwork

Reduction - Suggested that the use

of programs be authorized as soon as they become

available in lieu of paper forms and electronic filling

of

forms be approved. PASSED

Posse Comitatus - reported on proposed legisla

tion that would exempt CAP aircrews and remote

base personnel on type A B HLS missions.

TIDS

IS ONLY BEING

LOOKED

AT NOW.

Finance - Reviewed the suggestion of allowing

multi year renewals but found a number

of

prob

lems. Instead suggested option of automatic renewal

charge on member's credit card. PASSED

Cadet - cadet officer specialty tracts are being

rewritten. Many units have reported having trouble

with the new cadet physical fitness test. The com

mittee feels that the problem

is

with the testing tech

nique. Florida wing has developed a video (available

on their website) showing how to administer the test.

The AF dictated the physical fitness standards for

the Mitchell level. Next March there will be a Civil

Leadership Academy in Washington DC for cadet

officers

3

per region)

in

conjunction with the winter

board meeting.

Strategic

Tactical

Evaluation

and Planning

is

working to map CAP's flight plan into the twenty

first century America.

CAP's

mission and vision

statements have been modified.

Advanced Technologies - Searchers Edge Pro

gram received 6 million from congress (over 3

years) to develop a visual computing network. Be

yond the Eyeball

Program involves hyperspectral

imaging. This is using a moving platform AJC) to

detect man-made or natural (marijuana) objects . Sat

ellite Digital Imaging System is funded by the Air

Force and so far is considered 100% success rate

during tests.

CAP is working with Raytheon using

first responder vehicles. CAP-Raytheon gave a joint

presentation to the US Council

of

Mayors. Raytheon

was the corporate sponsor for the Advanced Tech

nology Academy for Cadets this past summer.

Chaplain (Col) Maloncon reported on the CAP

chaplain program. Nationally

CAP

has 639 chap

lains and 222 Moral Leadership Officers. 577 units

(28.5%) are without a chaplain or MLO. The aver

age chaplain spends 126 hours annually serving

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the chaplain role.

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California Wing Commander Lectures

t Unit Commanders Course

By Maj. Stanley L. Katten Sqdn. 129 PAO

Col. Larry Myrick, retiring

California

Wing Commander,

was the final lecturer at the Unit

Commanders

Cour

se presented

to

18

new

and soo n-to-be

CAWG s

quadron co mmander

s

at the API Flight Training Cen

ter on Fullerton Airport on Au

gust 2 and 3. Despite the perfect

flying weather and the continual

hum of aircraft engines outside

both days , the num erous

pilot

rated attendees managed to stay

in

the exce

ll entl y

facil

itated

classroom the entire time.

Organized and

coordinated

by Lt.Col. Pat Okawa , addi

tional lectures and presentations

were given

by

Lt.Col. Wally

Jaynes, Director of Safety; Cpt.

Dan

Ol so n,

Deputy

Legal Of

ficer; LLCol. Virginia Nelson ,

Deputy

Commander

; Lt.Col.

Stephen Huss, Assistant Inspec

tor General ; LLCol. Mark Will-

jams,

Deputy

Director Cadet

Programs; LLCol. Pat Okawa ,

Director Professional Develop

ment; LLCol. Jim Crum,

Chief

of

Staff

; ILt. Jennifer Brenner,

Director

of

Finance; and LLCol.

Peggy Myrick, Director

of

Lo

gistics, a

ll

of California

Wing,

and

Ltc.

Dan Dyer, PACRN

Chaplain,

Attending the two day inten

sive

program

were: Maj . Brian

Billing

,

Maj. Gordon Domin

g

ue

s, Capt. Earl Greenia, Maj .

James Hay den ,

Maj

.

Stanley

Katten , LLCol. Patrick Malone,

lLt. Cathy Neubauer, ILt. Rich

ard Rals

ton

,

Capt.

Charles

Russell

,

Capt.

Malise

Schole

field, Maj. Michael Skullr, ILt.

Keith Thomas, Capt. Jo

se ph

Toth, ILL Paul

Wienold

, lLL

Howard

Willey

,

ILt. George

White , Maj. Euge ne Wolf and

ILL Denise

Van

Loo.

The first day program cov

ered: safety, dealing with diffi

cult people , legal

affairs

,

commander's resource

s

inspec

tion

s

cadet program

s

and pro

fessio nal development. The sec

ond day material included: re

ward

in

g

member

s, admini tra

tion, finance, logistic

s

and com

mand role and responsibilitie .

In closing, Col. Myrick em

phasized that the squadron level

is where

the rubber hits the

road and

CAP

's mi

sso

ns are

accomplished. Groups and Wing

are organized to support and as

sist the squadron operation and

personnel. All attendees agreed

that the two day course was ex

cellent a

nd

extended their appre

ciation to the course staff and to

API Flight Training Center man

agement for the use of their ex

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Determined

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03

y

Major Alice Mansell

During the last two weeks of

August 2003, the Civil Air Patrol

partici pated

in

the Determi

ned

Promise '03 exercise for the U.S.

military

s

Northern

Command ,

U.S.

Department

of Homeland

Security s Federal Em ergency

Management

Agency,

State

of

Nevada and

Clark County. The

scenario called for a terrorist re

lease of pneumonic plague on Au

gust

15

on the Las Vegas Strip to

be contained by a quarantine and

assistance from scores of local ,

State and federal response agen

cies and organizations. In addi

tion, tabletop responses occurred

for

an airplane highjacking , a

train derailment and a hurricane

in other parts of the country plus a

flash flood

in

Las Vega

s

On Augu st 19 , the State of

Nevada s Department

of

Emer

gency Management alerted the

Civil Air Patrol's Nevada Wing

as

a State resource in accordance

with the State disaster res

pon

se

plan. Wing aircrews were tasked

on 20 and 21 August to patrol

highways

in

anticipation

of

move

ment of Strategic National Stock

pile pharmaceuticals and medical

equipment

to a di spensing site

where more than 100 volunteers

stood in lines to receive treatment.

At the same time Nevada

Wing aircraft

were

patrolling

highways for Determined Prom

ise ' 03, four other Nevada Wing

aircraft were airborne on an actual

multi-state missing aircraft search

between Phoenix and Las Vegas.

California

Wing also

launched

four aircraft on the search . The

6

L -R) On August

27

in the CAP building at North Las Vegas Airport, Nevada Wings

LtCol Charles King nd CAP-USAF Pacific Liaison Region Maj Tim McCourt dis

cuss the estimated time

of

return

of

the Arkansas Wing aircraft after

a

photo recon

naissance sortie.

missing aircraft was located safe

on the ground at Lake Havasu air

port on August 21.

Nevada Wing s LtCol Charles

King sa

id

, This demonstrates we

can easily support both State and

federal taskings without exhaust

ing Civil Air Patrol 's resources.

CAP has more than 60,000 mem

ber

s,

owns 550

a

ircraft and

has

access to over 4,000 member-fur

ni shed aircraft. CAP also owns or

has access to thousa

nds of ground

vehicles plu s radios with a

national-wide repeater network

with frequencies dedicated to ex

clusive CAP use.

On August

23,

Determined

Promise 03 called for State and

local responders to become over

whelmed and ask for federal as

sistance.

On August 25 , Nevada Wing

was tasked

jointly

by the State

and the Joint Ta sk Force

of

U.S.

Northern

Command

to fly aerial

reconnaissance

of

Clark County 's

quarantine border

s

and

of loca

tions

of

crowds and traffic jams

Taski ng

included taking digital

pictures of specific sites such as

medication dispensing locations

at high schools and a hospital fa

cility at the Convention Center.

Wing aircrews were also tasked to

take comparison photos of air

fields to look for quarantine

breakers while the scenario called

for virtually

all

a ircraft to

be

grounded.

On August 26, Nevada Wing

continued with the same taskings

with the addition

of

a demonstra

tion

of satellite downlinks

of

digi

tal imagery to the U.S . Air Force

and

a tran

sport flight

of a U.S.

Coast

Guard

officer assigned to

do an aerial assessment associated

with Coast Guard's role in dealing

with h

azardou

s wastes during

such a di saster. An actual flash

flood

warning cancelled

all the

Wing's afternoon flight

s

On August 27, the final day of

the exercise, Nevada Wing contin

ued its previous taskings and was

joined

by an Arkansas Wing air

craft and aircrew attending the

CAP

Summer Convention in Las

Vegas The Arkansas Wing air

craft is equipped with a satellite

Continued on next page


19/56

California

Wing

2 3

Conference

Photos

Determined Promise 03

Continued from evious page

telephone allowing real-time digi

tal

imagery downlink

s via tele

phone and e-mail connections . A

joint Nevada/Arkan

sas aircrew

took imagery

of

a high school to

demonstrate CAP 's satellite tele

phone capability. Nevada Wing

was also tasked on paper to trans

port FEMA photojournalists and

videographers to take imagery

of

the estimated two-day long traffic

jams leaving Clark County.

Determined Promi

se

'03

ended

new taskings by the

late

morning of August 27 once the

exercise began the transition from

respo nse to recovery mode

and

n

order to have extra time for

debriefings with the participants

for le ssons learned . CAP and

CAP-USAF

officers participated

n debriefings at the Nevada Na

tional Guard Armory for those in

volved in field operations and a

California

Wing officer partici

pated in

the debriefing

at

the

Clark County Government Center

for those working

n

the Joint In-

formation Center at the headquar

ters for the exercise.

Nevada, Arkansas and Cali

fornia Wing an d CA P 's

Pacific

Region tog

et

her contributed about

100 personnel.

Nevada

and Ar

kansas

flew

approximately

30

hours on the exercise. CAP volun

teers were supported by

severa

l

CAP-USAF Pacific Liaiso n Re

gion officers, Nevada Wing 's

State Director

's

office personnel,

and staff from the CAP's National

Operations Center.

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CHP presenting SM Allen with a Certificate o Appreciation

C P Member

Honored

by

HP

Senior Member Michael

J

Allen was honored October 20th

by

the Newhall Office

of

the Cali

fornia Highway Patrol for

hi

s ac

tions at the scene

of

a traffic colli

sion. On September 1, 2003 SM

Allen encountered a rollover traf

fic collision on Route 138. In the

collision two

of

those involved,

both children, were severely in

jured . SM Allen used his EMT

skills

to

minimize the injuries and

assisted the Fire Department until

the injured were airlifted to the

hospital. For hi s selfless efforts,

Michael was prese nted with a

Certificate of Appreciation.

adet Emergency

Services Training

On

the weekend

of

10/31/

2003 to 1111/2003 Squadron 10,

Palo Alto and Squadron 60, Ma

rina cadets participated

in an

Emergency Services training ex

ercise at Henry Coe State

Park.

The bivouac, which is hosted by

Squadron 10 annually, gives ca

dets a chance to train in the field

and get valuable training and ex

penence.

T he purpose of the week-

end s events is

to

give the par

ticipant s ba s ic knowledge

of

emergency services and search

rescue. The training consi ted

of

land navigation basics, commu

nication

procedure

s and

ELT

search basics

y

Lt Keith Stason

In the land navigation train

ing the cadets were taught com

pa ss ba s ics, how to s

hoot

azi-

muth

s, how to

plot azimuths,

how to correct for declination ,

how to

plot

latitude/longitude

and how to use UTM Universe

Transverse Mercator). They

topped off their training in land

navigation by usin g their new

skills to navigate through course

setup by their

in

structors. They

next learned

about

basic radio

communication procedures used

on Search and Rescue

mi

ssion

s

The

final part of their train

ing

was an

introduction

into

ELT sea rch ba sics. The cadets

were shown how the L-Tronics

DF

gear

works and its l

imita-

tions. They were also instructed

in how to triangulate on a dis

tress beacon and how to coordi

nate

their actions with

other

ground teams.

To wrap up their weekend

of

training the cadets participated

in ELT search on Sunday. An

aircraft crash was simulated and

the cadets using the skills they

had been taught earlier located

the simulated crash site. All of

the cadets who participated

in

the weekend events found the

training

both

interesting and

beneficial. The honor

graduate

for the bivouac wa

s C/A1C

Sean Stevenson of Squadron 10.

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Skyhawks Composite Squadron 7

Wins Both Ferman Scholarship wards

Both Col Allison Thompson

and t

Col Kyle McClure

of

Skyhawks Composite Squadron

47

of

Oceanside, California, have

received the prestigious Jack and

Florence

Ferman Scholars

hip

Awards.

The 5,000

awards

are

given each year to both a deserv

ing

male and female Cadet

Of

ficer within the California Wing

of the Civil Air Patrol. This is the

first time both awards were won

by members of the same squad

ron. Col McClure was also the re

cipient

of

the California Wing Ca

det Officer of the Year Award.

Wing

Commander Larry F

Myrick applauded him as great

example

of

what a Cadet Officer

should be.

The

long list

of

CAP accom

pli shments which earned

Col

Thomp

so n her leadership award

include: Squadron Cadet

Com-

mander from June 2002 - April

2003, being chosen to be an Inter

national Air Exchange Student to

Squadron 47

Celebrates 20

Years

in

CAP for

Major

Peterson

Canada, and holding the position

of

92nd Squadron

Commander

for CA P

's

California

Wing

En-

campment.

Col Thompson is currently a

junior attending Loyola Univer

sity

in

New Orleans, La

.

pursuing

a degree in Communications. She

plans to use at least part

of her

scholarship

money to help with

her plans to study abroad in En

gland this coming summer.

Col Thompson has always ex

emplified what a dedicated officer

should be .

Her

level

of

involve

ment in squadron and other spe

cial CAP activities has been out

standing, and her professionalism

consistently

of

the highest quality.

She is a caring individual, a plea

sure

to

be with, and

is greatly

mi

ssed in the squadron since she

has moved on to complete her col

lege education.

The similarly long list of CAP

accomplishments

which

earned

Col McClure this award include:

Cadet Commander

of

Squadron

47 from June 2001 - June 2002 ,

receiving an appointment to be an

International Air Exchange Stu

dent

to Japan , and a position as

the 93rd Squadron Commander

for

CA P 's California

Wing En-

campment.

Col McClure is extremely ac

tive

in

squadron

activities

and

consistently portrays an excellent

example for the cadets in Squad

ron 47. He

is an

officer

who

strives

for

the

highe

st

of goals,

both in

CAP

and in school. Col

McClure is

currently

in

the pro

cess

of applying to

the United

States Air Force Academy which

he hopes to attend next year. He

plans

on

using

hi s sc holarship

money to help pay for expenses at

the Academy and for achieving

his private pilot 's license.

DORAN Boot Camp Challenge

y t Seelye Day

Braving a three-mile run and obstacle course on Saturday,

October

4 at

Marine Corps Recruit Depot

, San

Diego

,

were

eleven cadets, senior members, and a parent from Skyhawks

Composite Squadron 47.

Major

Ben

Peterson

, a

member

of

Squadron 47 since 1983, was presented

with a National Commander's Commen

da60n for 20 years

of

exceUent service in

Civil Air Patrol. Hi s lovely wife, Alice,

joined the squadron in celebration of his

accomplishments.

The obstacle course is usually something only those privi

leged to be attending boot camp get to experience, but once a

year it is opened to

ll

challengers. Hurdles, hills, pushups, logs

tunnels, pushups, walls, foxholes, pushups, trenches, cargo nets

and , oh yeah, pushups, were a few of the great obstacles that

greeted the squadron members. Along the way were sixty Ma

rine D.L's making sure everyone stayed motivated

The members were also privileged to meet Brigadier Gen

eral Paxton , the Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit

Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region.he Major's advice to cadets? "Study

hard Go to the top Take advantage of

the educa60n you have, and

of

CAP - i t' s

the greatest opportunity in the world."

This activity was a great challenge to everyone participating,

but they all finished strong. Hopefully, next year many others

wiJi join them and it will become a new squadron tradition

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Squadron 7

Takes the Honors

By Seelye Day, Senior Member,

Public Affairs Officer, Squadron 47

Skyhawks Squadron 47 was honored to re

ceive many awards at the California Wing Con

ference in November 2003. In addition to win

ning both the Ferman Scholarship Awards and

the Cadet Officer of the Year Award , (see ar

ticle) the following Squadron 47 Cadet and Se

nior

Members

distinguished themselves by

their hard work and dedication to CAP:

Commander s Commendations

Lt Tony Diaz -

Aerial Reconnaissance Imag

Ing

Lt Eric Johannsen -

Aerial Reconnaissance

Imaging

Major Rand

y

McClure

- Nomination for

Group 7 - Aerospace Education Officer

of

the Year

C 2Lt

Tarek Eighoroury - Nomination

for

Cadet NCO

of

the Year

ClLt Col Kyle McClure -

Nomination for Ca

det Officer of the Year

Meritorious Service Award

C/SMSgt

Laura Borenstein,

CrrSgt

Nikki

Kim, C SrAmn Kenneth Beach, C TSgt Eric

Perry and

C/MSgt

Wade Wright for bringing

the first Color Guard victory to California and

for

their outstanding work.

(This award is

rarely given to cadets )

Exceptional Service Award

Captain Eric Gray for his outstanding work

in developing the Color Guard

Unit Citation Award

All CA

WG

Members - February 1 2003

through March 4, 2003 Space Shuttle recovery

efforts.

The Squadron 47 National Championship

Color Guard was honored to post the colors at

both the Saturday General Assembly and the

Awards Banquet. The Color Guard Com

mander, C SMSgt Laura Borenstein also per

formed the Change

of

Command Ceremony for

Cols Myrick and Nelson.

Squadron 47 is exceptionally proud

of

these award winners and

of

all the terrific Ca

det and Senior Members that make up our unit.

Congratulations to all

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C P Members Help During

California Forest Fires

ON

SUNDAY, October 26th

the wildfire that started

in

Old

Waterman Canyon on Saturday

(known as the Old Fire ) was

becoming a concern in Big Bear.

The

Big Bear Valley Fire Safe

Council called a meeting at

1100 hours at the office

of

the

Municipal Water District to dis

cuss the situation . CAP

1st Lt.

Kathy Sawyer, also a member of

the

Fire Safe Council

,

called

members from Composite

Squadron 6750 to let them know

of

the meeting.

The Fire Safe Council asked

if anyone could perform an ar

so n/fire watch in the valley.

Nine members of the squadron

acting

as

private citizens volun

teered for service, six as ground

lookouts and three volunteering

their aircraft to perform the fire

watch from the air. Capt. Ron

Hirzel took the first shift in the

early afternoon , and patrolled

the perimeter

of

the valley at

9,000 feet msl. (The valJey floor

is 6750 msl) . At approximately

1400 hours Big Bear City Fire

Chief

Dana Van Lueven re

quested that Capt. Hirzel land

and attend

a meeting

of

the

Mountain Mutual

Aid

MMA)

that was called for 1500 hours

Mountain Mutual Aid is an

organization of several agencies

in the Big Bear Valley, including

the

fire departments , law

en-

forcement agencies, public

works, utilities, emergency ser

vice agencies including

the

By

C P

Lt Col Joe Orchard

CAP), city and county govern

ments

, the

media

and

others.

Chief Van Lueven is the current

president

of

the MMA, and Ma

jor

Bill Hartmann of Squadron

6750 is the incoming vice-presi

dent. Regular meetings are held

to discuss and plan for emergen

cies, to use the resources of all

members

in

support

of

the emer

gency response effort of what

ever disaster hould occur in Big

Bear.

Members of Composite

Squadron 6750 attending the

MMA

meeting

that

afternoon

included

Lt

Col. Joe Orchard,

Major

Hartmann , Major

Hank

Peralez

, Capt. Hirzel , Capt.

Leonard Weekley,

lLT

Sawyer,

2LT Don

Munroe,

and 2LT

Keith Andren.

Chief

Van

Lueven

briefed

the MMA on where the fu was

and the potential for it to reach

our valley. He called for a meet

ing

of

the Emergency Opera-

tion s Center EOC) for 0800

Monday.

At that meeting

,

the

EOC was

activated at

a level

one, for planning purposes . On

Tuesday

,

the EOC went to

a

level three, and assignments for

members were established. Ma

jor Hartmann became the EOC

Safety Officer, and shared the

duties with other CAP members

during the incident. Lt. Col. Or

chard was the Agency Liaison

Officer

for

CAP

, and Lt. Col.

Mike Prusak, California Wing

State Director, acted as contact

between Lt. Col. Orchard and

CAWG. Major Peralez worked

the EOC Operations desk. lLT

Sawyer worked in various posi

tions throughout the week. 2LT

Munroe served on the adminis

trative desk, ensuring that any

one in the EOC had properly

signed in. Shift teams were set

up to

man

the safe ty de

sk

through the night. Mandatory

evacuation was ordered for resi

dents about 1100.

Wednesday,

October

29th

was the tensest day in the valley.

The smoke was everywhere, and

the fire had advanced to within

s

ix

miles on the west and south

west. The U S . Forest Service,

up to now managing the

fire

from San Bernardino, sent fed

eral Fire Management Team 5 to

Big Bear to establish

an

incident

command post here. All non-es

sential support perso nnel were

evacuated at this time. lLT Saw

yer and 2LT Munroe remained

at the local EOC until it closed

the following Monday.

Although many members

of

Big

Bear

Composite Squadron

6750 were involved in the emer

gency effort, no tasks were ever

assigned specifically to CAP.

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28/56

International ir

Cadets

Visit

Edwards

By Capt Brian Stover

U ir

Force Aux. CAP

Thi s past July, Edwards Air

Force Base ho

sted six

Interna-

tional Air cadets as part

of

an ex

change program with the Civil ir

Patrol.

The

cadets,

from Great

Britain and Canada, spent the day

touring Edwards. The cadets were

escorted by CAP Lt Col Elizabeth

Blackey, Cadet Lt Col

Michael

Blackey and Capt Rick Sargent

of

the Edwards

Squadron

. They

were accompanied by cadets from

the Edward s and Tehacahapi

Squadrons.

The

exchange program

pro

vides the teenaged cadets with an

opportunity to switch places with

Civil Air Patrol cadets for a two

week visit. Each summer, cadets

from the Civil Air Patrol are se

lected to participate, visiting avia

tion

facilities

in one of several

foreign countries. In return, avia

tion cadets from those countries

are

ho

sted by the CAP.

Tho

se partici pating from the

UK

were

Cadet

Warrant Officer

Chri s Trace, Cadet Warrant Of

ficer Alex

Beck

and

Cadet

War

rant Officer Jon Williams They

were

accompanied by

Flight

Lieutenant Jeffrey Coker of

the

Royal Air Force

as an

escort.

From Canada were Cadet Warrant

Officer First Class Tara Campbell

and Natalya LeBlanc.

The cadet

s

began their day

with a welcome from Col Harry

Talbot on behalf of Major General

Pearso n

during breakfa

st at the

Joshua Tree Dining facility. From

there, the cadets were briefed on

th e myriad of

activities

at

Edwards by CMSgt Willie

Goodwin of the 412th Test Wing.

A self guided tour of the Air Force

26

Pilot vI

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ClJ.

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UK Cadet Warrant Officer Chris race in Test Pilot simulator with Maj Mark Giddings

observing

Cadet Warrant Officer Jon Williams

in

the simulator

Flight

Test Center Museum fol

lowed, givin g the cadets the op

portunity to di scover the rich hi s

tory that makes

Edwards

a pre

mi er facility.

A tour of the Be nefie

ld

An ec hoic

Facility

(BAF and

s imul ato r pr ovided

the

cadets

with a seldom seen look at the one

of

a kind facility and a chance to

fly the F-16 simulator. The

BAF

hou ses the world s largest elec

troni

ca

lly secure

/quiet

environ

ment that realistically simulates

an outdoo r

range.

Major Mark

Giddings

of

the Test Pilot School

gave

th e ca de ts a

bri

ef

in

g

and

video presentation on the Test Pi

lot School along with another op

portunity to show off their skill in

the school s simulator

Continued on next page . . .


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