By: Maj Kimberley Morton, CAP Commander, NC Wing Group 3 As a CAP member we support many different missions. An email request for assistance went out to all CAP members nationwide on September 1, 2021, to help FEMA with crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is a method for gathering open-source ideas, content,...
By: Capt Liz Dunster, CAP North Carolina Wing Public Affairs Officer North Carolina Wing held its’ first Education and Training Summit on 23 October 2021, at NC Wing Headquarters in Burlington, NC. The summit was organized by NC Wing Education and Training team Lt Col Kathy Nicholas, Lt Col Valerie...
On 19 October 2021 at 2223Z, the AFRCC requested that the NC Wing conduct a search for a missing 50 year old male in Anson County, North Carolina. The Wing responded with Maj Scott Stevens assuming Incident Command. Three aircrew members responded, the aircrew departing at 1302Z on 20 October. Subject’s...
By: Maj David Hartman, CAP SAREX Public Affairs Officer Civil Air Patrol (CAP) NC Wing Group 1 hosted a Search and Rescue exercise featuring CAP’s first use of drones in Western NC on September 4, 2021. The small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) was integrated with a Cessna 172 manned...
By: 1st Lt Philip Nazzaro, CAP North Carolina Wing CAC Senior Advisor On August 21, 2021, the NCWG Cadet Advisory Council (CAC) met in-person, during a hybrid meeting, for the first time since February 2020. The CAC meeting was held in conjunction with the Commanders’ Call at Wing HQ, in...
By: C/Amn Jada Stewart, CAP Tar River Composite Squadron On 21 August 2021, Tar River Composite Squadron had a cookout, watched Civil Air Patrol’s High Altitude Balloon Challenge launch, and Cadet Orientation Rides. There were many cadets, senior members, and prospective cadets there. I feel that this activity made all...
By: Capt Beau Bentley, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer 97 cadets and 14 Senior members from across the North Carolina Wing came to the Aviation Institute of Maintenance Charlotte campus to participate in the STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ) Workshop on Saturday July 10, 2021. The...
By SM Annastasia Myers-Kiker, CAP Randolph Composite Squadron Public Affairs Officer 05/08/2021- Asheboro, NC - “What does this clock even do?” a younger senior member asked Major Robert McGlohon. With a spark in his eye, he began to describe how Randolph Composite Squadron began making these portable clocks in the 1960s....
By: 2d Lt Barbie Emaus, CAP Character Development Instructor Hickory Composite Squadron For most teens who turn 16 in North Carolina, getting a driver's license is a long-awaited rite of passage. Not for Cadet Rylee Emaus. She had a more lofty goal in mind. “Who wants to drive a car when...
By: Maj David Hartman, CAP Assistant Public Affairs Officer, Asheville Composite Squadron The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Asheville Composite Squadron hosted a training event on Saturday, May 22, to train pilots from across North Carolina to perform search and rescue flights in mountainous areas. Pilots trained to perform Search and Rescue and...
