california wing - jun 1996

8/11/2019 California Wing - Jun 1996

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ONT RIO INTERN TION L IRPORT

Southern

California's

Inland irport

We are proud to

salute

the

men

&

women

of

Civil

ir

Patrol

who give

of

themselves,

s others

may

li've

We

are proud to support

the men women

of

alifornia ivil ir Patrol

who give of themselves,

so others

may

live

TRIUMPH GROUP

A Biederman


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Cadets

of

Sacramento Squadron

4

sene as

color guard for ir Force Chief

of

Staff

By ILt. Gene F Trasti

California Wing Group

5 P O

What thoughts would be racing through

your head if you learned you were to serve

as color guard for General Ronald

R

Fogle-

man, Air Force Chief of Staff? Thanks to

the alertness

of

lLt. Robert Schabert, Squad-

ron 14 Commander, his cadets not only had

the chance to ponder but to participate in

what could be a once in a lifetime opportu-

nity. Learning in advance

of

General Fogle-

man's visit, Lt. Schabert launched his

mission possible to have his cadets serve

as color guard and attend the events sur-

rounding the General's visit. After a lot

of

work, mission accomplished and the rest

is history. They couldn' t have done it

better, said Lt. Schabert, referring to the

color guard's performance. I'm very proud

of

my cadets.

General Fogleman was in Sacramento

on the 23rd of April 1996 to speak at the

Comstock club, to a group of about 350

persons and then whisked

off'

to nearby

McClellan Air Force Base where he spoke

to a crowd of more than 3500 people. The

cadets participated in both events. When

departing McClellan, the General graciously

shook the hand

of

each cadet; talk about a

Kodak Moment.

The cadets serving as Color Guard were

Craig Beath, Jordan McMahon, Brandy

Hartsgrove and Robert Hester. The cadets

in attendance were Justin Claudy, Jason

Cullins, Ron O'Neal, Nicole Pirnley, Ther-

esa Moore, Phillip Askew and Jonathan

Van

DerMei.

An event of this magnitude generates a

tremendous amount

of

publicity for the

Civil Air Patrol and also serves to educate

the public on the inseparability of the Air

Force and its auxiliary. From a public af-

fairs standpoint itjustdoesn't get any better

than this.

Lt.

Col. Donna Starr, Commander Gold

Country Group 25, echoed our thoughts

when she stated, I was thrilled we had this

opportunity to demonstrate the excellence

of our officers and cadets.

If this was a baseball game, Squadron

14 just

hit a Grand Slam. Way to

go *

Hail

to the Chief. General Ronald Fogleman, Air

Force Chief

of

StafT, meets tomorrow's leaders in Sacramento.


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WEL OME

Welcome to . Eagle Ca 4

your

new CaUfornia

Wing

magazine. Eagle Callis indeed

your

magazine, a

product of

rank-and-file squadron mem

bers

thi-oughout

the

state;

{

members who write about and

photograph

th e

compelling

'

events

which

set our unique

1 i f e s a v ~ n g organization apart

from

all others.

For the present; we

at

Cali

;

fornia

Wing wiD be

helping

out

with the editing and

layout

of

Eagle

a l ~ but as

we continue

to build a stafT, the editorial

chores will be assumed

by

in

terested

member-journalists

who

want

to help

tell

the Cali

fornia Civil

Air Patrol story.

We're

looking

for

volunteers

We

expect publication

of

two

Eagle Call issues this

year as

we assess the advertising

mar

ket.

We hope

to bring you

quarterly

issues

of the

maga,;.

zine in 1997.

f you

would

like to be an

Eagle Call

contributor,

send \

us

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Please

limit

your

contributions

to

about

one-and-one-half

pages.

Photos

can be in either color or

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are

un

able to

return

photos unless

accompanied by a self-ad

dressed

stamped

envelope. All

submissions

will be

promptly

considered. Of,

if

you

would

simply

like

to write

a

letter to

the

editors, we will

attempt to

print as many

letters as space

permits.

We

.welcome all news

letters.

Here's

a tip toward

pUblication:

keep

'em

short,

and

stick

to

one subject

per

letter.

Mail

or FAX

all stories

and

letters to:

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Selwyn, CAP

Eagle Call Editor

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Voice 805 273-0227

FAX 805 266-9645

Two Minutes and

Thirty econds

By LTC. Donna

Starr

It

was Sunday, March 31st, 1996 when the Beechcraft Sierra made its

take-off from Sacramento Executive airport about 4 pm

in

the afternoon. The

pilot had started to tum West to head for Santa Rosa, when

he

heard the call :

"Mayday, Mayday, this is Cessna 66 Quebec. I jus t lost power I am by the

deep water channel . . ."

The

voice sounded scared.

Suddenly all the years

of

training and experience kicked

in

for Civil Air

Patrol Captain Kevin Healy. He turned away from his planned destination to

assist Steve Bowden, a young student pilot in trouble.

What follows is a transcript

of

the

F

tapes, recounting this two minute

and thirty second drama, from the declared emergency to a crash that this

student walked away from .

Approach Control (APC):

No

vember

66

Quebec, roger

and

squak 7-7-

0-0.

66

Quebec check your carburetor heat

and

yourfuel . . . "

(Bowden)

My carburetor heat

is

ofT And

fuel --

I should have

fuel.

--I 'm gliding 70.

(Healy):

Approach,

2

Fo xtrot Charlie. I have the Cessna in sight. Any

assistance I can provide?

(APC): 2

Foxtrot Charlie, keep him in sight. -- And he 's down at 5

feet.

(Healy) :

The one going Northbound, correct?

(APC):

Northbound,

--

correct.

(Bowden): Any recommended places to

put

this down?"

Looking down, Healy saw the deep water shipping channel with the levy

berm road, the flooded rice paddys, some grassy areas and another irrigation

canal.

He

had only brief seconds to evaluate the air speed

of

the Cessna. It had

been over a decade since Healy had flown a Cessna 150, yet

he

immediately

recalled the emergency procedure checklist. Considering the loss

of

altitude

and all the other possibilities, Healy spoke into his radio:

(Healy):

From my viewpoint, you may want

to

go toward the grass. That

-- ah -- muddy stuff s gonna ' flip him right over.

Continued

Eagle all

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gl

e Call is an authorized publication, published in the interest of the members

of

the California Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

It

is published by a private firm in

no way connected with the Department of the Air Force or the Ci vil Air Patrol

Corporation. The appearance

of

advertisements

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this publication, including

supplements and inserts, does not constitute an endorsement by the Civil Air

Patrol Corporation

or

the Department

of

the Air Force

of

the products and

services advertised.

Materials for publication should be mailed to:

California Wing Civil Air Patrol

Ea gle Ca ll

P. O. Box 9117 * Ontario, CA 91762

Colonel Bryon Brammer, Win g Commander

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Brammer ssumes California Wing Command

at

P C

Region Conference

Bryon Brammer, veteran South

ern California area commander, was

appointed Californja Wing Com

mander at Pacific Region ceremo

nies

in

Portland, Oregon on May 4th

of

thls year. With the appointment

of

Wing Commander, Brammer was

elevated to the rank of full colonel.

During the colorful change-of

command ceremonies, Brig. Gen

eral Richard Anderson, CAP Na

tional Commander and National

Vice Commander, Col.

Paul

Bergman, welcomed Colonel Bram

mer to the top California spot and

lauded outgoing California Wing

Commander, Colonel Angelo Porco

for a job well done. Colonel Porco

will join Pacific Region as Govern

ment Relations Adviser.

Colonel Bryon Brammer, California Wing Commander.

Our new Wing Commander

brings with lm a varied and impres

sive string of credentials and ac

complishments. Colonel Brammer

has been a CAP member for more

than thjrty years, havingjoined back

in 1964 as a cadet. Colonel Bram

mer has held virtually every com

mand post

in

California Wing. He

has been Group 1 Commander twice,

San Fernando Senior Squadron 35

Commander three times, and has

served as Squadron 3 Commander.

Colonel Brammer also served as

Director

of

Communications for the

Wing for five years.

As for staff positions, Bryon

Brammer has been Wing Chief of

Staff, Executive Officer and Vice

Commander. He has also been ac

tive in Cadet Activities and is par

ticularly proud of helping California

Cadets participate

in

the re-estab-

Change of Command ceremonies held

in

Portland

during Pacific Region

Conference. Photo

by LTC Lois Jones)

Iished National Drill Competition,

while serving as Pacific Region

Deputy Chief of Staff for Cadets

during 1971.

Through the years, Colonel

Brammer has been an acti ve CAP

mjssion pilot, rackjng up more than

2,000 hours in various single-en

gine airplanes, most of it on official

California Wing missions. He cur

rently owns a Piper Archer, which

he

keeps stabled at Whiteman Air

port. Brammer is a CAP Command

Pilot. He has nine distress finds to

his credit, plus two saves and 97

non-distress finds.

The Brammer home in Simi

Valley houses a total CAP family.

Bryon and Melody Brammer met

while they were cadets. Melody is a

CAP Major. Son Bryan,

6

, is a

Cadet Technical Sergeant and

daughter Jennifer has

just

recently

become a CAP cadet.

Colonel Brammer holds a bach

e-

lor degree from the University of

Phoenix and an Associate

of

Arts

Degree from Los Angeles Valley

College, where he majored in Police

Sciences and Small Business Man

agement. He is employed as a Sen

ior Project Manager by Pacific Coast

Cabling of Chatsworth.

*

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8

Welcome to the first issue

of

Eagle

Call. This article is one

of

several firsts for me; the first issue

of

ournew Wing Magazine, which

we

hope to publish at least once

every quarter. I would like to thank

Major Wyn Selwyn, our Director

of Public Affairs, for getting this

accomplished.

In future articles, I will inform

you of what my goals are and how

I intend to meet them. I will use

this forum to communicate to you

issues that I feel are important for

the members to hear directly from

me.

I have read with interest, views

and opinions of my predecessors

in columns such as this one, al-

ways wondering how they deter-

mine a topic to write about.

My first topic for discussion

with you is the total reorganization

of the Command structure of Cali-

fornia Wing Headquarters. The

Wing now has two Vice Com-

manders, one

in

Northern Califor-

nia and one in Southern Califor-

nia. Lt. Colonel Shirley Timm will

serve as the Vice Commander in

Northern California. Lt. Colonel

Tom Mayer will serve as Vice

Commander in Southern Califor-

nia. Both Lt. Colonels Mayer and

Timm have had impressive careers

in CAP. They have operational re-

sponsibility for the Groups

in

each

of their territories.

The

job

of Executive

Officer and Chief of Staff

have been eliminated in favor

of five new Deputy Com-

manders, four

of

which have

been staffed. These Deputy Com-

manders will act as what I call

Super Directors. I have com-

bined several related departments,

which each Deputy Commander

will have overall responsibility.

Lt. Col. J P Ollivier is Deputy

Commander for Administration.

Within his command are several

traditional departments: Director

of Information Management

which includes Administration,

Plans and Programs, Information

Systems, and the Wing Secretary.

Also, the Directors of Personnel,

Finance, and the Wing Inspector.

Lt. Col. John Mouzakis is the

Deputy Commander for Opera-

tions, which includes Operations,

Emergency Services, Communi-

cations, Standard Eval, Counter

Drug and Aircraft Management.

Lt. Col. Virginia Nelson heads up

Training. Included

in

her command

is Cadet Programs, Aerospace

Education and Senior Training. She

will eventually head up all training

activities in California Wing. The

fourth assigned Deputy Com-

mander is Lt. Col. Bob Fields. Lt.

Colonel Fields heads up Strategic

Planning. He is responsible for

determining what our needs are

Col. Bryon Brammer

California Wing

Commander

for the future and to help develop

plans for meeting those require-

ments. Not currently filled is the

fifth and fmal Deputy Commander,

that of Mission Support. Within

this command is Public Affairs,

Historian, Medical Officer, Legal

Officer, Recruiting, Logistics and

the Wing Chaplain. During the

coming months the Command Staff

will be working together with me

to fine tune these staff arrange-

ments.

I have chosen these individu-

als to be members of my Com-

mand Staff because of their expe-

rience and aggressive styles. I

expect them to help solve the prob-

lems that have kept this Wing from

achieving greatness. They will

be

instrumental in helping me obtain

the goals that I have set for this

Wing during my tenure as Wing

Commander.

I look forward to being the

California Wing Commander and

to communicating with you in my

next column. Our organization is

not the same today as it used to be

and will not be the same in the

future. But with your help we

can

change to meet the challenges the

future will demand.


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C LIFORNI WING HE DQU RTERS

U.S. IR FORCE UXILI RY

CIVIL IR P TROL

POST OFFICE BOX 9117

ONTARIO CALIFORNIA 91762-9117

Dear California Wing Members:

Approximately nine months ago, I was asked by Colonel

Pearson if I would transfer to Pacific Region as the

Government Relations Advisor. He stated that he believed

that what we had accomplished in California Wing had

played a very important part in helping to keep Civil Air

Patrol as the Auxiliary of the United States Air Force in the

Department of Defense and avoided a cut in our budget for

the year of 1996. And again our all -out Grass-Roots

campaign helped defeat Senator

McCain s

possible thrust

to affect our budget for the year 1997. Senator McCain

succumbed and stated I m not interested in spilling a

lot more blood over it.

This great accomplishment came about because

of

our effort, hard work, loyalty, dedication and

doing what California Wing is known for, and that is giving our all and doing our best for Civil Air

Patrol.

Once again my profound thanks to our California Wing staff, our Group Commanders and their

staffs, our Squadron Commanders and their staffs, all the Squadron members and the families and

friends of Civil Air Patrol who made this possible. You made a great positive impression and you left

a great positive impression with all of our elected government officials and I mean from President

Clinton on down.

About five months ago Colonel Pearson again advised me that he would like

me

to come to Pacific

Region and that he would like the Change

of

Command to take place

at

the Pacific Region

Conference in Portland, Oregon. This time I agreed and Colonel Brammer was advised by Colonel

Pearson that I would be transferred to Pacific Region.

My farewell thoughts about leaving California Wing are many and emotional. These many years

of

camaraderie extending from Van Nuys Composite Squadron 81, to Van Nuys Senior Squadron 81 , to

Los Angeles Group

1

to California Wing have established memorable and lasting friendships.

Together we have succeeded and together we will continue to succeed for we were never afraid of

what the future would bring.

And now as I embark on this new venture, I wish to express my everlasting gratitude to all of you

who have supported me throughout these many years. My heartfelt thanks to all

of

you who have

assisted me during my tenure as California Wing Commander. As always I would be remiss

if

I did

not thank the wives, husbands, parents, sons, daughters and loved ones who have allowed us to

accomplish our Civil Air Patrol missions.

S i n e r e l Y ~ ~

N G E ~ ~

Commander

Where ndividual Performance Meets CAP s Potential

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13/44

Summer

o

S REXs

By

Major

Wyn Selwyn

Summer is training time for

California Wing's volunteer profes

sionals. During the long days

of

the

summer months we hone our Emer

gency Services skills to maintain

the readiness edge needed in the

life-saving work we do. A whirl

wind of busy weekends throughout

the state has once again put Califor

nia Wing n the spotlight within the

Emergency Services community.

Santa Maria 's Squadron 30

hosted a two-day SAREX in mid

May, offering an ambitious dual

scenario : simulation

of

a search for

a missing aircraft, and a mock earth

quake on the central coast

of

the

state.

More than 100 ES specialists,

from pilots to intelligence officers

and truck drivers turned out early on

the morning of 20 May to ready the

twenty aircraft for the exercise. After

a hearty breakfast, supplied by the

Salvation Army, the participants met

in Squadron 30's impressive ready

room for a briefing.

After the 0700 briefing, every

one turned out to begin their assign

ments. The goals of the SAREX

were to teach pilots to correctly

locate and fly inside search grids

and test the Squadron 's computer

and network system as an opera

tional Mission Base. Other facets

of

the training included training

n

communications, administration,

base management and control pro

cedures for the mission base staff

and ground teams.

n attentive platoon of

Air

Force

Evaluators were

on

hand to monitor

the training. Ltc. Bob Beevers,

Squadron Public Affairs Officer ob

served, They don tjust follow you

around and write down what they

see, they'll throw tests at you.

Santa Maria was chosen to host

the event because of its state-of-the-

Continued

Capt. Dave

Arnold

Mission Pilot Sq. 103

from San Luis Obispo

checks

out

N97099.

Capt.

Bob Daniels

from

Van Nuys Sq. 128 checks

out the

236 before

launch.

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12

SUMMER

OFS REXs

Continued

art base facilities, including a brand

new operations center. California

Wing Personnel on hand incl uded

Ltc . Lloyd Burreel, Maj. Frank

Young and Major Wyn Selwyn. Maj.

Young said

he

enjoys being a Civil

Air Patrol professional volunteer.

It

' s a good feeling when we' re able

to help someone out

of

trouble, said

Young. Exercises like this are good

training because they keep us fit,

he

added.

Squadron 30 received an Out-

standing rating for the exercise, the

highest rating given by the Air Force.

Group 11 Commander, Capt. Larry Myrick briefs ES volunteers at

Squadron 30's

impressive

quarters

in

Santa Maria.

Breakfast courtesy of the Salvation Army.

Pilots (and observers and scanners), man your planes.

Wing LO, Ltc. Steve

Webber

meets the press

at Santa

Maria SAREX.


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ig

ear SAREX

Provides Good Altitude

By Capt Ray Tippo

The Third Annual Big Bear

Mountain SAREX got underway in

mid-May amid the breathtaking

scenery of the San Bernardino

Mountains in all their spring gran

deur.

The three-day event was hosted

by Big Bear Squadron 6750. An

intensive refresher course in moun

tain search-and-rescue flying, the

event was the brainchild of Wing

ES Training Officer, Ltc. Joe Or

chard. Orchard saw it as a way to

bring high altitude training to South

ern California. Traditionally, moun

tain flight training has always been

held at

Bishop s

nationally recog

nized High Rocks event

of

the

same type. Orchard lauded project

officer, 1st Lt. Bill Hartman of the

Big Bear Squadron, for putting the

event together.

There was something for every

body at the Big Bear

SAREX, a

ground school for scanner training,

and courses

on

how to recognize the

Pilot (Ltc.)

Larry

Goudie

of

the Big Bear

Squadron and observer

, Ltc.

Joe

Chizmadia

of Calior nia Wing, char their training route.

effects of oxygen deprivation dur

ing high altitude operations. Air

planesjustdon

' tfly as well at higher

altitudes and it behooves every pilot

to beawareofa thing called density

altitude. Pilots were required to drag

out their calculators to make exact

calculations and predictions of how

their airplanes would behave

at

Big

Bear s 6,750 foot altitude.

Three high altitude courses were

required for pilot certification. Dur

ing the flights, crews were required

to find simulated crash sites and

operate direction-fInding equipment

as aides in finding Emergency Lo

cator Transmitter signals.

Cadets get their assignments in Holcomb Valley near Big Bear as May

temperatures hover in the 90 s during the High Altitude SAREX.

At the same time, a two-day

Cadet Encampment was underway

nearby. Thirty-six cadets from Big

Bear, Santa Monica Squadron 51,

and Los Alamitos Squadron 153

camped out at the 7 ,700 foot level in

Holcomb Valley, several miles to

the North

of

Big Bear Airport. As

temperatures hovered in the mid

nineties, the cadets studied radio

logical monitoring techniques, first

aid and helicopter recovery opera

tions. The Cadets also lent a valu

able hand to the seniors at the

SAREX, providing ground teams,

first-aid teams and recovery know

how at the simulated crash sites.

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Hemet Ryan SAREX

Draws ig Turnout

y

Capt

Ray

Tippo

Nearly 200 Emergency Serv

ices volunteers turned out for

Group 18's

SAREX

in

late April.

The 3-day event featured scanner

training, instruction in grid search

flying for aircrews, and Direction

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Profiles in Service

By

Maj Wyn Selwyn

Joe Orchard relaxes on the front

deck of his Big Bear home and scans

the beautiful blue lake which is his

front yard. I wanted to be

of

serv

ice, he says, summing up his years

long commitment to Civil Air Pa

trol. Joe's record bears out that com

mitment.

Joe and his wife Helen joined

CAP back in 1977, flying out of

Whiteman Airport

in

Pacoima with

Squadron 8 . He brought to the

squadron his privately owned Cessna

172, which saw heavy duty with the

squadron on scores

of

searches.

Fastforward to the nineties, which

found the Orchards living in their

Big Bear retirement home. But re

tirement is not a word in

Joe's

lexicon.

After their move to Big Bear,

Joe and Helen Orchard helped in the

reactivation oflocalSquadron 6750

(named for the altitude

of

the air

port). The squadron was officia

ll

y

chartered in 1990 and Joe took

command in 1992. He recently re

linquished command to Ltc. Fred

Beelby,

in

order

to

devote more time

to his

job

as California Wing Emer-

Report on Monterey ay

Emergency enices Symposium

By ILt

than

Constantine

The Monterey Bay Senior Squadron 60 hosted an Emergency Services

and Disaster Relief Symposium at the Weckerling Cu ltural Center

of the

Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, CA on and 2 April

1996.

The event was co-sponsored by the Monterey County Office of Emer

gency Services (OES) and the Association

of

Monterey Bay Area Govern

ments (AMBAG). Its purpose was to familiarize all the Monterey County

authorities with the problems they may face during a natural or man -made

disaster, to advise them of the legal issues involved, and to coordinate the

different Emergency Services of the County in case such an event occurs .

From the Civil Air Patrol side, the California Wing Commander gave a

presentation about CAP history and its role in Emergency Services . Among

other CAP personnel that attended the Symposium was the ES Training

Officer, California Wing, Lt. Col. Joe Orchard, the CA WG Director of

Management and Information Officer, Capt. Helen Orchard, as well as a large

number of Monterey Bay Senior Squadron 60 personnel.

The

symposium lasted two days and it was attended by all the Chiefs

of

Police, City Managers, the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Sheriffs, the Fire

Department Chiefs, and other military and civilian authorities, associated

with local Emergency Services and Planning from all the Monterey, San

Benito and Santa Cruz Counties.

The Symposium was a success and made the Squadron highly visible to

the local authorities. As an aftermath the Squadron has received numerous

phone cal s concerning future cooperation

of

the Squadron and CAP with the

local counties. The role of CAP in disaster relief became apparent and raised

the issueof the need for more local MOUs and Emergency and Disaster Relief

exercises with the participation of CAP and the rest of the local Emergency

Services Community.

Joe and Helen Orchard

gency Services Training Officer.

Under Orchard's leadership the Big

Bear squadron was awarded the Unit

Citation by CAP National Head

quarters. Joe himself was singled

out for the honor

of

Cal ifornia Wing

Senior Member of the Year for 993 .

Hehas been the leading force

in

for

mulating a Mountain High Altitude

Course for air aircrew proficiency,

with Big Bear Airport as the home

base.

During the Northridge Earth

quake emergency, Joe and Helen

left the Cessna in the hangar and

reported to the American Red Cross

for ground duties. They worked the

devastated area for some three

weeks, helping to get everything

from blankets to medicine to food,

for the 20,000 refugees.

Helen and Joe did much of the

grunt work along with the other

CAP volunteers, driving trucks,

making sandwiches, manning the

radio links -- doing virtually any job

that needed to be done. Joe managed

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book, flying Red Cross officials on

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Landers Quake.

Joe is a busy man , but you know

what they say: If you want some

thing done, ask a busy man, like

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and shakers of California Wing.

In the words of California Wing

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an iego RE

By Ltc Bill Cowman

Another earthquake terror

ized southern California late Fri

day, April 19th. A 6.3 shudder on

the Rose Canyon Fault which runs

along the U.S.-Mexican border was

the basis of the San Diego County's

biennial Disaster Relief exercise.

Though the magnitude was not

extreme, the DRE assumed some

liquification of the ground in river

beds and possible damage to dams

and other installations. One reason

for the importance of the drill was

the introduction

of

SEMS (Stan

dardized Emergency Management

System), which will result in faster

and more efficient intra-agency

coordination.

The CAP staff people as

sembled at Gillespie Field (El

Cajon) before 7am Saturday morn

ing and got the desks and equip

ment set up in a flurry of activity.

The organization's radio net and

the Group's alerting officer, Cpt.

Janie Thornton, had announced the

exercise Friday evening, and the

volunteers began to arrive.

Packet

radio contact with the county of

fices was established and runners

between them and the CAP base

were assigned. Lt. Col. Lloyd

Burrell, the Incident Commander,

held a briefing and Cpt. Red Tay

lor gave a comprehensive address

on the safety issues. Red and his

assistant,

S/M

Trudy Walker, fol

lowed through with a vengeance.

All aircraft reporting in were

checked for FAA required paper

work and subjected to a physical

inspection.

With 54 Senior members, 7

Cadets, 12 aircraft and 22 vehicles

checked in things went into high

gear. The first flight out was by

Majs. Ben Peterson and Doris

Ritchey

in

Ben 's blue Stinson.

They went to Montgomery Field

in San Diego, checked the run

ways, talked to the personnel about

lights, fuel and other conditions

there and returned to GiJIespie.

While they were aloft the packet

link operated at full throttle. At

one time, lLt. Jerry Bransford

remarked, we were given so many

tasks we didn t have enough air

craft to assign and had to tum some

down.

Lindberg Airport, the main fa

cility for commercial flights, was

reported as unusable.

A blood bank ferry flight to

Imperial county was made by Cpts.

James Gilmore and Robert Daniel

and 2Lt. Kenneth Johnson .

By this time 1Lt. Eugene Wolf

and Rick Rengel were in high orbit,

acting as CAPCOM. A plane with

Majs. Ken Corica and Tom

Busemi, plus S/M Jim Redmond

was enroute to assess any damage

at Cuyamaca Dam. A similar mis

sion was flown by SIMs Bill

Oppermann and Mike Herendon

and lLts. Jeff Harrigan and Estelle

Ward for the Sutherland and Hen

shaw Dams.

Then a Code Blue, the signal

of

a real situation, was called. An

ELT was detected

in

the Gillespie

vicinity. Maj. Frank Young was

the Ground Officer Trainee and he

quickly got permission to dispatch

a team. Maj. Margurite Leveque

had a DF unit in her Saturn. She,

Cpt. James Robertson, C/lLt.

Benjamin Kay and

Cf IC

David

Caudle took off on its trail while

the rest

of

the mission went on.

Shortly after that a USAF ob

server announced the packet sys

tem was down. The runners would

have to carry the load.

As they were working, addi

tional flights were assigned and

accomplished. A route reconnais

sance pass on Highway 79 was

made by Ltc.

D

Anderson, 2Lt.

Dale Hetrick and S/M Russ

Kortlever; Maj. Ben Peterson with

Cpt. Ernie Jones checked out a

lake, dam, aquaduct and sewage

treatment plant as Lts. Dan Rich

and John McShane looked over

the Oty Lake reservoir. Majors

Randy Gibson and S. Miller flew a

length

of

a power line while Rich

and McShane made a survey of

Interstate 805. Cpt. Michael Wat

kins and lLt. Sherwin Basil looked

for damage in the south bay. Other

flights departed to pick up a dog

and handler, and various other mis

sions.

At 1441 hours the ground team

reported via radio to Maj. Young.

They had pinpointed the ELT sig

nal in a Cessna 152 at a tiedown on

the north ramp at Gillespie, and the

airport authorities were trying to

reach the owner to get him to come

shut it down. The operation was

winding down.

USAF people overseeing the

DRE were Ltc. Grant Feris and

Majs. Marland Chow, Rock Dar

roch and David Hawn. No evalu

ation of the exercise was made

because, Maj. Chow explained,

This was CAP training in ICS

(Incident Command System) and

SEMS and an opportunity to work

with Los Angeles, Orange, River

side and San Diego County

people.

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22/44

20

Former Astronaut William J. Pete

Knight

accepts honorary

membership

in

Palmdale

Cadet

Squadron 15 from Cadet Commander,

CfLt Jon

Fox. Left to right: Former Wing Commander, Col.

Angelo Porco, Col.

Knight

(USAF Ret.) CILt. Fox

and Squadron

15

Commander, Capt.

Ted Neni.

High Desert Cadets

Draft an stronaut

The Cadets of Palmdale

Squadron 15 now count an hon

est-to-goodness astronaut as one

of their own.

In

ceremonies ear

lier this year, the Group 9 cadets

adopted William

1

Pete Knight

into their ranks as an honorary

member of CAP.

The young future leaders

of

the Antelope Valley had been

studying about Knight 's exploits

in space and decided to recruit

the former Astronaut and vice

y

Maj Wyn Selwyn

commander of Edwards Air

Force Base. Knight, now a state

assemblyman, still holds the

world speed record for winged

aircraft, a record

he set in the X-

15

at Edwards AFB.

Then California Wing Com

mander, Col. Angelo Porco

lauded the Squadron

15

cadets

for their splendid record in Aero

space Education and community

involvement.

The award was presented to

Colonel Knight by Cadet Lieu

tenant John Fox, Commander of

the Squadron cadet contingent.

Knight was presented with a

specially-tailored flight suit by

Fox and Colonel Porco.

The

for

mer astronaut and former mayor

of Palmdale predicted that the

quest for excellence by the

Palmdale cadets will lead to un-

dreamed

of

rewards as they jour

ney through life.


23/44

EMERGEN Y SERVI ES

Squadron 5 Members Find Downed Plane

Operating

out

of a search base in Bakersfield, 1st Lt.

Edward Strucke (pilot) and Major Hal Crosskno (ob

server) of

San Fernando Senior Squadron 35 located the

wreckage of a twin-engine Cessna 411 which had gone

down near the town

of

Kernville, northeast

of

Bak

ersfield.

The

pilot, sole occupant of the downed Cessna,

did not survive the crash.

The find was recorded on May 20th, some 24 hours

after the Apple Valley based airplane had been reported

missing on a flight from Bakersfield to Ridgecrest. The

pilot had departed Bakersfield on the morning

of

19

May, telling others that he would attempt to travel to

Ridgecrest Airport, despite high winds in the area, but

would divert to Apple Valley

if

the winds looked too

formidable.

Civil Air Patrol ES was notified on the evening of 19

May, and by

0400

hours on the morning

of20

May ,

MC

,

Ltc. Stev

y

Ashe began steps to open a search base at first

light. First Lieutenant Ellis Udwin was MCO for the

mission. By dawn Strucke and Crosskno were airborne

out

of

Whlteman Airport in Strucke s 172. Accompa

nied by Squadron 35 's corporate bird 32H, they were

the first CAP aircraft to arrive at the base. They were

assigned a grid and later joined by 19 other aircraft

Wing Headquarters

Welcomes New

elebrity Members

Wing Commander Bryon Brammer recently wel

comes two new CAP members to California Wing.They

are Margaret-Kerry Willcox and her husband Jack

Willcox, residents of Glendale. Both completed their

Level 1 training on June 1st.

Margaret brings an impressive resume to California

Wing, having played major roles in some 56 motion

pictures, plus roles on network

TV

and hundreds of

voice-overs for cartoons. You may recognize her as

the daughter

of

Charlie Ruggles

on

TV s

Charlie Ruggles

Show, and Eddy Canter 's daughter in the movie,

f

You

Knew Susie. Walt Disney borrowed Margaret as the

model for the character Tinkerbel l while she was a

starlet and dancer at Paramount. She is currently Public

Affairs Director for KKLA Radio in Glendale, where

she

can

be

heard on the air daily.

She

also owns a

controlling interest in the Flipper series. She will be

helping the Wing with fund-raising activities.

Husband Jack is also working on a second career as

during the morning.

After a short break for lunch,

MC

Ashe gave Strucke

and Crosskno what he believed to be a hot ENTAP lead

just

in from

FAA

radar.

The

Squadron 35 crew flew to

Black Mountain, about 8 miles from Lake Isabella,

where they set up a contour search. Almost immediately

Strucke spotted the wreckage.

The

executive airplane

had been nearly atomized by the crash, no one piece

being larger than a coffee table, according to Strucke.

Strucke said it appeared the aircraft hit the face of the

mountain at a high speed.

Strucke and Crosskno orbited the area for tow hours

helping vector a sherif f's helicopter and ground crew to

the wreckage. At first deputies were unable to fiend a

pieceof the aircraft large enough to contain a registration

number. Finally they found a yellow repair tag on a

broken piece

of

radio, which carried the aircraft N

number.

The 19 CAP search aircraft involved in mission 96-

M-971 flew a total of 53 sorties, which translated into

98 .7 hours in the air. A total of 52 CAP personnel

responded to the mission. Crosskno and Strucke, who is

Squadron 35 commander, have been recommended for

Find awards.

:

Wing Commander Bryon Brammer welcomes

Mar

garet-Kerry

Willcox

and

Jack

Willcox

aboard.

They

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motion picture industry and marketing.

an actor after retirement from a long career on Madison

Avenue as a marketing and advertising executive. Jack

Willcox is a former B-29 commander with the 20th Air

Force and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and a

number of other decorations earned during 35 combat

missions in World War II. :

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Squadron

5

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By Maj Cal urke

On Saturday, May

11, Squadron 35, at

Whiteman Airport in

Pacoima , California,

hosted more than two

hundred Girl Scouts in

an Aerospace Education

Festival. The Project Of

ficer on this one was

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Squadron 35 s Aero

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As one Scout Leader

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Air

Aviation

We

are

proud

to support the

California Civil

ir

Patrol

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Bacon &

Wagner

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Serving the area with pride

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San Jose Jet Center

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Serving the aviation

industry with pride.

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San Jose

(408) Z51-6085

Alpine Helieopter Serviee

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We

proudly

salute the

men &

women oj c.A.P. in their

lifesaving missions.

Helicopter Charter

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333-7345

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POOL

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We support

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Civil

Air Patrol

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Specialists in Commercial

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Civil Air Patrol

V i s a l i a

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Office: (209) 734-1126

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Servici ng

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is pleased and proud to

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We

are proud to salute the Civ il Air

Patrol for their life

saving

efforts

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Serving the entire area with

pride

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quality service.

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Instruction

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27/44

SQUADRON 35

HOSTS GIRL

SCOUTS

ontinued

French, who is a real live

space engineer. French

led the girls

on

a trip to

Mars from leaving the

house to landing on the

Red Planet. (Guess what

is still the most asked

question about space

travel.)

t A flight line dis

play

with

corporate,

member owned, and

other aircraft (even a

1934 Stearman that was

used to train pilots be

fore WWII that allowed

A shady

spot

and

talk

about

the trip

to the tower. Now we know how they keep all

those

airplanes sorted

out.

the scouts a hands-on ex

perience with the planes. This

segment included a discussion of

military flying lead by former

military pilots with combat ex

perience.

t

An Emergency Locator

Transmitter discussion and dem

onstration conducted by pilots

with many hours of ELT search

ing. After the discussion, the

guests actually used direction

finding equipment to locate an

ELT

transmitter.

t A demonstration of Sun

Quest s

flight simulators that al

lowed actual flying

of

the simu

lators by the scouts.

Of course, there was a first

aid station staffed by professional

medical personnel. The staff

included lLt. Carol Mailander,

the Squadron 5 Medical

Offi

cer, and Pat Strucke who is the

Commander s wife and also an

RN . And, Squadron 5 is fortu

nate to have an honest-to-good-

ness chef who prepared an out

door feast of all kinds of barbe

cued goodies, salads, desserts,

and soft drinks.

What a day you say? Right

you are The

proof of

the

day s

success was the wonderment on

the faces

of

the young scouts and

the comments of the leaders and

parents who proclaimed it "the

most enjoyable and educational

of any of the outings we have

experienced."

p .

f you desire more information

on

the California Civil Air Patrol,

please complete this form and mail to:

CALIFORNIA WING CIVIL AIR PATROL

P.

O. Box

9117

Ontario,

CA

91762

Name

____________________________________________________________________

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We

ore proud to

suppor t C.A.P.

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We are proud to

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90501

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lifsaving efforts of the

C.A.P.

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Hale Aviation Inc.

Quality Application

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909) 337-9512 Twin Peaks


29/44

Member Writes Legislati e Book;

Gets Nod from C P National Commander

Lieutenant Frank Marcial is a

man with a mission. Responding

to the national Commander's call

(or a better informed CAP mem

bership, Marcial spent htmdreds

of

hours

of

his own time and lots

of

money from his own pocket to

turn out a primer aimed at helping

rank-and-file members foster re

lationships with their elected rep

resentati ves.

Known as

The

Legislative

Manual for the California Civil

Air Patrol

Legislative

Forum,

Ma:cial's impressive book is a

unique how-to manual for CAP

members who want to be part of

California' s pro-active campaign

to educate public officials about

Civil Air Patrol. Says Marcial in

his preface:

We

believe it is a

matter of sound public policy and

fiscal responsibility for our elected

representatives to utilize this force

of volunteer professionals in the

fields

of

emergency services, aero-

California Legislative Manual featured in College kiosk. Manual author,

Lt.

Frank

Marcial

and

Pacific Region Legislative Officer Angelo Porco

check out the display at the College of the Canyons in Valencia where the

Legislative manual was produced.

space education, and the CAP

Cadet Program which plays an

important part in the crucialtask

of

bringing up our children astomor

row's

leaders.

Marcial has worked closely

with Pacific Region .Legislative

liaison, Col. Angelo Porco and the

California Wing Department of

Public Affairs in producing the

Legislative Manual. The plan is to

provide key California CAP lead

ers with the manual to aid them in

forming an on-going working re

lationship with their elected repre

sentatives and other public offi

cials. Marcial says he hopes the

program can eventually be applied

to CAP nationally. Upon reading

his copy, National Commander,

Brigadier General Richard Ander

son praised Marcial in a letter,

saying I was truly impressed by

its quality, and 1 hank youfor your

great professionalism.

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30/44

28

Le lair

Honored

y

Maj Fred Mahadocon

A first in the history

of

Cali-

fornia Wing, is the chartering

of

the Billie

L.

LeClair Cadet Squad-

ron 89, honoring a living person.

Billie LeClair, a Lt. Col., was

bestowed this honor in recogni-

tion for her

5

years of dedicated

and faithful service to the Civil

Air Patrol. Despite being con-

fined to a wheelchair for the past

27 years, she continues to

be

active whenever and wherever,

especially in Emergency Serv-

ices and Communications. In

1987, she was the recipient of the

National Communicator of the

Year Award. Presenting Lt. Col.

LeClair with the new Squadron

charter bearing her name were

Col. Angelo Porco, immediate

past California

Wing

com-

mander, and Lt. Col. Virginia

Nelson. Squadron 89, located at

the Ontario Air National Guard

Station, was first chartered in

February 1988 as the Ontario

Cadet Squadron 89. The Squad-

ron is presently commanded by

Maj. Patrick Ward.

Former Wing Commander Angelo Porco signs the new charter for

Squadron

89 as Ltc. Billie

LeClair and

Squadron

Commander,

Major

Pat Ward

look on. Squadron 39

is

now officially known as the Billie

L

LeClair Squadron in honor of Billie 's dedicated 35 years of service to

California CAP.

It's the

first time in California

CAP

history

that

a living

person has been so honored.

T

il

E

, , IIIT

E II

OV

O T O N

December 28, 1995

Ms. Bi l l i e LeClair

San

Bernardino, Cal i forn ia

Dear

Bi l l i e :

Hil la ry and I were

so

sor ry 0

l earn

of your hea l th

problems . You

are

in our

thoughts and prayers during t h i s

d i f f i cu l t

t ime.

Since re ly

Earlier

in the

year,

Billie

LeClair

received special

greetings from the White House wishing

her

well in

her

recovery from health problems.


31/44

Watson ille Classic

Again a High Point

y

Maj Fred

Mahado

con

Watsonville, CA -- Since 1966, California Wing

Civil Air Patrol members have actively supported the

West Coast Antique Fly-in and Air Show held annu

ally here at Watsonville. t was no different for this

year's Memorial Day weekend, as 22 seniors and 183

cadets turned out for the event's 32nd year. The

Watsonville Air Show had its beginning in 1964 and

is sponsored by the Northern California Antique

Airplane Association.

OK Everybody off the bu s a

nd

grin.

Theme for this year's airshow was

"The Wonderful World

of

Women In

Aviation." n keeping with the theme,

many

of

the airshow performers were

women. A speciaJ exhibit displayed

pictures and narratives ofwomen who

had contributed to aviation from pio

neer Harriet Quimbey to space shuttle

pilot Lt. Col. Eileen Collins. Present

were some members

of

the Wom en

Airforce Service Pilots

(W

ASP), the

International Women Pilots Organi

zation and the International Women

Helicopter Pilots Organization.

Fa

ll

in, dress right. Look sharp troops

Cadet Richard Ward, Squadron

44, said this was his first time at Wat

sonville. "I like it, it was fun and I

enjoyed meeting other cadets. I'll be

back next year,"

he

said. Michele

Pe

lkey, a cadet with Squad

ron

12

, was also at the air

show for the first time. She

said, '

I m

coming back next

year because it was fun and I

Spit shine time before inspection.

We

want to see

the

stars shine in those boots

enjoyed looking at all the different

planes."

California Wing units support

ing the airshow were Squadrons :

3, Van Nuys; 9, Madera; 1 , Palo

Alto;

11

, Palm Springs; 12,

McClellanAFB; 13 , Freedom; 15,

Lancaster; 17 , San Jose; 18 ,

Oakland; 19, Beale APB;

21

,

EI

Monte; 25, Upland; 27, Glendale;

29, Norco; 30, Santa Maria; 35,

Pacoima; 36, San Jos

e;

39, Lan

caste

r;

43, Hawthorne; 44, Con

cord; 46 , Tehachapi; 55,

EI

Cajon;

56, La Habra;

61

, Camarrillo; 63 ,

Burbank; 64, La Verne; 84, Ed

wards AFB; 85, Rescue; 86, San

Francisco; 88, Irvine; 89, Ontario;

101, Vandenberg AFB; 103, San

Luis Obispo; 107, Torrance; 114,

Moffett Field; 115, Santa Rosa;

131, Goleta; 137, Sylmar; 153, Los

Alamitos; and 192, San Carlos.

*

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32/44


33/44

GLI ER

RI ERS

y

Maj

Fred

Mahadocon

Twentynine Palms, CA

-

Twenty-four seniors and 58 cadets

took part in Operation Jetstream at

the Twentynine Palms airport dur

ing the weekend of April 20th and

21st. The two days of orientation

flights accomplished 28 powered

and

85

glider flights .

Powered flights were provided

by Maj . Hal Croskno flying a

Cessna 182, Capt. Jackie DeCosta

a Cessna 152 and 2nd Lt. Randy

Henry a Cessna 182.

Fly-In Aerofair were

11 seniors and 37 ca

dets from Groups

15

and 18. The Aerofair

was held at Chino air

port on May 4th and

5th.

A towplane, P A25-235 Piper

Pawnee, piloted by Tom McEr

lane of the Twentynine Palms

Soaring Club, towed three SGS233

gliders totaling 125,000 feet. Glider

pilots were Maj . Dave Widrig,

Capt. Ernie Zoeter and 1st Lt.

Charlie Lewis.

IstLt.

Kitty Zoeter

coordinated the glider flights.

Civil Air Patrol's

function was control

ling traffic during the

day and aircraft secu

rity at night. When not

performing duties,

members visited the

various exhibits, air

craft displays (World

War II warbirds, home

builts and experimen

tals) and watched aer

ial performances. A

CAP information and

display booth was also

among the exhibitors.

Capt. Ernie Zoeter and C. Sgt. Nick Yu

For

recreation and relaxation,

the weekenders played volleyball,

watched video movies or sat around

the fire circle. Moral and spiritual

guidance were available from

Chaplains Lt. Col. Dan Dyer and

Capt. Karl Peterson. Maj. Evan

Zangenberg,

Capt.

Elizabeth

Zailgenberg and Capt. Gamila

Mherian did the meals during the

two-day event.

Participating units included

California Wing Headquarters,

Ontario; Group

1

Pacoima; Group

15, Chino; Squadron 20, Chino;

Squadron 25, Upland; Squadron

29, Norco; Squadron 45, March

AFB; Squadron 56, La Habra;

Squadron 64, La Verne; Squadron

89, Ontario; and Squadron 138,

Pico Rivera .

Chino, CA -- Supporting the

First Annual Southern California

Maj. Fred Mahadocon, Group

15

Public Affairs Officer, operated

the booth. He was assisted by Lt.

Col. Ken Hartwell, officer in

charge of the CAP group.

Chino Cadet Squadron

20

fa

cilities were utilized by the CAP

volunteers as their operational cen

ter and camp site. Meals were pro

vided by the sponsors

of

the Aero

fair and video movies by 2nd Lt.

Brandon Harrison, Squadron 20

commander, for the CAP group.

During and at

show s

end,

Aerofair sponsor praised the per

formance

of

the cadets and was ex

t r e m e y

pleased. Similar and fa

vorable comments were also made

by exhibitors and attendees. The

cadet commander was CfMsgt. Ja

son Hinton of Squadron 64. Units

involved were Headquarters Group

1 and 15, Squadrons20,21, 29, 56,

64, 89, and 138.

Fullerton, CA -- Youth In

A viation Day was a day of oppor

tunity for California southland's

junior and high school students to

be informed of aviation career and

education opportunities in their

communities. Along with aviation,

industries, schools and organiza

tions, Civil Air Patrol operated an

information and display booth. Lt.

Col. Virginia Nelson, Group

15

commander; Lt. Col. Ken Hartwell,

Squadron 64 commander; and Maj.

Fred Mahadocon, Group

15

public

affairs officer were present to pro

vide advice and answers to ques

tions by inquiring youths inter

ested in CAP's role in aviation .

The event was sponsored and held

on May 11th at the Aviation Fa

cilities Inc. Flight Training Center

located at Fullerton Airport.

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32

Group

5

wards Ceremonies

y Maj Fred Mahadocon

West Covina, CA -- Awards,

winners, presentations, praises,

applauses, smiles, joys, surprises,

prize

drawings,

Monterey

Chicken, and London Broil were

all part

of il

Robb Wilson Group

15' s Annual Awards Banquet.

The event was held at Blake s

Restaurant in West Covina on

May 18th.

Opening remarks were made

by Lt. Col. Virginia Nelson,

Group

15

commander. Lt. Col.

Nelson praised the squadrons

within the Group for the past

year's many accomplishments

and thanked them for making

Group 15 perhaps the best within

the California Wing. Notewor

thy was the fact that Group 15

completed far more orientation

rides than all other Groups in

California put together. Group

15 were also rated the best with

the highest rating after an inspec

tion by California Wing earlier

in the year. In the 12 areas in

spected, the Group amassed five

outstanding, five excellent and

two satisfactory ratings.

Capt. Alden Wright, Califor

nia Wing Aerospace Education

Director, briefed the attendees

on Space Shuttle STS77. The

space shuttle, Endeavor, was

launched on May 19th from

Kennedy Space Center. He talked

about the mission of the Endeavor

and of its unique payload, an

inflatable antenna.

Los Angeles Cadet Squad

ron 138, commanded by Lt. Col.

Charles Wiest, received its sec

ond unit citation. It now is the

only squadron in Group 15 that

has two unit citations. The award

is for the period January 1990 to

May 1996. During that period,

the squadron acquired three Cali

fornia Wing and five Group

15

outstanding unit awards. The unit

also received the American Le

gion s

Outstanding Squadron

A ward for California .

Receiving the Spaatz Award

#1288 was ClCol. Mark Hoferer

of

Squadron 56. The award was

presented by Col. Angelo Porco

in behalf of Generals Richard

Anderson and Howard

Brookfield. Capt. Jack Ochs,

Squadron 56, was presented his

We know

simple way to

achieve results

Simply:

Attend

meetings

regularly

Recruit new

members

ccepta

Senior Level

staff

responsibility

and do it to

the best of

your ability

Grover Loening Achievement

A ward and Amelia Earhart

Awards went to ClCapts. Don

Sewell and Anthony Trimboli.

Other award winners were

Lt. Col. Ken Hartwell, Squadron

64 commander, Senior Member

of

the Year; ClCol. Mark Hof

erer, Cadet Officer of the Year;

ClMsgt Timothy Pint, Squad

ron 138, Cadet NCO of the Year;

Capt. Jackie DeCosta, Squadron

56, Pilot

of

the Year; Maj . Mor

ris Harris, Squadron 56, Observer

of

the Year; 1st Lt Cathy Levoni,

Squadron 89, Ground Team

Member

of

the Year; Capt.

Carolyn Ward, Squadron 89,

1995 Pacific Region Communi

cator

of

the Year; 2nd Lt. Walter

Mark, Squadron 56, Aerospace

Education Officer of the Year;

C/Capt. Don Sewell, Squadron

64, Communicator of the Year;

Brackett Composite Squadron,

Senior Squadron

of

the Year;

North Orange County Compos

ite Squadron 56, Composite

Squadron

of

the Year; and Billie

LeClair Cadet Squadron

california wing - jun 1996

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