Minnesota Wing - Apr 2002

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WINGTIPS PLUS!

By SM Matt Barrett, St Paul Squadron PAO

Five members of the St. Paul Composite Squadron partici-pated in a C130 Orientation - Navigational Training FlightFriday, 12 April 2002.

The flight, designated Viking 70, took off from MSP Inter-national Airport just before 0900 Friday and headed towardColorado Springs, Colorado at about 22,000 feet.

The five-man crew of the C130 E was joined by three ca-dets and two senior members. 2d Lt Rehbein joined thegroup in the morning prior to take-off.

Nearly every member noted that there were 6 parachuteson board but spent no time contemplating their use. Eve-ryone had a chance to spend some time on the flight deckwhere nearly everyone got a chance to witness a take-off,a landing, or both, from this spectacular vantage point.

On landing in Colorado Springs everyone went to workunloading the aircraft. From the cockpit discussion aftertake-off it was clear that the crew appreciated the ef-

fort. On the way back to MSP at least one CAP memberwas able to witness an in-flight refueling for a couple offighter's, a very rare opportunity.

This outstanding opportunity was thanks to the hard workof, Project officer SM Barrett, 1st Lt Linda Zwolensky, Mili-tary O Flt Coordinator and especially 2d Lt Rehbein. Ca-det assistance from C/2d Lt Sieg and a very special thanksto Cadet Hennings for an outstanding attitude when facedwith a very last minute request for assistance.

Back in Minneapolis we were treated to first class serviceby Air Force Reserve Lt. Colonel Gary Chambers (St. Paul

Squadron member). Lt Col Chambers drove the crew fromthe aircraft back to the assembly area. An outstandingshow of support by Lt Col Chambers who said, "I stay mo-tivated by seeing others experience what I really enjoy do-ing. I am glad everyone had a good time and I hope therewill be an opportunity to do it again."

A special thank you to the crew of Viking 70 from all of themembers of the St. Paul Composite Squadron.

Electronic Supplement to WingTIpsThe Newsletter of the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary

April 2002

St Paul Squadron C-130 Orientation Flight

To schedule a Military Orientation

Flight for your unit contact 1st LtLinda Zwolensky, C-130 O-Flight

Coordinatorvia e-mail [email protected]


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Capt Joleen Stadsklev, Viking Sqdn,CSM James F. Hickey, Valley Sqdn

Members of the Viking, North Hennepin and ValleySquadrons participated in a Minnesota Department ofNatural Resources (DNR) joint exercise on 15 April 2002at Camp Ripley.

The purpose of the exercise was to safely manage andcoordinate aircraft of various state and federal agenciesresponding to an emergency using the Minnesota Inci-dent Command System (MNICS.)

There were several scenarios planned for the day thatincluded a variety of aircraft such as: CAP Cessna 172from the Brainerd Squadron. A CL-215 twin-engine waterbomber; a SEAT (Single Engine Air Tanker) water

bomber, two military Huey helicopters with large fabricwater-bucket slings underneath; two State PatrolJetRanger helicopters, equipped with infrared tracking(FLIR); three DNR JetRanger helicopters; two Life-FlightMed-Evac helicopters (Bell 222 and Augusta 109); andflying above it all day was the "Air Attack Boss" in aCessna 172.

Some of the scenarios included a State Patrol search foran arsonist, using the latest high-tech equipment likeFLIR and data-link to laptops in the field and a CAP flightsearch for a missing Alzheimer's person. Lt Col Uhligwas the Air Coordinator (CAP) and Capt Tom Pfingsten,

Brainerd, was the CAP mission pilot.

The DNR performed a controlled burn of 500 acres inCamp Ripley. CAP personnel at the Med-Evac site weretreated to the air show ballet of water tankers (both fixedwing and helicopters) going to and from the burn area.As explained to us by the DNR helicopter ground-guidepersonnel, the fire was actually started by a DNRJetRanger helicopter, carrying a "torch" device thatdripped flaming liquid comparable to napalm!

CAP members were used in emergency air evacuationsscenarios from three separate, remote wooded locationsin Camp Ripley. One group-simulated victims of a CAPvan accident needing to be med-evacd out.

The others posed as groups of hikers, campers, hunters,etc trapped ahead of the simulated wildfire. All were

evacuated from pre-determined heli-spots to the heli-baseas passengers in a Bell 222 Med-Evac, a Bell 206JetRanger, or an OH-58 helicopter.

During the wait for evacuation, each CAP group was fullybriefed by the DNR specialists on how to safely board a"hot" helicopter, i.e. with rotor blades turning, though eachCAP member was escorted to the helicopter duringboarding by a helicopter crewmember. During the flight,passengers wore headsets and could monitor the crewsconversation. In addition to the fire extinguisher at eachheli-spot, there was the mandatory "crash kit" that con-tained axes, hacksaw, prying jaws, and other special toolsused to extricate the pilot/passengers in the event of anaccident during landing.

The group of CAP cadets at the most northern base had

the longest wait for evacuation, and used their GroundTeam survival skills to make lean-to shelters for shadefrom the bright sun.

Governor Ventura briefly observed the operations aboardan Air National Guard UH-1, and dropped in for a shortvisit at the Incident Command Center.

Since participants in the exercise were to be briefed at0730 on Monday, overnight quarters on Sunday at CampRipley were provided in the MSQ (Maid Service Quar-ters) usually reserved for officers. Breakfast at Perkins inLittle Falls and box lunches were provided by the DNR onMonday. Before being allowed to enter Camp Ripley,CAP personnel were given a briefing by the Range Con-trol office.

This was a great experience for the cadets, and providedexposure to another facet of available aviation careers. Itwas also an opportunity to acquaint state agencies withthe mission and services of the Civil Air Patrol.

Participants included: C/MSgt Josef Kniesz, C/MSgtWesley Thompson, C/MSgt Alex Friese; C/TSgt MaureenHickey; C/SMSgt Nathan Dorr; C/SSgt Paul Wellumson,C/SSgt Brett Stadsklev, C/SSgt James P Hickey, C/SSgtPatricia Friese; C/A1C Jacquie Krause, C/A1C Michael

Davidson; C/Amn Nathan Lundeen, C/Amn ThomasWray, C/Amn Jason Suby, C/Amn Andrew Schuey; C/ABCaitlyn Mowatt; LTC Barney U Uhlig, LTC J. Paul Thomp-son; Capt Joleen Stadsklev, 1st Lt David Rutt, 2d LtJames ODonnell, FO Ethan Nordwall and CSM James F.Hickey.

CAP Members Participate in DNR Joint Exercise

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CADET PROMOTIONS

Fort Snelling SquadronC/B Ryan Grosland to C/Amn

C/TSgt Jimmy McCarthy to C/MSGT

North Hennepin Squadron

Cadet Ben Hartzell to C/CMSgtCadet David Ferrell to C/TSgt

Cadet Patrick Anderson to C/A1CCadet Patrick Vinge to C/A1C

Cadet Jeremy Jacklicka to C/A1CCadet Thomas Barnes to C/Amn

Cadet Neil Starks to C/AmnCadet Neil Moosaie to C/Amn

Cadet James Moosaie to C/AmnCadet Ian Stutsman to C/Amn

Owatonna Squadron Participates inCommunity ES MeetingBy C/1st Lt Michael Moreland

On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, members of local emer-gency service organizations met at the Owatonna FireDepartment to orientate Southern Minnesota emergencyresponse organizations to the needs of the community.The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunityfor the different organizations within the area to better un-derstand how to work together whenever multi-agencycooperation is needed.

Organizations represented were the Minnesota Depart-ment of Public Safety, the Steele County Sheriffs Depart-ment, the Owatonna Fire Department, the Gold Cross, theOwatonna Police Department, and the Owatonna Com-posite Squadron.

It was a learning experience for both CAP (Civil Air Pa-trol) and the Emergency Services that serve the commu-nity, said Josh Livingston, CAP Member and an EMT forthe Owatonna Gold Cross.

Officer Michael Earl of the Owatonna Police Department takes time toshow members of the Owatonna Composite Squadron his squad car.

Former St Paul Cadet BecomesNaval Aviator

Former Cadet, and current senior member of St. PaulSquadron, Steven Moreus, was designated an unre-stricted Naval Aviator on 1 February 2002.

Ensign Moreus earned his commission through Navy Offi-cer Candidate School at Pensacola Florida in October2000. Ensign Moreus is now at NAS North Island, SanDiego, California learning to fly the Sikorsky MH-60 heli-copter. His fleet assignment is to HC-6, at NAS Norfolk,Virginia. He received his fixed wing training in the T-34Cand his rotary wing training in the Bell TH-57 B/C.

The picture shows Ensign Moreus receiving his unre-stricted Naval Aviator wings. Lt Col Richard Moreus isshown pinning on his son's wings, accompanied by hiswife Carolynne.

Ensign Moreus joined Civil Air Patrol at age 13 raising tothe grade of C/Lt. Col. Ensign Moreus' success demon-strates the value of hard work and the application of thevalues and lessons learned through Civil Air Patrol.

Viking Cadet and Eagle ScoutRecognized for Volunteerism

C/Capt Ben Banwart, Viking Composite Squadron, re-ceived the 2002 Viking Council Young American Award,which was presented at the Boy Scout Council's AnnualRecognition Dinner on April 16th. The Award recognizes

Ben's involvement in Academic, Extracurricular, Commu-nity Service, Boy Scouts and in the Civil Air Patrol.

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Stealth BlueCAPCapt Jay Craswell, 130th Squadron

Lt Col. Nick Modders (130th) asked his fellow Guards-men if they might have a large Tent we could bor-row. They came through for us in grand style and wehad an awesome CP (Command Post) for our Blue-cap. Striped ground squirrels and giant jackrabbitsmade room for our new home away from home.

Food a plenty was delivered by the Knights of Columbusmen's organization who brought their food-mobile to theLakeville Airport and served Cold Drinks, Burgers, Dogs,Fries and something called Onion Crowns. Civilian Pi-lots from the Lakeville Airport joined us for the good eatsand we used this as an opportunity to talk up the CAPprogram.

Power was strictly emergency power only using parts ofan Army Surplus generator coupled to a lawn mower en-gine. Both VHF and HF stations were quickly put on theair and tactical communications were conducted on VHF

whilst HF action was limited to a first ever MN CAP toMN Army MARS net check in.

Capt Donald Sorenson of Anoka Squadron did coordina-tion of the Air Sorties in grand style. These were flownwith the Viking Aircraft and aircrews were delighted to seean honest to goodness airplane wreck (Loaned to us byMr. Wentworth of Wentworth Air) in Lakefront Park - PriorLake. One scanner observed, "this is much better thanthat old blue tarp with I'M AN AIRPLANE written on

it!" The Aircrew expertly guided the ground team to the"crash site" and the participants were surprised to see twolive simulated victims. The ground team found a "fuelleak" and expertly (and correctly) extracted the victims fortransport by the phantom ambulance.

Before moretraining couldbe conductedMaj. DougKillian of Vi-king Squad-ron noted alive ELT onthe 121.5Mhzfrequency andall trainingquicklyground to ahalt as a hugeground teamconverged onthe offendingHanger. Notonly was thetarget foundin minutes but

also the key to the hanger door was discovered on theground! The astonished owner correctly identified it ashis key and even used it to open the hanger where theELT was found and silenced. Hoorah!

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Stealth BlueCAP Continued:

The Weather put the kibosh on our fun in the afternoonwith lightning and rain. Fortunately Lt Col Barney Uhligof Viking Squadron alerted us before the weather got toobad. Operations were suspended for the day and theaircraft was sent home. Frankly the idea of being on thetop of Buck Hill with an L-Per antenna raised above myhead brought some unpleasant crispy thoughts to mind.

Day two started with dark skies and rain. The faithful(And I do mean Faithful) gathered in the CP tent. Chap-lain Chris Priest 130th Sqdn conducted services whileAmber Craswell (also 130th) played Amazing Grace onher Saxophone. That has to be another first! A heartfeltprayer echoed by all participants to please give us goodweather was given and received! For at the end of ser-vices blue skies rolled in signaling a grand start to daytwo activities. Airman Craswell exclaimed "ThreeCheers for God! to the grins of all the rain soaked par-

ticipants.

VHF Communications went south due to a coax cablebeing pulled apart. A lesson learned for next time is touse some sort of strain relief system for antenna connec-tion. 2d Lt Ployhar and Capt Craswell (both 130th) per-formed repairs using black tape and creative use of aleather man "Multitool." Soon the CP's VHF station wasback on the air better than ever.

A first ever (Or at least first in many moons) Military UHFELT training mission was then launched with an ELT onthe practice frequency of 243.2MHz. Since none of the

L-PERs on hand included this freq (Let's change thatfolks) a homebrew setup of AOR3000A scanner receiverand 6 element Flex Yagi were used. Amazingly it allworked. And considering the 4-mile range using the FlexYagi vs. little more than a mile with the L-Per antenna wewere all greatly pleased.

As with previous missions the ground team got up highand in the clear (In this case Buck Hill) and got goodbearings on the target. Many twisty roads later the GTarrived on the scene of the Aircraft "Wreck" parked sittingin a trailer. After examining the wreck it was determinedthat the target was nearer the front of some town homesand the trainer transmitter was quickly found in thebushes.

While this was all going on another ground team waslooking for a 121.775 MHz transmitter and found it with anote attached saying, "My name is Johnny. I am 3 yearsold. I'm lost and I'm cold! Please find me!" The DF teamquickly switched modes to Ground team and little"Johnny" was quickly found face down in a ditch. Fortu-nately he was a resusadoll and not a real person. Afterposing "Johnny" for some photos that will no doubt get 1stLt Rossinini in trouble with protective services the groundteam returned to the comforts of the Bluecap CP. Aftersome debriefing the training was listed as a success andthe CP and all equipment and participants were packed

up and sent home.

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CAP Family visits Fighter Museum1st Lt Al Matson, Viking Squadron

On a recent visit to Arizona three members of Vi-king Squadron took a tour of the Champlin FighterMuseum on Falcon Field in Mesa. Here is one ofthe worlds finest collections of fighter aircraft from

WWI through the Vietnam era. C/TSgt Greg Mat-son, his mother Lynn (a sponsor member) and my-self toured the facilities with a guide that was veryinformative.

In one wing is a very extensive collection of WWIaircraft. Here the guide told us a story about anelderly gentleman that visited the museum. He toldus how the man jumped over the ropes and hoppedinto one of the planes. The man sat in the planemaking noises like a machine gun! The securityguard thought this man was crazy, and insisted that

the man get out of the plane.

The older man said, This is my plane and I can sithere as long as I want to. The security guard wentand got the museum manager, who came to talk tothe old man. The museum manager asked the manhis name, and sure enough, it matched the namepainted on the side of the aircraft. The old manwas a fighter pilot in WWI and had found the planehe flew in that war! The museum manager told theguard to leave the man alone, it actually was hisplane!

The center section of the museum houses the jetcollection. Kept here are a Mig-15, a Mig-17, aMig-21 and an F-4 Phantom II (see photo). Youcan get a very good feel for just how large a Phan-tom is compared to the MIG's it flew against in Viet-nam.

The next wing houses the WWII collection. Hereyou will see a P-38 Lightning, a Messerschmitt Me-109 (very rare), a P-40 Warhawk, a P-51 Mustangand several other fine examples of the aircraft of theWWII era. Lining the walls are hundreds of photo-graphs showing people and scenes from that time in

history.

This museum is very much worth a visit, but you hadbetter hurry. The collection was recently purchasedby the Seattle Museum of Flight. The Champlin fa-cility will be closing, probably within the next year.You can learn more about this museum by going to:

http://www.champlinfighter.com/index.html

Of course, no visit to Falcon Field would be com-plete without a visit to the CAPs Falcon Squadron

HQs, located on the field.

The Cadet Programs Websitewww.mnwg.cap.gov/cp

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CADET ENCAMPMENT NEWS

Staff Selection Exercise

Thirty-two cadets recently participated in the 2002 StaffSelection Exercise held at the Anoka Composite Squad-ron headquarters. The Exercise served as a provingground for cadets who will serve on the staff of the

Fourth Cadet Training Group at this summer's Cadet En-campment at Grand Forks AFB.

The testing and evaluating lasted all day on Saturdayand included academic exams, scenario handling, drilland ceremonies, and interviews. The candidates all triedextremely hard and their efforts landed many staff posi-tions in the CTG or an offer to join the Staff DevelopmentSquadron at the encampment. C/2d Lt Kevin Kroll (St.Croix Squadron) earned the top cadet officer score andC/TSgt Amy Her (North Hennepin Squadron) earned thetop cadet NCO score.

CTG Adds Squadron to Train Future Staff

This year the Minnesota Wing Summer Encampment isproud to announce the first year of the Staff Develop-ment Squadron! The SDS has been developed to pro-vide a level of education for those cadets who are BasicSchool graduates and wish to either be on staff or pre-pare themselves to be on staff. By attending the SDScadets will receive all the training (and more!) that staffmembers receive, plus advanced training in teamwork,drill, and encampment operations.

To apply for the SDS cadets must have applied for a

CTG staff position.

The SDS Commander is Cadet 1st Lt Crissy Dalbec ofDuluth Squadron.

Selection for the SDS was competitive and the followingcadets should be congratulated on being selected basedupon their prior performance and current status.

C/SMSgt Travis BaxterC/TSgt Dustin BreckC/TSgt Matt Dunlevy

C/TSgt Nathan GagneC/SMSgt Andrew Isker

C/SrA Angela IskerC/SrA Ryan Kenny

C/SrA Paul KrukowskiC/SSgt Greg Matson

C/TSgt James McCarthyC/CMSgt Ryan McKeenCadet Michael O'ConnorC/SMSgt Denae Saltness

C/SrA Kevin SperlingC/SrA Brett Stadsklev

C/SSgt Paul WellumsonC/MSgt Bart Werness

Information on the curriculum and activities planed for theSDS can be found on the Cadet Encampment Websitewww.mnwg.cap.gov/cp/4ctg

Fourth Cadet Training Group Staff:

Group Commander: C/Capt Caralyn FlackDeputy Commander: C/Lt Col Keelan Diehl

Executive Officer: C/1st Lt Lori SobolewskiCommand Chief Master Sergeant: C/TSgt Amy Her

4th Mission Support SquadronCommander: C/1st Lt Lori SobolewskiAdministration Officer: C/SMSgt Jesse DeckerLogistics Officer: C/CMSgt April HewittPublic Affairs Officer: C/Capt Jared ThompsonStan/Eval Officer: C/1st Lt Sarah WestphallStan/Eval Asst: C/1st Lt Derek TheideDuty Officer: C/2d Lt Andrew AtkinsDuty NCO: C/TSgt Jake Moen

7th Cadet Training SquadronCommander: C/Capt Josh GulbransonFirst Sergeant: C/MSgt Erica HagenAlpha Flight CC: C/2d Lt Mark PomerlauAlpha Flt Sgt: C/SMSgt Nate DorrBravo Flight CC: C/2d Lt Anthony ProseBravo Flt Sgt: C/SrA Nick KneenCharlie Flight CC: C/2d Lt Ben SmithCharlie Flt Sgt: C/CMSgt Brittany Kurzweg

8th Cadet Training SquadronCommander: C/2d Lt David Burgio

First Sergeant: C/MSgt Lanessa BastianDelta Flight CC: C/2d Lt Kevin KrollDelta Flt Sgt: C/SSgt Dana KohanEcho Flight CC: C/2d Lt Chelsea HerzfeldEcho Flt Sgt: C/MSgt Alex FrieseFoxtrot Flt CC: C/2d Lt Martha JensenFoxtrot Flt Sgt: C/SMSgt Brett Kubat

Staff Development SquadronCommander: C/1st Lt Crissy Dalbec

2002 Cadet Encampment 14-23 Junewww.mnwg.cap.gov/cp/4ctg

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