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East River aircrews participated in an aviation SAREX in Sioux Falls on 5/11/24. Worked on finding ELTs, airborne photography, and flying skills.

CAP Lt. Lauri Ziebarth assumed command of Rushmore Composite Squadron on May 9 in a change of command ceremony during the squadron meeting at Ellsworth AFB. The traditional passing of the flag ceremony was officiated by Col. Michael Marek, SD Wing commander.

Civil Air Patrol provided essential aircrew services, allowing an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft to visit Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD.

Civil Air Patrol’s Lookout Mountain Composite, Spearfish, held an open house and memorial service commemorating for family members of one of the men who died in an aircraft accident 30 years ago. Family members returned to Spearfish to mark the anniversary.

Two teams from South Dakota Wing competed in CAP’s recent North Central Region Cadet Competition at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, MN. Lincoln County Composite Squadron, Tea, and Rushmore Composite Squadron, Rapid City, represented South Dakota in the highly competitive event, which included teams from six of the seven states in CAP’ North Central Region

The competition features a range of events drawn from the CAP cadet program, such as indoor and outdoor presentations of the colors, standard drill, physical fitness, a team leadership problem, service project report, and uniform inspection.

South Dakota Wing completed two tornado damage assessment sorties in Nebraska this week for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

South Dakota Wing garnered lots of interest in free STEM kits for educators during the annual Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE) conference in Sioux Falls.

CAP offers close to 20 STEM kits to educators who join for a one-time membership fee of $35.  

South Dakota Wing held its annual wing conference recently, concluding with an awards banquet recognizing members for excellence.

Eclipse data submitted from South Dakota Wing “made an important contribution” to Civil Air Patrol’s report to NASA on data collected during the recent solar eclipse. South Dakota Wing had seven teams ready to collect "citizen science" data in partnership with NASA's GLOBE Observer program. Most faced cloudy skies, but teams were still able to collect data.

South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, is “effective” in its ability to accomplish its missions safely, efficiently, and effectively. The rating followed a staff assistance visit (SAV) by the Air Force North Central Liaison Region.