News - Page 19

Pierre Composite Squadron hosted an open house at the American Legion in Pierre Tuesday evening (12/21)

 South Dakota Wing is mourning Capt. Neil Schmid, who died in Arizona December 19.  

Two squadrons in South Dakota Wing were responsible for over 450 wreaths for the graves of veterans.  The wreaths were placed in separate ceremonies on the national Wreaths Across America day, Saturday, December 18.

Big Sioux Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, recently received a $3,000 check resulting from planned fundraising at SDSU football games this fall.

Nine members of South Dakota Wing, eight from Sioux Falls Composite Squadron and one from Lincoln County Composite Squadron are headed for the Kansas Wing Winter Encampment December 26 through January 2.

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters has awarded three members of South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP), disaster relief ribbons for their efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

Members of three South Dakota Wing squadrons along I-29, and wing staff members at multiple operating locations, met on the air for a communications exercise Saturday, December 11.

Former South Dakota Wing Commander Col. David Small Jr., of Piedmont, died December 2 after hospitalization in Utah.  

Sioux Falls Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, was presented with a $3,000 check from the Twisted Nightmare Haunted House on December 2nd, 2021.

Civil Air Patrol North Central Region Commander Col. John O’Neill has named Lt. Col. Michael Marek to be the next state commander of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in South Dakota. Marek succeeds Col. Nick Gengler.