Civil Air Patrol cadet competition teams from Sioux Falls and Rapid City will represent South Dakota in a regional Civil Air Patrol competition on April 9. The teams from Sioux Falls Composite Squadron and Rushmore Composite Squadron were first and second place, respectively, in the state-level competition held this past weekend in Pierre.
Pierre Civil Air Patrol Cadet C/TSgt Darion D. Osterkamp has received the NCO Citation and Medal Award from the Pierre Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8, in recognition of outstanding achievement and exceptional leadership ability.
Cadets from Sioux Falls Composite Squadron visited the Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation in Sioux City on March 19.
South Dakota Wing (SDWG), Civil Air Patrol (CAP), held a state-wide training exercise Saturday, March 12. It was a distributed Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) with units, known as squadrons, across South Dakota Wing completing ground team, aircrew, drone, and other emergency services training.
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, will hold its annual “cadet” youth program competition in Pierre on Saturday, March 26. The competition includes eight events, six of which will be held in Pierre.
Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing played a crucial part in South Dakota Air National Guard 114th Fighter Wing aerial intercept training March 16.
Civil Air Patrol’s Cell Phone Forensics Team helped Custer County, S.D., searchers find a hunter who did not return home when expected Tuesday. With bitterly cold weather and snow likely, the safety of the missing man was a serious concern.
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, will hold a state-wide training exercise Saturday, March 12. It will be a distributed Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) with operating bases with local ground and air sorties coordinated from an Incident Command Post in Sioux Falls.
Two different SDWG color guards, with members from Lincoln County and Sioux Falls Composite Squadrons, presented the colors on February 26 and 27 at the NSIC Conference Quarterfinals morning and afternoon games at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, recently assisted the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing’s training for intercepting small aircraft. The training took place during the evening and night of January 25 over southcentral South Dakota.
