By: Capt Bruce Hudson, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer, North Carolina Wing Civil Air Patrol’s North Carolina Wing completed its 2023 Type A Encampment on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Beginning on Saturday, July 8, cadets from across North Carolina gathered at Camp Butner in Stem, NC to complete the 8-day...
By: 2d Lt Monica Morgan, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Guilford Composite Squadron Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (MCAS), also known as “America’s Air Station,” hosted this year’s NC Wing Commanders Retreat Weekend on September 15-17, 2023. Col Brendan “Cletus” Burks spoke to the group about all the projects on...
By: Capt. Joel H. Levy, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Union County Composite Squadron Earlier this summer, the Union County Composite Squadron (NC 300) participated in the Mid-Atlantic Region Search & Rescue Exercise (SAREX) deploying its newly acquired Teal 2 sUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial System). In addition to being the backbone...
By: 2d Lt Yelena McManaman, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron On the last Tuesday in August, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron cadets learned about various exciting opportunities available to them. In the months with five Tuesdays, the final Tuesday meeting becomes a fun night at the Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron. It...
By: 1st Lt Derek Broadhead, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Asheville Composite Squadron The Asheville Composite Squadron is continuing to make the most of the summertime by challenging their cadets and senior members with aerospace-related events and training. On August 16, 2023, the Asheville Composite Squadron was honored to visit the...
By: Capt Glenda Engstrom, CAP Public Affairs Officer, North Carolina Wing During the week of August 14, 2023, the Civil Air Patrol North Carolina Wing conducted training at Harnett Regional Jetport to support the United States Army’s Fox Company 3-82nd Airfield Operations Battalion (AOB)/General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB). The AOB...
By: 2d Lt Yelena McManaman, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron In a brief yet impactful ceremony on August 8, 2023, the Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron bid farewell to outgoing Cadet Commander C/Maj Ben Waldron and welcomed incoming Cadet Commander C/2dLt Ethan Campbell. The ceremony, presided over by the Deputy...
By: Lt Col Mike Garrison, CAP Operations Officer, Iredell Composite Squadron Group 6 Squadrons participated in a day long Cadet Orientation Ride (O-ride) clinic hosted by the Iredell Composite Squadron (NC-162) and supported by the Charlotte Senior Squadron (NC-121) on 29 July 2023. Eight Randolph Composite Squadron (NC-107) and Iredell...
By: Capt Racheal Gliniak, CAP MAR-CLS Event Public Affairs Officer While many teenagers traveled with their families and relaxed in the sun, teenagers from across the country and Germany gathered for six days at Civil Air Patrol Mid Atlantic Region's Cadet Leadership School. Located at the North Carolina Justice Academy,...
By: Senior Member Reginald Weaver, Aerospace Education Officer, Cape Fear Composite Squadron and 2d Lt. Michael Byrd, Public Affairs Officer, Cape Fear Composite Squadron The North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) demonstrated their forest firefighting capabilities to three NC Wing squadrons on Saturday, 05 August 2023 at their Eastern Aviation Hub...