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st t Brian Stover

One

of

the ultimate

achievements

in the

ir

Force

is

to garner a

position with the ir

Force

ir Demonstration Squadron

other-

wise known as the

Thunderbirds.

I recently had the opportunity

to spend some time with the

squadron at their home at Nellis

ir Force Base outside Las Vegas

Nevada. There I spoke with the pi

lots and support team about what

it take

s to

make

it to

the

Thunderbirds. One per on I spoke

to Ssgt Brad Bowen is a former

CAP cadet.

SSgt

Bowen

25 is from

Bowie Maryland. Brad joined

CAP when he was 13 and was a

member

of

the Bowie Bel Air

Composite Squadron from 1989

to 1994 During his time in CAP

he progressed through the cadet

ranks

rising

to the grade of

C/Captain. He earned the Mitch-

Continued on page

3

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SSgt Brad Bowen

CHIEVEMENT

Continued

ell and

Earhart

Award s

which

would later come into play in hi s

Arr Force career.

Ser

geant Bowen

' CAP ac

tivi tie s included

the drill team

where he competed at the Wing

level and made

it

to 7th place in

the National Drill Competition in

1991.

Br

ad attended encampment

at McGuire AFB (NJ) in 1990. He

said his squadron was flightline

oriented

and it

was

there he

learned to work with aircraft and

their crews. Brad's interest in the

CAP was supported by

hi

s family.

His grand father was in the CAP in

its infancy.

Award in the CAP.

Sergea

nt

Bow

en

s

f ir st

as

signment

in

the Arr Force was as a

flying crew chief on

KC-I0

s.

He

applied for the Thunderbirds but

was turned down because he had

the

wrong a irframe experience

(fighters vs. transport

.

So Brad

swi tched to the F-15E and spent

two years

at

Mountain Home ,

Idaho building up knowledge of

fighter planes. The persistence he

learned in CAP paid off and after

applying a

seco

nd

tim

e to

the

Thunder

bird

s he

was

acce

pted

and

join

ed the team

in

March

of

2000. SS gt Bo we n

sa

id persis-

tence

is

the

key.

It

depends on

How bad you want it. He

sa

id

the Senior Members of hi s squad

ron

we

re

ve

ry good at

se ttin

g

standards for the cadets.

SSgt

Bowen is

currently

a

crew chief for jet #7 , piloted by

the Operation

s

Offic

er,

Major

Glen Lawson. He has now been

n

the Air Force for seven years.

Brad currently lives in

La

s Vegas

with hi s wife Laura.

The

jet

th at

SSgt Bowen

is

crew chief for is piloted by Major

Glen Lawson, call sign

Lunar

of

St.

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s

Island,

Georgia.

Maj Lawson is the Operations Of

ficer for the Thunderbirds. He is

also

the

safe ty

observer

and

evaluator for the

team

and flies

orientation flights for the media

and celebrities.

Major Lawson entered the Arr

Force as a 2nd Lt

in

1987 through

the ROTC program at the Univer

sity of Florida at Gainesville. He

received hi s pilot

training at

Sheppard AFB , Texas and

F-16

flight training at Luke AFB , Ari

zona. Major Lawson has had a va

riety of assignments including a

tour during Desert Storm

n

which

Continued on page 5

After high

sc

hool

,

Br

ad

joined the Air Force. He said the

CAP had contributed to

hi

s deci

sion to join the Air Force. During

Ba

sic Training, he said drill was

a piece of cake since he learned

to drill

in

the CAP. Brad credits

CAP with assisting him in train

ing since the

CAP

increased re

s

pon

s

ibility

at a younger

age.

Brad also credited the values and

morals

of

the

CAP

to

hi

s success

in the Air Force.

After

Basic

Training he was immediately pro

moted to Arrman First Class (E-3)

due to having earned the Mitchell

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CHIEVEMENT

Continued

. .

he flew forty combat missions. While at Homestead

AFB

Florida,

he

flew

F-16s

as a

Demo

pilot

at

airshows for the 9th Air Force. After Homestead was

closed following damage

from

a hurricane,

he

be

came a T-37 in structor pilot before joining .

the

Thunderbirds this year. Major Lawson is from a mili

tary

family

and spent time as a

child

at

Wright

Pattterson AFB, Ohio

as

a child.

Major Lawson offered advice for both cadets and

seniors during my visit. He said cadets need to have a

goal. And if that goal is aviation, he urged cadets to

come

to

airshows and get

to

know flying.

To

make it

to flight training in the Air Force he urged cadets to

keep their nose clean and do reasonably well

in

school. He stressed that technical classes are impor

tant but you should also take the classes you do well

in. The Major also urged cadets not to forget about

the importance

of

participating and doing well in

sports. He added that the cadets are an enormous help

during the airshows.

Not to be forgotten, Lunar praised the senior

members as pilot

s.

Although our mission (SAR) is

not the most glorious, it is appreciated. He also urged

the senior members

to

keep inspiring the cadets.

Captain Richard Boutwell ,

caU

sign Chase , is

the pilot of the #4

jet

and flie s the slot po sition .

Chase joined the Thunderbirds for the 2000 season

and flew the left wing position . Captain Boutwell

joined

the Air

Force

in 1991 as a 2d

Lt from

the

ROTC

program at

Troy

State

University.

Prior

to

joining the Thunderbirds,

he

was a F-15C flight com

mander, instructor pilot and flight examiner and has

over 2,000 flight hours.

Capt Boutwell also stressed that cadets need

to

set a goal. He suggested taking a snapshot look at

where you are and where you want to be. Set your

sights on that picture and then check out the require

ments to get there. He urged cadets to be persistent

and to deal with obstacles as they come up. As a CAP

cadet

you have

opportunity

and

experience.

You

know the history and language of aviation.

n sc

hool,

he urged getting a broad base and

to

be well rounded,

but

to

concentrate on math and science. The Captain

stressed the importance of team sports and learning

hand/eye coordination. He said aviation is

o

ne of

the best escapes . It's as close to heaven as you can

get and there

is

a euphoria about it.

For

the senio

r

members, 'C

h

ase offered

Never walk into a squadron loudly. Never leave qui

etly. He urged seniors to spread the experience and

to

remember where you came from.

Finally, I had the opportunity

to

talk with Captain

Jeff Wood, call sign Woodman , the pilot of the #8

jet

and narrator for the Thunderbirds. Captain Wood

joined the Thunderbirds this season from the 414th

Combat Training Squadron where he flew F-16s. He

has more than 1,700 hours

in

the F-16. Captain Wood

enlisted in the Indiana Air National Guard in 1988.

He received his commission fro m the Academy

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Continued on page 7

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Military Science, McGhee Tyson

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Base

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joined the active duty ir Force in

1996.

Captain Wood counseled ca

dets to follow their interests. He

stressed the importance of being a

team

member and esprit de

corps. Like the others, Captain

Wood urged cadets to set goals

.. . set high goals and to do the

right

thing. He said

to

work hard

to get where you want. Capt

Wood said, often amongst young

people, discipline is lacking. The

Captain said to watch who you

hang out with. Ask what is the

norm, what are their standards?

However,

he

urged cadets to

Have fun along the way.

Woodman

told the senior

members that You are serving

the country. He feels you have a

thankless job but that you are fill

ing an important gap. He believes

the country should be thanking

YOU

.

It is

an

experience

to

see and

spend time at the Thunderbird fa

cility at Nellis. The hangar area

is

immaculate. The floor is a pol

ished white with the Thunderbird

crest painted

in

the center. Which

by the way is never stepped on,

even during the busiest

of

times.

There is a museum in the facility

that is open to the public along

with tours on Tuesdays. I f you

have the opportunity to visit Las

Vegas, a stop at the Thunderbirds

is a definite must.

The thoughts and comments

made by those I interviewed and

the atmosphere around the Thun

derbirds base is one of perfection,

goal oriented, exceeding the stan

dards and esprit de corps. The

similarities between the Thun

derbirds and CAP are numerous,

All the members of the Thunder

birds are volunteers, just as every

member of the Civil ir Patrol is a

volunteer. The work is arduous

and the hours long. The team is

away from home and family a

large part

of

the year. They re

ceive

no

extra pay for their duties

and are only compensated for cer

tain expenses incurred. Schedules

are subject to

last minute changes

and seems there is never enough

time

to

get everything done. How

ever, everyone works together as a

team

to get the job done and

they continue to strive for perfec

tion . The pilots may be who the

public comes to see, but

if

it were

not for the remainder of the team,

there would not be an air demon

stration.

As in

CAP there are a number

of non -flying positions in the

squadron. There is the Executive

officer, Capt

Jeff

Heyse. He su

pervises the executive support, in

formation management, budget,

training and personnel selection.

He also

manages

the

overall

squadron operations and is deputy

commander. Capt DeDe Halfhill

(to whom

lowe

a great thank you

for her assistance in researching

and preparing this article) is the

Public Affairs Officer (a job near

and dear

to

me). She, along with

her staff, spends long hours assist

ing both the media and public

with inquiries about the squadron.

The

squadron even has its own

flight surgeon, Capt

(Dr)

Jay

Flottmann.

The squadron also has a main

tenance

officer,

Capt Stacey

Hawkins, who is responsible for

90 aircraft maintenance personnel

who keep the squadron's 11 F-16

mission ready. Plus there are the

enlisted personnel who hold posi

tions from

First

Sergeant to

crew chiefs, logistics coordina

tors , administration, personnel,

artists and photographers. Sound

familiar?

After two days with the

Thunderbirds , it

was

hard to

leave. I can see why they put on

such a fantastic demonstration.

They are true professionals who

strive to

present

the Air Force

with the best possible image.

CAP cadets and seniors would be

wise to emulate that same profes

sionalism

as we

too, represent the

United States

ir

Force.

SSgt Jason Ha

ag

A special thanks

t

SSgt Jason

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fairs. Without his assistance this

article

would not

be

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This issue focuses on the achieve

ments

of current

and

former

members of the Civil Air Patrol.

From

the

feature article

on

the

Thunderbirds to achievements by

cadets in drill competition, schol

arships , and promotion s

and

fi

nally the

pilotin

g sk il l s of a

former cadet, achievement perme

ates the Civil Air Patrol.

The

CAP

is much more than

ju st a volunteer organization. We

are professionals in every sense of

the word. Instilljng the

di

scipline,

morals and work

ethic

in

cadets

pays off in their future when they

accomplish great tasks, often dur

ing very trying time

s.

Cadets have

gone on to achieve great positions

and accomplis

hment

s. Often Se

nior Members

too have

accom

pl i shed a

variety

goals

and

achievements both in private life

and in the CAP, due in part to the

training and responsibilities of the

Civil Air Patrol. While research

ing

the article

on the Thunder

birds , I noticed a framed

picture

of two Thunderbird enlisted per

so

nnel s tanding in front

of

a

Thunderbird F-16 in the hallway

leading to the flightline. The cap

tion read ... "CHARACTER ... We

mu st

adjust

to an ever changing

road

.... while holding onto our

unchanging

principle

s." I

think

Brian Stover 1st Lt. CAp Editor

Eagle Call

thi s is

some

thing

noteworth

y to

strive

for,

not only

amongst the

cadets but the senior members as

well.

By the way, you are just going

to have to guess whether or not I

was able to

secur

e a fli ght

with

the Thunderbirds

As editor, I feel that

agle

Call

should be u ed to foc us on

our

achievements.

We

have every

right to be proud. Every member

has

contributed

to the

organiza

tion in many ways and in r

et

urn ,

the organization (the members in

reality) has provided assistance in

meeting goals. Kudos to the every

member of the CAP and in par

ticular to the California Wing.

verwhelming

Response

The response has been over

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for

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For

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goa

ls. Since CAWG is

so large, I depend on the

USAF

R

eservists

to

do

a

lot of the

leg-work

for me. Most

of

you have seen these folks show

up at

unit

meetings. They are

there for

a

number of

rea

ons.

Principally, based on CAP crite

ria, th

ey check out

the health

of

the unit. They look at areas like

logistics, cadet programs, ES pro

grams, pi lots records, etc. They

are not there to evalu

ate ,

they

are

there to

provide staff

assis

tance and

guidance.

They are

there also to

answer

questions

or

at

least provide

me

with

those

question/problems

that

I may be

able to resolve. The only thing I

ask is that I immediately be made

aware

of

serious safety issues.

Most of these reservists come

from military aviation back

gro unds. I can ' t think of any bet

ter

source

of instructors to teach

some of the aerospace education

blocks. Feel free to ask them to do

so.

f you don't have a

reservist

who regularly attends your meet

ings, contact

me

with your re

quest and I'll make it happen, Use

them to

evaluate/judge

unit and

group drill competition. Ask them

to help you get military facilities

to have

these

drill

competitions.

Have them give a talk on their

military experiences.

Cadets eat

that stuff up. Most importantly

they represent the

Air

Force and

me in helping you succeed with

your goals.

I'd

like

to ta lk a

little about

flying training/proficiency.

Do

not wait for USAF funded

SAREX ' s to

get

instrument and

landing currencies. CAWG flies

thousands of hours in support of

SAR

and

CD

missions. I encour

age you to take advantage

of

this

flying to brush up on your curren

cies. When you finish any of these

missions, do it with an instrument

approach or

a no flap landing

or

any other different

approach.

Take advantage

of,

but don't

abuse these funded missions. An

extr-a .3 hour should be sufficient.

Fly Safe

As a final comment, I wish to

salute you all for the tireless work

you do for this great organization.

If

there is anything that I, my

staff, or my many reservists can

do

to

help

you

achieve CAP

goals, please drop me a line at:

[email protected]

ar 4

entral

oast Find

Civil

Air

Patrol California

Wing was tasked

by

the U.S. Air

Force to assist the

San

Luis

Obispo County Sheriff

' s

Depart

ment in

searching

for a mis ing

plane in the early

hours

approxi

mately 1

30

a.m. Wednesday Feb

ruary

21 200l.

Two

Ground

Teams were im

mediately dispatched. One from

the California Central Coast

Group 4 led by Ground Team

Leader Maj Jon Wordsworth and

a second team

from

San Luis

Obispo

County

Squadron 103

Search

and

Rescue Squadron

based in Paso Robles ,

CA

led by

Ground

Team Leader

Capt

Rodger Coale.

Each team dispatching from

different locations and using

Emergency Locator Transmitter

signal tracking equipment as

sisted sheriff deputies in locating

the downed plane tail

#

N

J762

at

approximately 3:00 a .m.

near

9339

Adelaide Road. Teams stood

by until arrival of a FAA official.

Remember .

Our Youth

are the

future

of

Civil ir Patrol

Give them every

consideration

11


14/56

Southern California Desert

Mountain

Find

Search

Mission

01M0442

9 10 March 2001

Edited Compiled from eMail Messages by

1 st t John Craig Emergency Services Officer

Palm Springs Squadron 11

This

Red

Cap

mission was

launched Friday afternoon 9

March 2001 for

an

ELT signal de

tected by AFRCC satellite which

eventua ll y

became

a missing

Piper Lance tai l number

N 1965H)

overdue on

a

flight

from Needles to San Diego with

cancelled check cargo. Yosemite

259

(Allen Graff) was Miss ion

Coordinator

and

Yosemite 511

(Roy Hofheinz) served as a criti

cal communications relay

throughout the mission.

On the afternoon

of

9 March,

Yosemite 552

Bob Burle)

launched toward the Twentynine

Palms area

and

CapFI ight 415

(Simon Housman John Craig)

departed Palm Springs to

DF

the

signal. Before nightfall, Burle and

Housman had detected the

au-

dible ELT and

identified

the

search area as being on the North

east side of a rugged ridgeline in

the

Old

Woman Mountains

in

East San Bernardino County The

location

was in a very

isolated

desert area at

34 degrees 30.2

2

minutes

North

by 115 degrees

06.765 minutes West.

Ground teams launched from

the Los Angeles basin toward the

AFRCC

target area incl uded

Y209 (John Binder), Y252 (Bob

Miller) ,

Y789

Pat Robinson) ,

Y378 (Richard Whaley) and Y755

(Laurence Riddle). By midnight,

the teams had rendezvoused with

Y552 and

obtained

his intelli-

gence information. The

teams

camped overnight near the road

into

the

search area and began

their maneuvers into the canyons

at first light on Saturday morning.

Meanwhile CapFlight 415

(crew Housman, Daniel Graham

and -

lohn

Craig) were wheels up

from PSP at 0540 local. Through

out

the

morning

,

cloud cover

blocked view

of

the target

ridgeline , but CF415 provided

close

ground

cover

and maneu

vering instructions to the teams

working their way into the diffi

cult terrain. Y252 headed up the

south fork of Painted Rock wash

to climb up the steep draw, leav-

ing a crewmember, Cathy Livoni,

in charge

of

the vehicle. By 1015

AM he had climbed to the highest

point

he could reach safely, but

still could not see the target,

which was separated from

him

by

the canyon wall to his northwest.

The second team took two DF

bearings on the road into the site

which by triangulation confirmed

the target on the Northeast face of

the ridge. Y755 set up a vehicle

communications

base

in

the

neighboring draw

to the North

west, where they could maintain

good communications using the

Kingman AZ) repeater.

Y378

climbed up the west fork of the

draw to a

point

where, as

the

cloud cover lifted shortly after

1100, he spied the target through

field glasses. It was in a location

which was inaccessible to either

ground team.

Meanwhile , San Bernardino

County Sheriffs Office helicopter

40K8 departed its base in Rialto,

traveling more

than

an

hour

through

the Banning

Pass

and

Twentynine Palms areas to the

site . Using the information radi

oed by CF415 and Y378 they

were

vectored

by Y551 to the

northeast

face

of

the mountain.

By 1113 the helicopter located the

crash site. The pilot performed a

sing le-skid landing to enable his

flight engineer

to determine

if

there

were

any survivors and to

confirm the

tail number

of the

missing aircraft. There were two

fatalities . They were unable to si

lence the ELT

in

the airplanes tail

because the empennage was

hanging out in space on the side

of the mountain.

Units of Arizona Wing stood

by the night before and in the

morning, and were ready to help

out with ground and flight crews

should they have been

needed.

Continued on next page .


15/56

Desert Mountain

Find

Continued

. .

Also, the communications facili

ties maintained by AZWG (King

man and Havasu repeaters) were

invaluable in maintaining contact

with our teams in the field. With

out the CAWG remote

base

on

Onyx Peak, this would have been

a much more difficult mission to

coordinate.

Senior Mission Controller,

t

Col

Joe Orchard ,

has

recom

mended Distress Finds for the fol

lowing:

Aircrew - Maj Simon

Housman

Maj

Daniel Graham

,

1st

Lt

John Craig. Ground Team

Members -

Lt

Col Pat Robinson,

Maj

Bob Miller Capt Cathy

Livoni ,

Capt

John Binder,

Capt

Bob Burle, 1st t Larry Riddle,

2dLt Richard Whaley, C TSgt

J

ames Esqueda and IAmn

Joshua

Roelhling. According to

SMC

Orchard, This was a text

book case of all hands working as

a team to accomplish our goal.

A

post-mission debrief at

Palm Springs Squadron 's next

meeting brought out the easel and

pad for discussions and critiques

around:

Crew resource, management

in

the cockpit and

overall

communications from within

the airplane to base (or relay)

to ground teams to helicopter.

Meteorology conditions;

scud-running was the appar

ent undoing of the victims and

the search crews experienced

the same bad weather.

CAP Members

Save Pilot s Life

Lt

Col Donna Star

On June 2, 2001, two CAP members were credited with saving the

life of a pilot who was severely injured when his Piper 28-180 clipped a

tree east

of

Mather Field after

hi

s engine

lo

st power on a flight from

Cameron Airpark to Lodi .

The pilot,

an

emergency room doctor, departed Cameron about 7:40

A.M. planning to meet friends for skydiving at Lodi. When he did not

arrive

hi

s friends alerted authorities four hours later. The plane's emer

gency locator transmitter (ELT) did not activate.

1st t Ellis Udwin, CAP, the search's incident commander, directed

San Jose Squadron 80 members Maj Chuck Frank and Capt John Lewis

who were starting a training flight to begin instead an electronic search

in

the search area. An hour later, after the FAA's Oakland Center facility

finished processing radar data to find a last known position, the aircrew

was radioed that position. Capt Lewis spotted the target

4

mile from

the last known radar position. The aircrew directed a California High-

way Patrol (CHP) helicopter from

Mountain search techniques ; flying the mountain contour at differ

ent altitudes and other considerations.

Fresno to the Piper. The CHP air

crew arrived in

30

minutes and

needed twenty minutes to extract

the pilot from the plane, stabilize

his very serious injuries, and fly

him to the University of Califor

nia/Davis Medical Center

in

Sac-

Transmitting lat/long coordinates with degrees - against CAP policy

because

it alerts the general public to the location

of

an active

search/crash site.

The debriefing produced ideas for future SAREXs based on the

mi s-

sion. It also reinforced the importance of launching quickly and finding

the target without delay because there might be survivors out there.

ramento.

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C P Members

Save Pilot s Life

Continued .

. .

Three CAP ground teams

with a total of ten members also

participated

in

the

search

.

The

Cameron Airpark pilots' commu

nity has officially commended the

Civil Air Patrol for saving the life

of

a fellow pilot.

While enroute back to San

Jose ' s Reid-Hillview Airport, the

Squadron 80

CAP

aircrew as

sisted in locating an ELT signal

by providing a

bearing

to

that

search s incident

commander

,

Capt Brent

Chapman. The signal

was located at

Moffett Federal

Airfield in a parked California Air

National Guard HH-60 by 1st Lt

Nigel Ellis and 2d Lt James An

thony

of

Squadron 44 at Concord,

and Capt Frank Duarte of Squad

ron 80.

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Col Stephen Buss, Safety Officer, Los Angeles Group One

I was driving on the flight line

the other day when a pickup truck

passed

me

like

I

was

parked

(I

nearly broke

my

neck when I

started to get out to see

if

I had

stopped ). He was following the

solid yellow taxi line, so I guess

he thought he was an airplane.

(Note: Even

airplanes are sup

posed to taxi slowly.) Anyhow, it

got me to thinking about safety on

the flight line.

The

ground at any airport is

covered

with various markings:

taxi lines, hold short lines, park

ing spaces , taxiway borders; the

list goes on. We all know that the

FAA has

been

running

a

cam

paign to reduce

the

number

of

runway incursions, but runway in

cursions by airplanes are not the

only problem on the airport. Au

tomobiles

also

occasionally

ap

pear on active taxiways and active

runways. They do not belong

there

Now, I

know that most

I

hope) pilots know the meanings

of the various markings around

the airport, but there are quite a

few non-pilots , as well as a few

thoughtless pilots , who drive

around the ramp.

Some

of these

people do not know what the paint

markings around them mean, For

example, the solid yellow stripe

indicates the center

of

a taxiway,

but what about the double dashed

line that parallels it

20 OR 25 feet

to either side. That is the taxiway

border. Automobiles (and pedes

trians) belong on the side of the

dashed lines away from the

centerline. That reduces the likeli

hood

of

aircraft and automobile

trying to occupy the same point in

space at the same time, a highly

undesirable event

A

double solid line paired

with

a

double dashed line

is a

hold short line. It ' s

OK

to cross

the line from the dashed side, but

permission from the tower is re

quired

to cross it from the solid

side. f you don t have radio com

munications , wait for a green light

from the tower.

If you re at

a

non-towered airport,

then

you

must exercise extreme caution be

fore crossing. Make sure there is

no potential for conflict with de

parting

,

landing

,

or

taxiing

air

craft.

Speed on the

flight

line

is

what got

me

started on this topic,

so I guess I should say something

about that, too. The only place for

high speed on an airport is the ac

tive runway . . . period. In con

fined

or

congested areas aircraft

should not taxi faster than a per

son can walk. At no time (except,

perhaps

, when

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into a

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the

aircraft

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Even

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Wings Fly Again -

For First Time in

Over

50 Years

Article by

t

Col Charles Wiest

C P

(714) 379-8528

or

[email protected]

Cadet Basic Erich Meisenhelder recently com

pleted his very first Civil Air Patrol orientation

flight, with Captain Ken Johnson at the controls.

This was not in itself unusual; 20 other cadets also

flew orientation flights that day at Whiteman Air

port.

But

stowed safely in his pocket, Cadet

Meisenhelder carried two sets of Army Air Force

wings belonging to two great uncles. For him, this

was a very special flight.

I

came across a footlocker full of WWII deco

rations from my grandfather and his brothers, WWI

items from my great grandfather, and Philippine In

surrection items belonging to my great-great grand

father, explained Cadet Meisenhelder. As I looked

through the medals and citations, these two sets of

wings caught my eye. The wings beckoned my heart

to take them skyward again; how could I deny

them?

The

pilot wings belonged to 2d

Lt John

Meisenhelder, USAAF, the second of five brothers.

Lieutenant Meisenhelder flew for the 13th Bomber

Command. His plane and crew were reported miss

ing on 24 November 1944 in the South Pacific The

ater.

Captain David Meisenhelder, the oldest of the

five brothers, was a doctor and surgeon who volun

teered for USAAF service when WWII broke out.

He was reported killed in action on

6

April 1943

in

the Pacific Theater.

Almost every family in America has some link

to military service to our country, continued Cadet

Meisenhelder. We must never forget the sacrifices

that our families have made in peace or war.

Meisenhelder recently joined Los Angeles Ca

det Squadron 138. Captain Johnson is commander

of

Skyhawk Senior

Squadron 128, and flew the

squadron's Cessna 182, based at Van Nuys Airport.

Returning from his first cadet orientation flight, CIB

Erich Meisenhelder proudly displays two sets

of

wings

that belonged to his two

great

uncles. Captain Ken

Johnson looks on from the pilot s seat.

(Photo by Lt Col Charles Wiest, CAP)

Goodbye

Dear CAP Friends

After

5

years of CAP service

in

California I am

moving to Florida. You all are truly the most out

standing group of people I have ever met. Thank

you for your encouragement and friendship. I will

miss ya' all.

Most Sincerely

Lt Col Patricia Faunt

Cadets Win Scholarships

Cadet Capt Tammy Stuart was selected as the

California state-level winner and recognized as one

of nine National-level scholarship winners for the

American Association of School

Administrator's

Discover Card Tribute Award. This was an ex

tremely competitive scholarship for

the

nine

National-level awards of $25k each.

Wing Commander, Col Larry

Myrick

an-

nounced the following CAWG Cadets have won

CAP

National HQ Scholarships: Yancy Stoeber,

$750.00; Christopher Wessinger, $500.00; Barnaby

Dillon, $500.00; Cody Upton , $750.00; and Tia

Flowers, $1000.00. Congratulations to these out

standing CAWG Cadets.

Continued .

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50 Complete First

Aid

CPR Training

U Col Charles Wiest

CAP

Check ... call .. . care

.

This

mantra was

repeated

again and

again as fifty members of Califor

nia Wing completed a First Aid

and CPR course, hosted by Los

Angeles County Group 1 at Cali

fornia Wing Headquarters in Van

Nuys. The turnout for the course

was so great that the students had

to be divided into two separate

sessions, held on the weekends

of

24-25 February and 17-18 March.

My

compliments and con

gratulations to all of those that

have successfully completed this

in-depth training program, said

lead

instructor Captain Carol

Denise Edwards. It was not just a

simple First Aid and CPR class ,

but a course to prepare our mem

bers to be able to

perform

our

mission in emergency services

and be better

prepared

to serve

our community in the event

of an

accident or disaster.

Assisting Captain Edwards,

California Wing' s Director of

Professional Development, were

instructors 1st Lt Alex Kay, ClLt

Col Heather Cook, and Patricia

Strucke.

Emphasis throughout the

course was on Check ... call ...

care , the Red Cross emergency

action steps. The students covered

choking and

other

breathing

emergencies, cardiac emergen

cies, and basic first aid such as

profuse bleeding

and broken

limbs.

Each participant had an op

portunity to practice

rescue

breathing and CPR on a manne

quin, as well as respond to several

first aid situations such as control

ling bleeding and applying splints

to injured limb

s.

Completing the course were

t Col Charles Wiest, Majors Phil

Laisure

and

Gamile Mherian;

Captains Becky Gockel , Don

Gockel , Keimach, W. C. Lock

wood , L.W. McCauley and Sa

vannah Joyce Miles; First Lieu

tenants John Craig, Rick Koontz,

and

Carole

Vallerand ;

Second

Lieutenant

s

Brigitte Boelanos,

Bryon Brammer, John

Fischer

and David Sockett; Cadet Cap-

Left to right: Lt Col. Ken Hartwell 2Lt. Gordon Hatch 2Lt. Hector Carranza

Lt

. Christian Marroquin 2LT Nrin Liao

LT

Scott Marikian Col. Virginia

Nelson.

tains

Mary

Vallerand and Matt

Vallerand; Cadet Second Lieuten

ants Philip Buckles and Robert

Hernandez; CICMSgt Tyler Sto

ver; CISMSgt Guy Coulumbe and

Justin McKelvey; C MSgt Jose

Medina, Timothy Saranita, Gavin

Scheibe and Caleb DiPaola; CI

TSgt Stephen Hooker

and

Stephanie

Mherian

; CISSgt

Stephen Garcia and Christian

Pezalla;

C/SrA

Scott Adair, Jeff

Buentgen, Chanette

Ruiz and

Steffen Schilling;

CIAIC

Mike

Kerner

; CIAmn

Zachary

Hale ,

David Hawkins, Drew Marsaw,

Susan Penicks, Richard Siverson,

Robert Wodson ; and CIAB

Priscilla Celaya, Cybill Hill, Evan

Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Michael

Stephen,

Harry

Tabata

and

Antoinette Ventura.

Officers and cadets from

13

units throughout Southern Cali

fornia were represented: Palm

Springs Composite Squadron 11,

Antelope Valley Cadet Squadron

15, Chino

Cadet

Squadron 20,

San Fernando

Senior

Squadron

35, Clover Field Composite

Squadron 51 , Burbank

Angels

Cadet Squadron

63 ,

Edward

s

AFB Composite Squadron 84 ,

Beach Cities Cadet Squadron

107 , San Fernando Flight 137,

Los Angeles Cadet Squadron 138,

Valley Senior Squadron 195 , Simi

Valley Challenger Squadron 1986

and Group 1 Headquarter

s.

Five Cadets from

Composite Brackett

Squadron

Receive the

Billy Mitchell Award

The Annual Awards Banquet

of Composite Squadron 64 -

Brackett Field - was honored on

June 9, 2001 to have Lt Col Vir

ginia

Nelson ,

California

Wing

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Vice

Commander

,

Maj

Dave

Widrig, and Group 1 Commander,

Lt Col Evan Zangenberg as our

special guests. The

highlight

of

the evening was the presentation

and promotions of five cadets to

2d

Lt who achieved the Billy

Mitchell Award at the same time.

The Billy Mitchell Award was

presented to: C MSgt Hector

Carranza; C MSgt

Christian

Marroquin;

CIMSgt

Nrin Liao; I

MSgt Scott Marikian

;

and

CIMSgt Gordon Hatch. These ca

dets also received their promotion

to 2d Lt. Parents and friends were

on hand to applaud these young

men for a

job

well done. On July

10, these five cadets will be pre

sented

a special commendation

scroll by Mr. Mike Antonovich ,

Los Angeles County Board of Su

pervisors meeting,

Lt Col Virginia Nelson pre

sented Lt Col Ken Hartwell a spe

cial commendation for

hi

s 5 years

of service to

Compo

site Brackett

Squadron as Squadron Com

mander. Lt Col Hartwell began as

a cadet 35 years ago and was in

strumental in navigating Squad

ron 64 through

tough

times. He

also se rved as

Squadron Com

mander

from

1974

to 1979.

Be

ginning in July Lt

Col

Hartwell

will

also

be serving

as

Group

1

Cadet Programs Officer.

Today cadet enrollment is

over

40

with senior members fo l-

lowing close behind. Lt Col Jerry

Prickett, Seniors

Deputy

Com

mander, was promoted to Squad

ron Commander and will lead the

Squadron through the next phase

of growth, the

development

and

Ret.

ir

Force Col Robert Jenkins left) presenting

Cadet Capt Paul Warren with the Amelia Earhart Award.

melia

Earhart ward

Retired Air Force Colonel Robert Jenkins presented

Cadet

Captain

Paul Warren with the Amelia Earhart Award

on

8

December 2000.

The Amelia Earhart Award is awarded to cadets who successfully

complete and pass testing requirements. The chosen cadet must also be

exemplary within the squadron, holding high esteem within the pro

gram.

Cadet Warren enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and began basic training

on 5 Feb 2001.

Squadron 120 was honored to have Col Jenkins as a guest speaker

and presenter. Col Jenkins recounted stories

of

his pilot bomber days

during the Viet Nam War, flying F-105 suicide missions and being part

of

the Wild Weasels.

recruiting of capable flight teams.

The goal: a CAP aircraft based at

Brackett Field.

Other honorees this year

in

c

lud

ed:

Capt Dick Holmstrom

,

Commander s Award;

Major

Lou

Kovac s, Senior Officer of

the

Year;

Capt George Jacobs

, M is

sion Pilot of the Year; Capt Scott

Borer

,

Aerospace Ed

ucation Of

fice of the Year and Senior Over

ride

Pilot

of

the

Year;

Chaplain

(Capt) Mike McKinney, Chaplain

of

the Year; Major Lou Kovas, In

structor Pilot

of

the Year; and SM

Adelle McKinney, Public Affairs

Officer

of

the Year.

Special awards were

pre

sented to the Cadet Squadron. Ca

det

of

the Year, Scott Panzer; Staff

Excellence

Award

, Mark

Sig-

naigo ;

Esprit

d '

Corp

Award to

Aaron Israel.

Red Service Ribbon s were

presented to: 2d Lt Chris Brooks,

1st Lt Connie Hetrick for two

years;

Capt

George Jacobs ,

Capt

Robert

Grant

, and 1

st

Lt Ja so n

Hinton for five years.

Senior Member promotions

included: SM

Adelle

McKinney

to 2d

Lt

Capt Lou Kovacs to Ma

jo r

;

1st

Lt

Dick Holmstrom

to

Capt; 1st Lt Scott

Borer

to Capt;

SM Bob Bardin to 2d

Lt

2d Lt

Chris

Brooks

to

1s t

Lt 2d

Lt

Brian Siegmann to 1st Lt.

Cadet Member

promotion

s

included: Mark Signaigo to

C TSgt

;

Richard Felipe to

C/SSgt;

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C/SSgt

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just after noon, a rumble begins

to

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the white star

of

the USA on the

side.

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years later,

12

May 2001 and the

la st officia l

gathering of

the

Doolittle Raiders.

The

planes

streaking overhead

are

B-25B

Mitchell bombers that have gath-

ered at Fresno Yo semite Interna-

tional Airport t commemorate

the brave men that flew the

mi

s-

sion that

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unned the Invincible

Mother Land

of

Japan.

The

day

began as early as

0500

, as members of

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sno

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of

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Composite

Squadron

112, Alta-

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Tehachapi Compos

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ite

Squadron 121 , and Merced Com-

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provide parking for the more th an

10,000 people that came to view

the vint

age warp

lan

es

,

provide

flight line sec urity, first aid, and

crowd control for the event.

During their breaks and after

the parking details were secured,

member

s

were

ab le to

roam

aro

und

the

aircraft and to

visit

with

12 of

the remaining

21

survi-

vors that attended the gathering.

They were able to talk to retired

Air Force Col. Henry Potter, who

was Doolittle

s

navigator, and to

Robert Hite , the co-pi lot

of

the

16th bomber th at flew off the

deck

of

the Hornet.

The highlight of the event for

many was

when Mr. Kermit

Weeks, owner of Fantasy of

Flight and the Apache Princess

opened his aircraft to the Cadets.

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of the Apache Princes

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able to experience for a brief pe-

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of

time, the life

of

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Each Cadet came away from

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ence with

a deeper

sense of the hardships and sacri-

fices that were endured by the air-

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pride

was felt by each

as

they

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one last look at the machine that

allowed them the freedom to be

able

to make

the deci

sion s

and

choices that they make today.

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it all worth the 0500 wakeup call

on a Saturday. I will remember it

for the rest of my life .

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Cadet Panzer

Selected

for

Air

Force Academy

Prep School

By Lt Col Ken Hartwell

Brackett CompoSquadron 64

California Wing

Members of Brackett Com-

posite Squadron

64,

California

Wing, received word recently that

CISgt Scott Panzer has been se

lected to attend the United States

Air Force Academy Prep School

for the term beginning in June

of

this year. Cadet Panzer, who lives

in nearby Diamond Bar, has been

a member of the unit since May of

last

year

and

become

s the 28th

member

of

the Squadron to be se

lected for one of the nation 's ser

vice academies in its 36 year his

tory.

After completing

hi s prep

school year, he is expected to en

ter the Academy

in

the summer of

2002.

He will

join

AFA Cadet

DonCo

ta Seawell, who is cur-

rently attending the Academy, and

who was a Cadet

in

the Squadron

a well. Cadet Seawell will be a

Senior next year and is currently

serving as one of the Academy

's

basic fli ght instructors.

. . Continued

Walt Allen

Addressed Composite

Squadron 6

On February 25th, Squadron

64 welcomed Mr. Walt Allen i l l

former Cadet Lt Col in Civil Air

Patrol , now Council Member of

the City of Covina and head Drug

Enforcement Officer for Orange

County.

Mr.

Allen shared with cadet

and se nior members a power

point pre

se

ntation

on

drug

en -

forcement.

Southern

Ca lifornia

produce

s 38 of the metham-

phetamine in the United States.

Each year more and more elemen

tary s

tudent

s are exposed to

drugs. Mr. Allen encouraged the

cadets, If you want to be a suc

cess in life and accomplish great

thing

s,

and see

your goals

and

dreams come to pa ss .. . STAY

AWAY FROM DRUGS .

This 45 minute presentation

held

everyone 's attention.

Col

Ken Hartwell thanked Chaplain

Mike McKinney for inviting Mr .

Allen. Chaplain Howard

Payne

sa id that thi s

pre

se ntation was

equivalent to any moral leader-

ship presentation

.

Squadron

5

Cadet

Change of Command

On 3 Feb 2001 , Antelope Val

ley Squadron

15

hosted a Change

of Command ceremony for outgo

ing

Cadet Commander CICapt

Matt Vallerand. Cadet Capt Val

lerand was replaced by

CISMSgt

Caleb DiPaola.

The ev e

nt ,

co mbined

with

Squadron 15 normal monthly pro

motions and held at a local church

banquet

hall , was

attended by

over 100 cadets,

parent

s and

guests. Guests included were: the

California Wing Commander, Col

Larry Myrick; California Stat

e

Senator William Pete Knight; a

representative from Lo s Angeles

County District Supervisor, Mike

Antonivich's office; the mayor of

Lancaster, CA, Frank Roberts; the

ma yo r of Palmda le ,

CA,

Jim

Ledford ; the local Air Force re

cruiter, Sgt Gabriel Quintana and

Hi ghl and Hi gh

School 's

AFJ

ROTC se nior aerospace sc ience

in s tructor , T S gt Robin Reed ,

U.S.A.F. Ret.

Over fifty opportunity prizes

were donated to the squadron to

help as fund raising items, includ

ing

a limited edition, co llectors

scale model of a BMW Z-8.

The ceremony

began with the

Posting of the Colors, presented

by Squadron

IS

's color Guard led

by

CISMSgt Cal

eb

DiPaola

.

Lunch was served, followed by

severa

l

guest

speakers. Senator

Knight spoke briefly of the need

for volunteers in organizations

such as Civil Air Patrol and of the

service the organization provides.

Col Myrick enlightened the group

on

the

s tatistics of

California

Wing, pointing out the number

of

Cadet and Senior members in the

Wing . Myrick

also

stre

sse

d the

need for involvement and thanked

the cadets and senior members for

all

of

the

hard work

they have

done to benefit the Civil Air Pa

trol.

Capt Don Gockel, Squadron

15 Commander, took the opportu

nity to discuss more detailed in

formation about the

s

quadron

,

pointing out that even though the

sq uadron is only 1.5%

of

all the

Continued . .

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28/56

SQUADRON 15

Continued

Cadet and Composite squadrons in

the wing, it has more tban 3% of

all

the

cadets. Gockel also

dis-

cussed

some

of his plans for the

future

of

the Squadron. At the end,

Gockel also praised all

of

those in

attendance for their support, and

presented Certificates of Appre

ciation to hi s staff and one parent

for their dedication to the squad

ron.

Prior

to

promotion

s, the

Armed Drill Team, lead by C12Lt

Michael

Eakman ,

performed

a

routine that was specially put to

gether for this event. Each

of

the

participating cadets

- C12Lt

Michael Eakman,

C 2Lt

Thomas

Gockel , CICapt Matt Vallerand,

and C/2Lt Alan Gault - performed

a solo

routine at

the end , and

C/MSgt

Anthony Trujillo was on

the team as an alternate.

California Wing Commander,

Col Myrick was on hand to present

awards to the following members:

Cl2Lt Ryan

Porchia - Mitchell, I

2Lt Charles Crimes - Mitchell, I

2Lt

Anthony Trujillo - Mitchell,

CICapt Matt Vallerand - Earhart,

Capt Becky Gockel - Grover

Loening.

Promotion

s

were

awarded to

the following cadets:

I

AB Cybil

Hill

CIA

Niall Bavaro ,

C AIC

Mike Kerner,

C/SrA

Jason Coyle,

CITSgt Jesse Diaz, CIMSgt Ryan

Porchia, CIMSgt Anthony Trujillo.

Outstanding attendance awards (a

tie - each missed only one meeting

for the year) went to:

CICapt

Matt

Vallerand, C 2Lt Anthony Trujillo,

C12Lt

Thomas Gockel. The

fol

lowing cadets received ribbons: I

Capt Matt Vallerand - Find, C12Lt

Anthony Trujillo -

Red

Service,

C/2Lt Alan Gault - Red Service. A

Certificate

of

Proficiency Award

was presented to 1

Lt Carol

Vallerand.

26

Left t right: Capt Paul Cleveland,

Lt

Col Joseph Orchard,

Lt

Kathy Sawyer,

Lt Finbarr Cullen.

Group

Civil

ir Patrol

nnual

wards

Dinner

Inland Empire Group 3, Civil

Air Patrol, held

an

annual awards

dinner on 16 June in Hemet, CA.

The dinner honored members of

the variou s squadrons within

Group 3 for their outstanding ser

vice during the preceding year.

There

are ten Squadrons within

Group 3 vying for the awards.

Big

Bear

Valley Composite

Squadron 6750

is

proud

to an

nounce that four members

of

this

squadron received awards.

Lieutenant Kathy Sawyer re

ceived the Public Affairs Officer

of

the Year Award for her out-

standing media reporting and

community networking. She

is

well known and highly respected

in

the Big Bear Valley for her do

nations of time to

community

service. As Public Affairs Officer

for Squadron 6750, she has sig

nificantly heightened media ex

posure

, and is

directly

res

pon-

sible for

increased

squadron

membership and participation in

local community activities.

Lieutenant Finbarr Cullen

was the recipient of the Aero-

space

Education

Officer

of

the

Year Award for hi s contribution

Photo

y

Major Bill Hartmann)

to the Squadron Aerospace Edu

cation Program. In this capacity,

he has been actively involved in

teaching Aerospace Education

weekly to the cadets and monthly

to senior members of the squad

ron. He possesses and shares a

vast knowledge of aircraft details

on all aircraft from

WWII

up to

the present, and provides ongoing

rocketry training for the cadets.

Captain Paul Cleveland was

recognized

for

his outstanding

service as a California Wing

Alerting

Officer.

During

his as

signed tour

of

duty, Capt Cleve

land is responsible for processing

all incoming emergency call s for

search and rescue and then assur

ing the assignment of a Mission

Coordinator to activate the search

within that area of the state. Each

tour of duty lasts two weeks, and

requires the Alerting Officer to be

available 24 hours a day.

Lieutenant

Colonel Joseph

Orchard received the

Mo

st Valu

able Member award for his con

sistent outstanding service within

Group

3

Lt Col Orchard regularly

participates in

CA

Wing, Group,

and Squadron activities. He is ac

tively involved in Mountain Mu

tual Aid Association activities

in

Continued


29/56

Continued

GROUP AWARDS

DINNER

Continued

Big B

ear

Valley

off

ering the Civil

Air

Pa

trol re

s

ources

to

ass

is t

those in need. As a senior Mission

Coordinator, Lt Col Orchard is re-

spon sible for all the major search

missions within Group 3.

Civ

il

Air Patrol

provide

s its

volunteer service so others may

live.

Lt Col Charles Bussy one

of

the

original Tuskegee Airmen.

Flight is the

Topic

t Squadron s Holiday Social

A happy holiday

ga

thering by

Ci vil

Air

Pa

trol Squ

adron

59

members and guests was held at

the Peking Res taurant in

Hemet

on Sunday

afternoon

, Nov . 12.

The dining room was filed to ca-

pac ity with people

who enjoyed

one another's company. Naturally

the topic of conversation was cen-

tered around air flight, as both ac-

ti

ve and retired, but still ac

ti

ve, pi-

lots spoke of their career experi-

ences.

Major Ovey

Hebert

, who is

the

commander for

Compo

s

ite

Squadron 59

,

headquarter

s

lo

cated

at

Hemet

Ry

an Airport,

welcomed

guests and

explained

the Squadron s purpose by say-

ing , We are the auxiliary of the

United States Air Force; we have

three missions missions: 1) emer-

ge

ncy services, 2) aerospace edu-

cation, and 3) a cadet program.

He

then

welcomed

everyone

to the Squadron Social.

Major

Hebert

ac knowledged

special guests and introduced dis-

tinguished guests, which included

Anita Cal Jackson, M.D. , who re-

cently

took off to pa

rticipate

in

the third annual Medical and Sur-

gical Miss ion in

Danao

, Ceka in

the Phiiipinos, whose roots are in

the town

of

Dan go,

saw

and

treated about 2,000 indigent pa-

tients at the Danao General Ho s-

pital.

He

then

introduced honored

guest , Two-Star M a

jor

General

Marvin Levy, United States Army

Re se

r ves,

who

h

ea

ds Military

Honors, Depar tm ent

of

Califor-

ni a. He also represe nts

11

Wes t-

ern States Military Honors (Veter-

ans serv ices) .

Major Hebert then welcomed

and introduced retired pilot, Lt

Col

Charle

s

Bu

ssy,

one

of

the

original

Tu

skegee Airmen, He

also

announced

the

pr

es ence of

Major Timoth y (

Tim

) Parks, a

United Airlines Pilot, who acts as

liaison betw

ee

n the Air Force and

Civil

ir

Patrol.

. Major Hebert introduced hi s

close friend George E. Britten

ham

Jr. , a well-known vocalist

both here and in the Netherlands.

Brittenham then treated guests by

singing a numbe

r.

Hebert then spoke directly to

all members

of

Squadron 59 as he

said, Always be alert, both in the

air and on the ground , be aware

of

people around you , as you never

know

when the las t pe rs

on

yo u

looked at may

be

the per son you

save or rescue nex

t.

Before

the nine-course Chi

nese dinner was served, prepared

Peking Duck was brought in on

platters for the guests to see be-

fore the ca rving began. Dr. Lily

Shen then introduced

the

menu

with an explanation of

eac

h dish

and its part

in

the dinner.

The gues ts then sa mpled the

following Chinese delicacies; ap-

peti zers,

a

co mbin

a

tion

of egg

roll , fried wonton , and chicken;

chrysanthemum

a

nd

bl ack pe ar

(egg

flow

er and seawee

d)

so up

,

P

ek

in g Du

ck,

duck me a t

with

vegeta

bl e;

sweet and

sour fish ,

Gen

era

l T

so s

Chicken, fried rice

noodles wi th

beef

, s

hrimp

with

toma

california wing - aug 2001

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