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South Dakota  Wing, Civil Air Patrol, activated September 20 to assist the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Police with a missing person search. 

Close to 78 Civil Air Patrol Cadets and Senior Members from the Upper Midwest and the Central Plains meet in Sioux Falls this weekend for the North Central Region Cadet Honor Academy. The Cadet Honor Academy prepares cadets to serve on color guards while furthering their individual character development and drug-free knowledge. 

National Headquarters has announced that five South Dakota Wing units are receiving the Quality Cadet Squadron Award for 2022.

Maj. E.W. Filler, of Big Sioux Composite Squadron, spent two weeks at Nellis AFB in Nevada this month, helping active-duty Air Force personnel train for use of remote-sensing drones.

South Dakota Wing has temporarily exchanged N832CP for a Kansas Wing aircraft, N524CP.  Kansas Wing benefits from the exchange because N832CP, a C182T, can tow the KSWG glider. South Dakota Wing benefits because N524CP, also a 182T, has an advanced G1000 NXi system.

South Dakota Wing is pleased to announce that we will be offering the Squadron Command Course (SCC) this fall. 

At least 24 cadets received orientation flights on 15 sorties during the annual South Dakota Wing Aerospace Education Day August 20 in Onida, SD.  The event also included experiences with multi-engine model rocketry, small search drones, and a range of other aerospace and STEM activities.

C/CMSgt Alexander Heinrich, from Rushmore Composite Squadron, says earning his private pilot’s license in a Civil Air Patrol program is “one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”

Close to 30 CAP members from around the state gathered in Custer, August 12-13 to train on air and ground search and rescue skills. The training was based at the Custer County Airport.

Hundreds of people visited the Civil Air Patrol booth during the Discover Aviation Day event in Sioux Falls on Thursday, August 4. The event was part of the Sioux Falls Airshow organization, sponsored by Aerostar, to provide information and activities that provide “kids of all ages” with information about aviation, including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).