Members from Lincoln County Composite Squadron Composite Squadron and Sioux Falls Composite Squadron worked together recently for an airplane wash (with help from some wing staff members and parents).
The beginning of winter is a great time to clean the summer and fall grime off CAP airplanes, and make it a fun activity.
Lookout Mountain Composite Squadron cadets swept CAP’s Spearfish hanger for the last time during their meeting Thursday, May 26.
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, flew an airborne photography mission for the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing on Thursday, May 12. The aircrew photographed the scene where an F-16 assigned to the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing went off the end of a runway.
Rushmore Composite Squadron received 30 large boxes of cold-weather gear from Ellsworth AFB recently and is providing some of them to other units in three states.
A group of Lincoln County Composite Squadron cadets, senior members and family members gathered at Kids Against Hunger earlier this month to bag meals for those in need. After a brief set of instructions, they put together enough meals to feed 1944 people. It was a fun and very rewarding experience.
Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing conducted nine flights Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in support of the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s 2021 Field Test and Evaluation radar coverage study in proximity to wind turbines.
The family of long-time Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Lt. Col Lois Schmidt, of Pierre, has given CAP’s Pierre Composite Squadron a memorial gift. Schmidt died August 11 at the age of 93.
Members of Rushmore Composite Squadron (with help from Crazy Horse Composite Squadron) supported the Hot Springs Balloon Festival this weekend with crowd control.
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was recognized by the Helpline Center of Sioux Falls and Rapid City as a recipient of its annual Spirit of Volunteerism awards. The awards recognize individuals, groups, and businesses that gave of their time and talent to care for communities across South Dakota. The awards were presented during National Volunteer Week, April 18-24.
