Arizona Wing - Nov 2004

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Volume 2, Issue 7

WINGTIPS

ARIZONA WING CI VIL AIR PATROL

COMMANDERS CORNER

Arizona Wing Commander

John J. Varljen, Col.,CAP

COMMANDERS CORNER

2004 was a banner year for the

Arizona Wing. We had an excellent moni-tored SAREX last spring, a great perform-ance by our cadet drill team at the Regionand National Cadet Competitions this sum-mer and we survived the recent SAV con-ducted by our CAP-USAF friends from theSouthwest Liaison Region. We also char-tered 3 new units during the year and hope tocharter 2 more in the coming year. A jobwell done for all.

2005 will be a challenge for every-one. The Compliance Inspection from Na-tional Headquarters is scheduled for Febru-

ary 11-14 and the Wing Staff is workingdiligently to insure all of the wing files areready. A successful CI requires input andsupport of the entire wing. Lets show thenation how good a wing can be when every-one pulls together.

The holiday season is upon us and,unfortunately, one of the most dangeroustimes of the year. Lets have a safe holiday.

DRIVE AND FLY SAFELY

VICE COMMANDER AT-

TENDED NEW MEXICO WING

CONFERENCE

:Lt. Col. Jerry Godwin and his wife Elainerepresented the Arizona Wing at the NewMexico Wing Conference on Oct. 22through the 24th in Albuquerque.

They had the pleasure of meeting MajorGeneral Dwight Wheless, National Com-mander, and Brigadier General Annette So-bel.

Brigadier General Sobel is the Deputy Secre-tary for Emergency Services, Department ofPublic Safety for the state of New Mexico.

SIERRA VISTA SQUADRON 107

WELCOMES NEW

COMMANDER

SM Glen Presho, a former cadet officer inthe 1980s , and also the Cadet Commanderof the Rock Springs Composite Squadron inWyoming. He attended Parachute JumperOrientation Course and is currently a Com-puter Scientist at Ft. Huachuca ElectronicProving Grounds. Presho has spent manyhours contacting and getting the CAP pilotsback on board. With the assistance of 1Lt.Doug Henderson as Deputy Commander, the31X is now on the ramp in Sierra Vista andalready has pilots on a waiting list to fly,

including Cadet Orientation Flights.

1Lt. Terry Brady stepped down as Com-mander to focus on building the Cadet pro-gram as Deputy Commander for the Cadetsin 107. 1Lt Brady did a fantastic job of in-suring the survival of the Squadron. Withthe help of Lt. Col. Don Eckhardt, they re-structured the squadron to accommodate theinflux of pilots and the return of the 31X.Congratulations to Sierra Vista.

Inside this issue

Col. John Varljen

Commanders Corner 1

New Squadron for the Wing 2

Aerospace Education 3

Safety 3

Former Cadet now SM 4-5

Cadet News 6-7

Cadet News continued 8-9

Searching for Hunters 10

Medical Information 11

Falcon Field Traffic

Tower Controller Speaks

to Squadron 305 11

Cadet Competition

Results 12

Newsletter Editor

Lt. Col. Patricia Brower

[email protected]

(520) 385-2182

NovemberDecember 2004


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AZ WING CIVIL AIR PA-

TROL CHARTERS NEW

SQUADRON by Captain AllanPearlstein

On 23 November 2004, the Arizona

Wing Civil Air Patrol inaugurated

Squadron AZ 802 as the newest

squadron in the Wing. Squadron AZ

802 which meets at the School of

Technology Leadership Academy

(TLA) in Gilbert, AZ as an after-

school program on Wednesday after-

noon from 1400 to 1700 hours, will

be in Group 3, which is commanded

by Major Ron Fett. The squadron is

comprised of 35 cadets and three

senior members. TLA is the only

high school in Arizona, and one of

two public high schools in the entire

country in which every student is amember of the United States Air

Force Junior ROTC, for the entire

four years of study.

TLA's Headmaster is Dr. Lowell "Ed"

Fox, USAF Lt. Colonel

(Retired). According to Dr. Fox, the

school has a very rigorous program

which emphasizes math, science,

and technology, with the goal of

teaching students integrity, responsi-

bility, and leadership, in prepara-

tion for careers in the aerospace in-

dustry and entry into the military ser-

vice. By incorporating the CAP cadet

program into the TLA curriculum, theTLA students/CAP cadets are able to

receive five orientation flights in a

CAP aircraft, obtain a glider license,

and go on hot air balloon flights. In

addition, the students have the op-

portunity to learn topics in aerospace

education studies such as the history

of flight, rocketry, NASA missions,

technology, and military academy

preparation. Furthermore, the CAP

cadets have the opportunity to com-

pete for a variety of scholar-

ships. Perhaps the most important

part of the CAP training program ac-

cording to Colonel John Varljen, the

AZ Wing Commander, is that CAP

teaches cadets about the dangers of

using drugs and alcohol.

Color Guard : Cadets Calkins,

McPherson, Schmiet, and Hannigan.

Squadron AZ 802 is commanded

my Senior Member Paul Swietek

(USAF Technical Sergeant, Re-

tired). SM Swietek, is an Aerospace

Science Instructor at TLA, where he

teaches students leadership and drill

ceremony. As the squadron com-

mander, SM Swietek's goal is to see

that graduating students have a solid

foundation in math and science, so

that the students may pursue careers

in the high tech and aerospace in-

dustries.

The cadet commander of AZ 802 is

Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Karissa

Triplett. (center). Cadet Triplett has

been in CAP for a little over

two years. During her time in CAP,

she earned the following accolades:

the Exceptional Volunteer Award, as

well as a Community Service Ribbon,

in which she served 500 hours ofvolunteer time with the American Red

Cross. In addition to being the Cadet

Commander of AZ 802, Cadet

Triplett is the cadet assistant to the

Drug Demand Reduction Administra-

tor in the AZ Wing. Her goal as the

cadet commander is to help other

cadets achieve the same goals she

achieved in CAP, have them partici-

pate in model rocketry, and to attend

at least one encampment.

For those junior high school and

middle school students who wish toobtain more information about TLA

and CAP, please contact Dr.

Fox, email: [email protected],

or Technical Sergeant Paul Swietek,

email [email protected], or by

phone at (480) 497-4024. Also visit

the AZ Wing CAP website at http://

azwg.cap.gov, or contact 1Lt. Rick

Triplett at (623) 202-1817.

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Arizona Wing AE participates

in Fly-In with setting up the AE

exhibit. By Lt. Col. Pete Feltz

As in past years the Arizona Wing Aero-

space Exhibit was a prominent contribu-tor to the CAF Veterans Day Fly-in. We

extend our thanks to CAP members from

Squadrons 305 and 308 who helped in

setting up and taking down the exhibit. It

is a real big job especially at shows like

this one where the whole exhibit is dis-

played. Saturday was a good day with

many visitors especially a large number

of veterans who really like our display

because it takes them back to when they

were in the services with all the historical

military items in the display. The second

day, Sunday, was rainy and windy with

low attendance at the show. This day was

also marked with a somber incident re-

sulting in a fatality involving an airplane

crash. I was impressed with the speed the

fire department responded resulting in the

survival of the passenger.

Shown in the photo from left to right:

Bill Turner, Pete Feltz, John Eggen and

Fred "Fritz" Seifritz.

Accolades go to our AE leaders who do

so much to promote the Aerospace Edu-

cation of our cadets, and give so much

time and energy to set up such exquisite

exhibits. And that is a lot of dedicated

work.

Lt. Col. Feltz provided the photos of the

Cadets as they enjoyed testing out the

exhibits, especially the simulator.

Cadet Sara Hinkley, Sqn 308 getting

ready to fly the simulator.

Cadet Andi Isaak, Sqn. 308, seems very

intent on doing a good job.

Cadet Cutshall of Sqn. 305 giving it his

shot at flying the simulator.

DEFENSIVE HOLIDAYDRIVING from The December Senti-

nel

A good time to be reminded that more

than 41,000 people lose their lives in mo-

tor vehicle crashes each year and over

two million more suffer disabling inju-

ries, according to the National Safety

council. The triple threat of high speeds,

impaired or careless driving and not using

occupant restraints threatens every driver,

regardless of how careful or how skilled.

Driving defensively means not only

taking responsibility for yourself and

your actions but also keeping an eye on

the other guy. The National Safety

council suggests the following guidelines

to help reduce your risks on the road:

Dont start the engine without secur-

ing each passenger in the car. Use

those seat belts.

Remember that driving too fast or

too slow can increase the likelihood

of collisions.

If you plan to drink, designate a

driver who wont drink.

With a blood alcohol level of 0.10,

the legal limit for drunk drivers in

most states. Drinking and driving

equals a likely accident.

Similar odds face drives on drugs,

including prescription drugs and

even over-the-counter medications.

In short, an impaired driver, even

slightly impaired, is a bad driver.

Be alert and notice other drivers who

might be impaired, and dont contest

the right of way.



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FORMER CADETS DO

BECOME SENIOR MEMBERS

Lieutenant Colonel Art Rogers was 13

years old when he first joined CAP in

February 1964 in the then Scottsdale Ca-

det Squadron 311. His first airplane

flight ever was in March courtesy of CAP

and the USAF in a C-47 flown from Ma-

rana airport. He attended summer en-

campment in June at Walker AFB, New

Mexico (now closed) He remembers the

fun summer flight (sic) from Sky Harbor

to Walker in a C-119 and the return flightin the C-124. Those of you who are aero-

space history buffs should check out these

two aircraft.

Then Cadet Rogers rose through the cadet

squadron positions. He obtained his ama-

teur radio license at age 13 and became

involved in CAP radio operations. For

you radio buffs, most CAP communica-

tions were then on either 148.14 VHF-

AM, 26.62 AM, 4585 HF-AM, or 121.6

aircraft VHF-AM (since replaced with123.1). Those were the days before the

FM radio repeaters we have now. On

several occasions during actual CAP

search missions, Cadet Rogers traveled to

South Mountain where CAP had an old

trailer loaded with huge tube type radios

and a diesel generator. The site was used

to manually relay (what our FM repeaters

do for us now) radio messages down to

the mission headquarters located---guess

where?...yep.., Deer Valley airport (it was

smaller back then).

In 1965 Cadet Rogers moved to Southern

California where he continued as a CAP

cadet through high school. Since he was

also an Air Force brat (a currently un-

acceptable term which then applied to the

kids of USAF members) he had the op-

portunity to fly with the local Air Force

Aero Club. He obtained his private cer-

tificate at age 17 and his commercial,

instrument, and flight instructor certifi-

cates at age 18.

Also at age 18 he transferred CAP mem-

bership from cadet to senior. After sev-

eral years he let his CAP membership

lapse since he was heavily involved with

school and Air Force ROTC. He did con-

tinue flying as a flight instructor through-

out his college years. In 1973 he gradu-

ated with a BS Aerospace Engineering

degree from the University of Arizona.

He was an AFROTC Distinguished

Graduate and received a commission as a

2nd Lieutenant USAF.

Lieutenant Rogers wanted Air Force pilot

training but his less than 20/20 uncor-

rected vision (he wears contact lenses)

prohibited his attending. Instead he ap-

plied for navigator training and was sent

to Mather AFB, California (now closed).

Although he never used it, later on he did

learn celestial navigation, pressure pattern

navigation, CONSOLAN, and other ex-

otic now obsolete navigation methods. In

1974 he returned to Arizona to attend F4

Phantom combat crew training at Luke

AFB.

He trained as a Weapons System Officer

(WSO) sometimes called the guy-in-back

(GIB) or other colorful names. His real

mission was to keep the pilot straight.

Usually he directed the pilot by dangling

a banana over the pilots left shoulder for a

left turn or dangling the banana over the

right shoulder for a right turn. Our cur-

rent CAP observers and scanners might

try that technique to keep our CAP pilots

straight.

In 1975 he transferred to Kunsan AB,

South Korea to join the Juvat Wolfpack

flying the F4. He became an instructor

WSO and spent time in Thailand to be-

come a Paveway (ZOT) laser designator

instructor. Thats a long story we will

save for later. He does remember seeing

an 1109 knot ground speed once during

an F4 functional test flight.

In 1976 he returned to Mather AFB to

attend Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO)

School. Following EWO training he

transferred to George AFB, California

(now closed) to fly the F105 Wild Weasel

Thud. Captain Rogers become an

EWO instructor and standardization/

evaluation officer. He also trained for

and became an Air Force squadron safety

officer.

The Weasel prime mission was to sup-

press (that usually means destroy) enemy

radar and/or electro-optical guided mis-

siles and/or anti-aircraft-artillery (AAA)

and/or surveillance/early-warning sys-

tems. Thats the short version. Ask Art

to give you the long version sometime.

In 1980 the USAF retired the active duty

F105s and Captain Rogers also left ac-

tive duty and joined the USAF Reserves.

He also flew civilian commuter Beech

99s in Utah and was hired by a major

commercial airline. During the last 24

years Art has flown as Captain on the

DC-9, DC-10, Airbus A-300, and Boeing

727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777. He is also a

civilian aircraft accident investigator on

call to respond to any major airlineaccidents at his company.

In 1983 he transferred from the USAF

Reserves to the Air National Guard to

return to military flying. For 13 years

he flew as WSO on various models of

the F4. He took several extended ac-

tive duty tours to support USAF re-



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In 1976 he returned to Mather AFB to

attend Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO)

School. Following EWO training he

transferred to George AFB, California

(now closed) to fly the F105 Wild Weasel

Thud. Captain Rogers become an

EWO instructor and standardization/

evaluation officer. He also trained for

and became an Air Force squadron safety

officer.

The Weasel prime mission was to sup-

press (that usually means destroy) enemy

radar and/or electro-optical guided mis-

siles and/or anti-aircraft-artillery (AAA)

and/or surveillance/early-warning sys-

tems. Thats the short version. Ask Art

to give you the long version sometime.

In 1980 the USAF retired the active duty

F105s and Captain Rogers also left ac-

tive duty and joined the USAF Reserves.

He also flew civilian commuter Beech

99s in Utah and was hired by a major

commercial airline. During the last 24

years Art has flown as Captain on the

DC-9, DC-10, Airbus A-300, and Boeing

727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777. He is also a

civilian aircraft accident investigator on

call to respond to any major airline acci-

dents at his company.

In 1983 he transferred from the USAF

Reserves to the Air National Guard to

return to military flying. For 13 years he

flew as WSO on various models of the

F4. He took several extended active duty

tours to support USAF requirements or

attend training and to attend in-resident

Air Command & Staff College.

In 1995 the last of the F4 Phantoms were

finally being retired from the Air NationalGuard and Lieutenant Colonel Rogers

was now eligible for a reserve retirement.

Instead of retiring he decided to transfer

back to the USAF Reserve in the USAF

Reserve Assistance Program of CAP-

USAF (CAPRAP). He was a Reserve

Assistance Officer (RAO), then a state

Wing Reserve Coordinator (WRC) and

then region reservist for the Pacific Liai-

son Region. Art enjoyed working with

both the cadets and seniors. He attended

many of the wing and region SAREX

events.

He was the Air Force Reserve projectofficer for national cadet glider encamp-

ments at Owl Canyon, Colorado, Dilling-

ham, Hawaii and Portland, Oregon. He

also was project officer for reserve sup-

port for the Oshkosh Blue Beret activ-

ity. Art thinks these cadet special activi-

ties are the pearls of the cadet program.

He encourages more Arizona cadets to

apply for these activities.

Lieutenant Colonel Rogers also provided

reserve support to CAP-USAF Headquar-ters at Maxwell AFB during 1999-2000.

This was while Art was living on Max-

well AFB with his wife Laurel

(Lieutenant Colonel, Air National Guard)

was attending Air Command & Staff Col-

lege.

In 2000 Art moved from Alabama to Pay-

son, Arizona. In 2001 he retired from

CAP-USAF Reserves and rejoined CAP.

He is a member of Squadron 209 and flies

as a mission pilot, instructor, and check

pilot. He is also the squadron operations

officer and the group two operations offi-

cer.

When you see him, just call Art (thatswhat he prefers to be called-no elite titlesneeded) and he will be glad to discussCAP or USAF with you. Those whoknow him will confirm he is not afraid toexpress his viewpoint. He feels CAP is a

win-win deal for all involved. It is greatfor the Air Force as it provides inexpen-sive professional support for many mis-sions. CAP is also one of our militarysbest recruiting vehicles. As for CAP, wealso win with the USAF support

CAP GIVES RETIREES OP-

PORTUNITY TO CONTINUE

SUPPORTING COUNTRY

Excerpt from the AFTERBURNER, news

for the USAF Retired Personnel

With a much higher awareness of theneed for the homeland security and thepotential threats that now exist, Civil AirPatrol (CAP) is playing a role in home-land security and is looking for seniormembers to joint the effort.

That is the word from Robin Hunt, CAPchief of membership development, whonoted that since the organization was cre-ated a week before Pearl Harbor, the or-ganization has come full-circle as it pre-pares to play a vital role once again inhomeland security through the new initia-tives being established.

In the early days, CAP was assigned tothe War Department under the Army AirCorps. Now, the auxiliary of the USAF isa force multiplier in critical homelandsecurity efforts, Hunt said.

Hunt revealed that in the next year, CAPwill be upgrading to glass cockpits, digi-tal image transmission via satellite, hyperspectral imaging capability to enhancesearch and rescue and homeland security,and acquiring a larger aircraft, the Gipp-sland GA-8 Air Van.

Over the past five years, CAP has aver-aged more than 32,000 flying hours peryear of reconnaissance and support to

counter drug missions for the govern-ments fight against narco-terrorism.

Members of the Air Force retiree Com-munity are being encouraged to considerbecoming a member of CAP, and alsochildren of retirees who would be inter-ested in knowing more about the CAPCadet Program.



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CAP CADETS AS-

SIST IN FIRST AN-

NUAL ARIZONA

BALLOON FEST

SubmittedBy 2Lt. Martin

Maxwell

Cadets from several squad-

rons around the state assisted

in the first Annual Arizona

Balloon Fest 2004, held

19-21 November at Tum-

bleweed Park in Chan-

dler.

Cadets and Senior Members from 302,304, and 308 as well as Flagstaff 201

squadrons assisted in the operation of the

event.

On Saturday morning following the

launch of the balloons flying a Hare and

Hound event, we provided crew services

for Camp Reach for the Stars, one of only

four balloons in the US which is wheel-

chair accessible, bringing the sport to

individuals who are physically chal-

lenged. Several wheel-chair bound peo-

ple were able to experience the joy andexcitement of lighter than air flight on

tether at the park, who without this bal-

loon would never be able to do so. I

would not have been able to do this with-

out your cadets the pilot told CAP Bal-

loon Pilot Lt. Martin Maxwell of Squad-

ron 302, who organized the cadets in-

volvement in the event. One wheelchair

bound rider was a retired Air Force Major

who flew fighter aircraft in WWII.

Taking tickets, gate guard duty, traffic

control and QC over night were also

among the responsibilities of the Civil Air

Patrol, as well as trash pickup, saving theevent several thousand dollars in ex-

penses because they did not have to hire

people to do those jobs. These cadets

received very high praise for their work

and their professionalism in conducting

themselves and their duties from event

organizer Tim Matykiewicz, Managing

Director and Founder of EventsWest, and

from the President of the Chandler Rotary

Club who assisted in putting on the event

as well as from various vendors and at-

tendees who noticed us.

Major Newton Muehleisen, Ground

Team Leader from Squadron 302 along

with Lt. Martin Maxwell also of Squad-

ron 302 spent the night on the field with

the cadets, sleeping in tents and adding an

additional ground team dimension to the

activity.

Because of the great effort, excellent

work ethic and professionalism put forth

by the cadets and Senior Member staffwho attended, I am quite sure we will be

welcomed back to next years event, as

well as other events produced by Events

West and Chandler Rotary Club. THANK

YOU ALL!!

SQUADRON 205 TAKES

FIRST PLACE AT 2004 ARI-

ZONA WING CADET COM-

PETITIONby 1Lt. Jean Hurley

At a weekend of intense competition,

involving 8 AZ Wing squadron Color

Guard teams, months of training and

preparation paid off for the Color Guard

of Verde Valley Composite Squadron 205

as they won the Arizona Wing Civil Air

Patrol Cadet Competition. They now will

represent Arizona Wing at the Southwest

Region cadet competition in April 2005.

At the Escort/Commanders meeting of

Friday night, the team commanders drew

numbers to see the order of competition

throughout this event. 205 drew number

6. The event began with Uniform Inspec-

tion. The Elite Honor Guard of Davis

Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson,finely inspected the five member team.

The next event was Practical Indoor Post-

ing. After lunch, the first event was Stan-

dard Drill, followed by Practical Outdoor

Presentation, our teams favorite events.

After these events, there was time for

Q&A between the cadets and the DM

judges. After dinner and some study time

for the next days written exam, there was

time for some much needed rest and re-

laxation. Day 2 began with the 50 ques-

tion Written Exam, cadets Weaver and J.Russell received the highest scores over-

all in this event with a score of 34, whew!

With that behind them, it was time for the

Mile Run. C/MSgt Russell, with a time

of 5:48, was awarded Male Fleet Foot.

After a couple of hours of anxious wait-

ing, the scores and awards were an-

nounced: Third Place Sqdn 109; Second

Place Sqdn 105, and First Place, Sqdn

205. Obviously, this was and excep-

tional weekend for us. We would like to

especially thank C/Amn Matthew Phillips

who joined our team as the alternate.

Matthew is from Payson Sqdn 209 and

since 209 was not able to send a full team

this time, we got together and made it

work. C/Capt Jamie Hurley, 205 C/CC

and C/Officer-In-Charge of training the

Color Guard, DCC 1st Lt Jean Hurley,

Sqdn CC 1st Lt Charlie Weaver, and

Group II CC Lt Col Don Dillahunty

would all like to express their pride and

gratitude for a job well done to the 205Color Guard team and to the other teams

that participated.

Congratulations for a

job

Well done.



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Photo by 1Lt. Jean Hurley:

Squadron 205 Color Guard faces the Davis Monthan Elite

Honor Guard for inspection. Pictured: C/Ann Matthew Phil-

lips, C/CMSgt Max Weaver, C/MSgt Chris Murcko, team

commander C/CMSgt Jonam Russell; C/SSgt Nathanael Rus-

sell.

CHICKEN POINT II SAREX ALSO SAW

SQUADRON 205 VERY ACTIVE by 1lt. Jean Hur-

ley

November 28th's Chicken Point II SAREX in

Sedona was a great success for Sqdn 205! Sqdn

Commander and Ground Team Leader Charlie

Weaver would like to thank all of the partici-

pants, especially the eighteen members whobraved the weather and either hiked with the

Ground Teams, or manned the Mission Base

during the training operation. "It was really sat-

isfying for me to see two complete ground

teams, all with proper 101 cards, fully equipped for the

field, standing in their poncho's in the 40 degree rain, hail, and

later the light snow, eagerly ready for Ground Team training

operations," 1st Lt Weaver said. After the briefing the teams

then successfully completed field craft

training in land navigation, search tech-

niques, first aid, and rescue evacuation

while completing the nearly six miletraining course. Congratulations to all on

a job well done. We are preparing for our

next Ground Team training mission on 18

December.

The following pictures were provided by

1Lt. Hurley, Squadron 205 PAO:



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AZ CADET SQUADRON 310

Conducts Formal Flag Retire-

ment Ceremony

By 1Lt. James L. Nova

On the evening of November 8, 2004, at

the Scottsdale Municipal Airport, the

cadets of Arizona Squadron 310, under

the command of Capt. Mike Hoza, con-

ducted a ceremonial destruction of the

Unites States flag. This ceremony is

rarely conducted by cadet members of the

Civil Air Patrol; but is part of the aero-

space education program dealing with

United States Air Force customs and

ceremonies and US Flag Code. Title 4,

Chapter 1, Sec. 8(k).

C/CMSGT Zachary Zimmerman, Execu-

tive Officer Cadet Sq. 310, S/M Stepha-

nie Eggen, Aerospace Education Officer

Sq. 310 and 1Lt. John Eggen, Aerospace

Education Officer of Arizona Senior

Squadron 314 trained the cadets in the

procedures prescribed for the ceremony

under U.S. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol

regulations. The experience also trained

the cadets in the importance of properly

honoring the flag of the United States and

all of the military men and women who

have served under it. Parents of the ca-

dets, members of the public, visiting ac-

tive duty military personnel and members

of Arizona Senior Squadron 314, the

Black Sheep Squadron, also attended the

ceremony.

This ceremony is part of a continuing

leadership program including aerospace

education, U.S. Air Force history, and

military customs conducted by Squadron

310 for its cadets. Capt. Hoza and the

Senior leadership of the Squadron con-

tinue to emphasize to their cadets the

qualities of honor, integrity, leadership

and decisiveness so important to todays

future leaders.

Ceremonial destruction of the

United States Flag.

SQUADRON 107 HAS BEEN

BUSY WITH MANY ACTIVI-TIES When reading their newsletters

from August through November I could

see many notable ideas for other squadron

cadets.

UDF FTX in mid September at San

Manuel Airport , but was weathered out

by rain and lightning.

Inviting friends to attend their meetings.

Who knows, they might decide to stay for

the fun.

Several Cadet promotions. Wow, those

cadets are really working.

Veterans Day parade November 11th.

A very successful car wash earned them

$150 for the Squadrons fund.

Getting ready for 2005 Team America

Rocketry Challenge

LAKE HAVASU CITYMAYOR PROCLAIMS CAP

WEEK

Submitted BY Maj.. George Molotar,

Commander SQ. 501

In a quiet ceremony in his office, Lake

Havasu City Mayor Bob Whelan signed

the proclamation declaring the first week

of December as Civil Air Patrol Week.

Mr. Whelan noted that this will be the

63rd anniversary of the organization of

Civil Air Patrol.

Present at the ceremony were Lt. Col.

Godwin, Wing Vice Commander, Maj.

Russ Sturgeon, Group V Commander,

Major George Molitor, Squadron 501

Commander, and C/2Lt Chris Evans.

In related events, Cadet Ian Hall was pre-

sented the General Billy Mitchell Award

by Lt. Col. Godwin in a special promo-

tion ceremony. Hall passed the Mitchell

test on his first attempt and has been an

outstanding leader within the Squadron.

BEST WISHES TO

THOSE WHO

CELEBRATED

HANUKKAH

Hope your holidays were

special !!!


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PICTURES OF

SOME HAPPY CA-

DETS FROM

SQUADRON 302READY FOR THEIR

ORIENTATION

RIDES. PICTURES WERETAKEN BY CAPT. RAYMOND C.

REEVE GROUP 3.

NAMES OF THE

CADETS WERE

UNAVAILABLE


10/12


Searching for the Hunters

by Wayne R. Fiscus Major

Prescott Composite Squadron

206

It was dark and it was cold as the crew

approached the aircraft. They had agreed

to meet there at 0430 to do the preflight

for their trip to Lake Havasu City. It was

an ungodly time of the day to be up and

about, but thats often the way it happens

when youre called to do a search mis-

sion. There was no air traffic at the field.

The tower wasnt even open yet, but as

usual the people at the Prescott FlightService Station (FSS) were available for

briefings.

In spite of having covers on the wings,

CapFlight (CPF) 232s departure was

delayed forty minutes while the crew de-

iced the plane under the headlights of the

Colonels car. By the time they took to

the air it was 0540. The Pilot In Com-

mand was Capt. Richard Batchelor, the

Observer was Lt. Col. Jerry Shugars and

the Scanner was Major Chuck Ahlstrand.All three crewmembers were pilots and

everyone knew each others duties, which

generally makes for excellent Crew Re-

source Management and enjoyable flying.

The purpose of flying to Lake Havasu

City was to participate in the search for a

missing aircraft in California. The Civil

Air Patrol (CAP) squadron in Havasu was

the forward base from which to launch

Arizona aircraft on search sorties. The

missing aircraft with two people on board

had departed Las Vegas for San Diego,

but had never arrived. CAP was called

upon to find out what happened to it.

About 15 minutes after CPF 232 departed

Prescott, a voice on the radio interrupted

the drone of the engine. It was a call

from the Prescott FSS. Two-three-two

was ordered to return to the airport for a

different mission. A twin-engine aircraft,

Cessna 337 Skymaster, had departed Wil-

liams Clarke Field the night before at

approximately 1930 hours. It carried the

owner/pilot from Sedona and two elk

hunters from Glendale, Arizona. Their

destination was Sedona, but they were

reported missing late that night. Once

again Civil Air Patrol was called upon to

locate the missing aircraft.

By the time 232 had landed and taxied

back to parking, about 0615, Lt. Col. Don

Dillahunty was there to meet them. He

was the Air Operations Section Chief for

the mission and Major Carla Day the In-

cident Commander. Prescott Squadron

206 would be the forward base. Second

lieutenant Tom Richtmyer arrived soon to

establish the base communication center.

Shortly after returning to the squadron

office, Col. Dillahunty received a phone

call from a man who indicated that he

was a passenger in an airplane the night

before and had observed a fireball on the

ground in the vicinity of the Drake flag-

stone quarry. Thinking that this might be

related to the missing aircraft he had

heard about on the radio, he decided to

call. From the mans description Dilla-junty was able to ascertain the probable

location to be within grid 71C-D. Since

Maj. Day had launched CPF 233 out of

Flagstaff Squadron 201 at daybreak to

search grid 72B-D, CPF 232 was held on

the ground to avoid any possible conflict

between the search aircraft. Finally at

0830 CPF 232 taxied to Runway 21L and

was granted priority take-off by Air Traf-

fic Control. On this sortie Col Shugars

was the Pilot In Command, Maj. Ahl-

strand the Observer and Capt. Batchelor

the Scanner. They flew directly to the

grid and arrived there at 0845. As it

turned out, they saw a clearing in the

trees shortly after entering the grid. Al-

most immediately, Capt. Batchelor spot-

ted the wreckage. After circling the

wreckage and noting no survivors they

marked the coordinates and Maj. Ahl-

strand radioed Mission Base Alpha of the

find. They were then recalled to base. In

the meantime, Col. Dillahunty telephoned

the Coconino County Sheriff to report the

coordinates of the crash site. It was then

that the Sheriff called the Department of

Public Safety (DPS) and they launchedtheir helicopter, Ranger 401. Within

twenty minutes Ranger 401 was on site

and the Yavapai County Sheriff arrived

shortly thereafter, since the crash site was

within his jurisdiction.

Later when the flight crew of 232 was

debriefed, they indicated that the debris

pattern was rather smallpossibly 30

yards long. Indicating that the aircraft

probably stalled or the pilot was disori-

ented and impacted at a steep angle. Nodoubt the NTSB investigators will figure

it out.

This was the first find for the Prescott

flight crew. They can rejoice in the fact

that they accomplished their mission in a

very short time and in a professional

manner, knowing that the families of the

crash victims quickly learned of their

loved-ones fate. Unfortunately for the

families of the elk hunters and the pilot,

there will be no rejoicing this holidayseason.

The autumn chill was still in the air, but

the sun was climbing through the south-

west sky as the crew of CPF232 headed

home. Each with his own thoughts about

the mission just completed and wonder-

ing what the next one would be. Maybe

the next time there would be survivors.


11/12


OH SAY CAN YOU SEEBy Charles Bendixen, M.D., Maj. CAP

(and Former FAA Aviation Medical Ex-

aminer)

In September 1996 the FAA changed a

number of regulations regarding medical

certification, many of which are still not

commonly known by pilots. Although

distant vision requirements for First and

Second Class physicals remains un-

changed at 20/20 corrected or uncor-

rected, the uncorrected vision require-

ments for Third Class physicals was tight-

ened from 20/50 to 20/40 in each eye.

Near vision at 16 inches is the same forall classes at 20/40. A new requirement

for testing intermediate vision was

added for all First and Second Class ap-

plicants over age 50. These individuals

must demonstrate vision of 20/40 or bet-

ter in each eye individually at a distance

of 32 inches. This was added for pilots

whose ability to accommodate between

near and distant vision decreases with

aging. Although they might have reading

glasses, which help them, read a chart up

close, they may not allow the pilot to fo-cus properly on the instrument panel,

hence, needing trifocals instead of bifo-

cals! For those of us in the older age

categories, this may be helpful to check

out before going in for our FAA physical

FALCON FIELD AIR TRAF-

FIC CONTROLLER VISITS

SQUADRON 305

On 2 November 2004, Mr. Michael

Roundtree from the Falcon Field Air

Traffic Control tower came to squadron

305 to give a presentation on the func-

tions of an ATC. The purpose of inviting

Mr. Roundtree to the squadron was so

that the pilots and air crew personnel

would have the opportunity to

be educated on the job functions of an

ATC, and to see how ATC plays a pivotal

role when CAP performs missions.

According to Mr. Roundtree, the Federal

Aviation Team concept in-

volves communication with the National

Weather Service, enforcement agencies at

the local, state and federal level, NationalStandardization Enforcement, and train-

ing. The most important part of the team

concept, however, is the communication

between the ATC tower and the

PIC. Safety and communication are vital

elements in the team concept, as a major

role of the ATC is to gather and dissemi-

nate up to date information to the PIC

(i.e., weather briefings, flight hazards,

aircraft separation, flight restrictions, and

Presidential or VIP visits) to insure a safe

flight. It is vital for the PIC to listen care-

fully to the instructions given by the

tower, give the tower as much informa-

tion as possible when taking off and land-

ing, and acknowledging instructions

given by the tower. If a message from the

tower is unclear, the PIC need not be

afraid to ask for clarification. In addition,

to communication between the PIC and

tower, the PIC, observer and scanner

needs to communicate amongst them-

selves, and to be looking for other air-craft. Mr. Roundtree advises that all

PIC's should continue to practice flying

skills and remain current.

In addition to communication and safety,

the FAA has implemented several policy

changes since the 9/11 terrorist at-

tacks. For example, prior to the terrorist

attacks, foreign visitors were permitted to

tour the ATC tower. Now, the tower per-

mits only American citizens to tour the

tower. A foreign visitor under specialcircumstances, however, is allowed to

tour the tower, but the foreign visitor

must now undergo a thorough back-

ground check and be cleared by the US

State Department. If anyone wishes to

tour the Falcon ATC tower, they must

make arrangements in advance by calling

(480) 981-1367.

Considering the rapid growth in the

Phoenix metropolitan area, Falcon Field

ranks in the top 50 busiest airports in the

U.S. As such, effective with 16 October

2004, Falcon Field will be using two

tower positions. Please see the attached

procedures.

Capt. Allan Pearlstein , Group 3 Public

Affairs Officer.

This is my spot to wish

ALL a wonderful Holi-

day Season and a

Happy New Year, and

to thank all those who have

contributed to Wingtips to

make it an interesting news-

letter this year. A special

thank you to the Squadron

PAOs who work hard to get

the word out about CAP to

the media. I hope that thecoming year will see each

squadron with their own

PAO. Thank you for being so

GREAT!!

Lt. Col. Patricia Brower/CAP

AZ Wing PAO (Pat)


12/12

Cadet Competition

What a weekend! For those that made the trip south to Davis Monthan AFB saw history in the making. We had 8 teams sign up

and we had 8 teams show. This was the largest competition that this wing has had in a very, very long time. The skill level of

marching and knowledge has made a great improvement over last years competition. Teams were very ready for this event. Be-

fore I give you the list of winners I would like to thank SSGT Vause NCOIC of the DM Honor Guard. For the 3rd year in a row

he has been able to cut some of his team loose to judge our competition even though he was tasked with extra details this week-

end. We could not have had this competition without them. And now the winners:

In Ranks Inspection Commanders Award

1st place Sq 105 Sq 109 and 210

2nd Place Sq 205

Indoor posting Fleet foot Award

1st Place Sq 105 Male Jonam Russell 5:48

2nd place Sq 210 Female Aislinn Finrock 7:05

Standard Drill Written test high score

1st place Sq 205 Max Weaver 34 out of 50

2nd place Sq 105 Jonam Russell 34 out of 50

Outdoor posting

1st place Sq 205

2nd place Sq 302

Written Test 1st Place Overall Sq 205

1st place Sq 109 2nd Place Overall Sq 105

2nd place Sq 105 3rd Place Overall Sq 109

Mile Run Thank you for a job well done,

1st place Sq 205 Cliff Owens Maj/CAP, Director of Cadet Programs

2nd place Sq 356

Please let your cadets know how well all of them did.

Arizona Wing - Nov 2004

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