california wing - sep 1982

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Approved Publication of California Wing, Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force FALL, 19821982 Wing Conference: ''Professional, Enthusiastic"

The 1982 California Wing Conferencewas held May 2 31 at the Plaza AirportInn In Millbrae. Although attendancemight have been down from previousyears, the attendees' enthusiasm morethan made up for It. Participants weremost enthusiastic about the hotel accom-modations and the professionalism dis-played by Cal Wing staff members at theworkshop seminars. There was no doubtthat the conference was a successful"hands-on" learning experience for allwho attended. HlghJight of the con-ference was, of course, the AnnualAwards Banquet where Lt. Col.Shirley Timm of Group 4 was namedOutstanding Senior Member of the Year,and Cadet Mary Ortega of Sq. 147,Group 16. was named OutstandingCadet of the Year.

Other top award winners were:OUTSTANDING COMPo SQUADRONBilly G. Turner Compo Sq. 44

OUTSTANDING CADET SQUADRONPacifica Cadet Sq. 1OUTSTANDING SENIOR SQUADRONSouth Bay Senior Sq. 129

MOST IMPROVED UNITFrancis G. Powers Comp. Sq. 39OUTSTANDING PILOTCapt. John 'Skip' Lawson,

Sq. 22. Group 4OUTSTANDING PAOCapt. Carol M. Reynolds,

Sq. 68, Group 7COMMANDER' AWARDLt. Col. Albert 1. Kaufman, WG HQ

Maj. Terence E. Taylor WG HQOUTSTANDING GROUP COMMANDERLt. Col. Shirley M. Timm, HQ Gp. 4

Lt. Col. Shirley Tlmm, Commander, HQGroup 4. Outstanding Senror Member.California Wing. jor 1981.Codet Mary Ortego 0 / Merced ouniyComp. Sq. 147. Group 16, OutstandIngCadet, California Wing fo r 1981.

Pacific Region Aerospace Conferenceby Jute ZumwaltDirector 0/ Aerospace Education

The Fifteenth Annual Pacific RegionAerospace Education Conference isscheduled for October 7-10 at theHanalei Hotel. 2270 Hotel Circle. In SanDiego. The conference is open to alleducators, school administrators,students, aerospace/aviation enthusi-asts. aerospace education workshopdirectors, Civil Air Patrol seniors andcadets, FAA, NASA, L-5, 995 andUSAF personnel.This year's gath ring will be a heads-on. hands-on learning experience. The

Conference is being held at the HanaleiHotel which means "Valley of theFlowers." It offers 9 1 1 2 acres of semi-tropical trees, atrium and water- fedstream, pool, sauna, therapy pool, com-plimentary weekday newspaper and in-roorn coffee.Free educational materials will bevailable on Thursday evening. Fridayand Saturday on a first-come, first-serve

basis.For complete information, please con-tact: Ms. Jule Zumwalt, Director of

Aerospace Education, Pacific Liai onRegion, Mather AFB. california 95655.Telephone number: (916) 364-2554. 0

1982 CaliforniaWing Public AffairsWorkshopVandenburg AFB November 13-14

The workshop will be open not only to Public Affairs officers but also Commanders and other interested members.BilleHng In the VOQ and Messlnq in the General Dining Hall will be available.Units are urged to watch their mall and radio traffiC for [urth r details. 0


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Alta SquadronOn Television

Members of Alta Squadron in Sultanawere recently given television exposurewhen a local news station presented aMemorial Day commentary.The newscast opened with filmcoverage of the unit members assisting indirecting traffic at Belmont MemorialPark Cemetery. It concluded with filmaction of C/ A Wayne Noel performing'Taps" on the bugle and then had a clos-ing shot of the American flag.This was the Ilrst film coverage ofCAP's activities in support of BelmontPark during the Memorial Day timeperiod. The unit has been partidpatingat Belmont since 1974.Several members of the unit particl-pated in the two day activityat Belmont:Cadets Chris Gomez, Danny Sus-

taita, Thomas Cook, Oliver Her-rera, Glen Petree, Shannon Noel,Robert Banuelos, Wayne Noel, Wil-liam Gibson, Steve Barrett andHoward Van Baugh. Also participatingwere Lt. Col. David Chapman, Maj.Willard Monis and 1st Lt. RichardS~~~. 0

BEAR FACTSThe Bear Facts is an unofficialmagazine published quarterly in the in-terest of the members of the CaliforniaWing of Civil All Patrol, It ispublished byOmega Communications. a private firmIn no way connected with the Depart-ment of the Air Force or Civi l Air PatrolCorporation. Opinions expressed bypublishers and wrllers are their own andare not to be considered official expres-slon by the Civil Air Patrol Corporationor the Air Force. The appearance 0 1advertisements in this publication. in-cluding supplements and inserts. doesnot constitute an endorsement by theCivil Air Patrol Corporation or theDepartment of the Air Force of productsor servicesadvertised.

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THE EDITORBEARFACTS4023 W. 176tl1

Torrance. CA 90504Col. Edwin W. Lewis, Jr.

CommanderCapt. Barbara AblesDirector, Public Affairs

Edi orCapt. Mark Cartwright

AssociateEditor

COMMAND COMMENTby Col. Edwin W. Lewi.s, Jr., CAPCalifornia Wing Commander

quent accident history is Virtuallynil.Operation's crown jewel, if you will,has 10 be the three-state combinedSAREX conducted 17-18 July involving82 aircraft from California, Nevada andOregon Wings. Held jointly at Alturasand Redding, it was a textbook exampleof how three separate wings canoperate. We intend to do it again, atleast every year.We are also solvent. With all of thathow can Don go wrong? For thai mat-ter, who is Don? Other than being ex-Navy he has honesl credentials! Aformer member of both the Army andthe Navy - the lastas a carrier-qualifiedpilot - he resigned to get into civilianflying. His liming was terrible and he had10 go to work for a living. He now ownsa trucking firm.His CAP background is exemplary.He joined Squadron 2 and was an activepilot with them before being drafted tothe Wing HQ as the Chief of Standard-ization. He is the reason the flight clinicsare as professional as they are. While heis not a former Cadet, he is not a slowlearner and Maj. Lee and our Cadetshave a strong, capable ally. I know youwillsupport him as you have me.There is no way Ican reward or evenadequately express my gratitude to youall for your help and encouragementthese past four years. You have givenimmeasurably of yourselves to supportour missions and projects. Thank youvery much. 0

Disaster Training InstituteMaj. Ed Ryan, Director of Cal Wing Communications, participated inthe Sixth An-nual Disaster Training Institute put on by the American Red Cross at California StateUniversity at Sacramento. Specific training was given in: Shelter Management; Pro-viding Health Service in Time of Disaster; Mass Feeding; Survey and Damage Assess-ment; Crisis Inrervention and Disaster Case Work. Disaster Administration, Accoun-ting and Fund Raising were also part of the curriculum. Over 200 Red Crossvolunteers and staff Irom as far away as HawaII. Montana, Oregon and Nevada tookpart in the week-long Institute. Maj. Ryan specialized in Introduction to Disasters andAdministering A Small Disaster. 0

It's been a fast four years! On October2, Maj. Donald M. BiondJcb willbecome the 15th commander of Callf-ornia Wing. Before I tellyou about Don,though, let's look at the past four years.On the debit side we have killed and in-jured several of our own and destroyedseveral airplanes and vehicles througbneedless, costly accidents. That,however sobering and unfortunate. isthe only tangible negative. The positivesare substantial.As mentioned last time, the netevaluation of the Wing is favorable. Weare growing. with the largest number ofcadets and seniors on board in years.California CAP is larger than some CAPregions! The Cadet Program is boomingand I have a substantial wager that wewill again win the Region and NationalCadet Competition. Aerospace Educe-tion has a large. active directorate whichis promulgating "the Word" the lengthand breadth of the State. Our Chaplain-cy program is also larger than someRegions and is actively participating inthe entire CAP program at a U levels. OurBear Facts has emerged as a steady,dependable publication that is well-regarded around the nation.But that's not all. Our Senior programis active and many of you are par-ticipating in It who would not have con-ceived of doing so In past years. Whileour operations expertise is still uniqueand burgeoning, we are delighted tonote the emulation of many of irs facetsby other wings-from SAR techniquesto paperwork managemenl. The mostvisible of this is the flight clinic programwhich continues to graduate competent,dedicated CAP aviators whose subse-


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First 1982 Cadet Encampment Held at Travisby Maj. Betty Storey, CAP

The first Cadet Encampment of 1982was held this spring at Travis AFB inCentral California. Eight CAP seniors,two USAF Reservists and 83 Cadetsfrom throughout the state participated inthe nine-day activity.For most of the cadet basics. it wastheir lirst experience at making bedsmilitary style, standing inspections, drill-ing in large formations and taking ordersfrom seasoned cadet drill instructors.Besides attending instruction in [he re-quired leadership, military andaerospace education courses, cadetshad an opportunity to flyIn KC-13S AirForce refueling aircraft during actualrefueling missions, operate the C-SGalaxy aircraf 'flightsimulator, fire M-16rifleson the firing range and tour controltower and air-operations facilities. In ad-dltion, the cadets toured the hugeMilitary Airlift facilities including thecargo depots, aircraft cargo loadingdocks and a C-141 Starlifter cargo air-craft. They also toured the fHghtlinefirestation and the Security Police head-quarters.Lt. Col. Shirley Timm served asEncampment Commander. The othersenior staff included: Maj. Eugene Car-nahan (Commanding Officer of Sq.

85), Maj. Betty Storey, Maj. JosephDerico, Chap. / Capt. MichaelTachet, Capt. John M.iltenberger,1st U. Lori Brand and 1st Lt.-WU-lard Kretsch.The Cadet Commander was C/U.Col. Steve A. Humphrey. C/Maj.Todd Anders served as his DeputyCommander. Both cadets are membersof Sq. 22 based at Travis AFB.Torrents of rain ended a U chances ofhaving the encampment review cere-mony outdoors, but several hundredrelatives and guests gathered in a flight-line hangar to watch the cadets pass-in-review and to receive their awards. Fromtime to time. giant C-5 and Cl41 air-craft taxlied past, drowning out thevoices of the honored guests and music.Col. Warren Barry. Deputy Com-mander, Pacific Region and Col.Donald WoJfswLnkle. Deputy BaseCommander, made the presentations."A" Flight won the outstanding flightaward. The night was commanded byC/1st Lt. William Geesey (Sq. 44);C/MSgt. Brian Plumley (Sq. 14)served as Right Sergeant.The outstanding cadet award was wonby Cadet Christopher Bailey (Sq.110) who was a member of "C" Flight.o one was more proud of the cadets

than the Tactical Officers. Capt. JohnMiltenberger (Sq. 18 ) and 1st Lt.Lori Brand (Group 4). For nine daysthey had shared their lives with thecadets ... the laughing, the tears andnow the pride.The barracks doors are closed now.No more cadets scurry breathlessly down

the long deserted hallways. Yet in takingone more walk down the emptybuilding, one can stillhear the "Oo-rahs'and the militarychanIs echoing from thesilence ... feel the pulsating heartbeatsand even hear Ihe quiet sobs 01 a younghomesick basic on his first adventureawav from home. 0

Cadet Donald Lequieu of Sq. 85 has his seal belt adJusred by a membe.r oj the JUght CTewjusrprior to a KC- 13 5 orientation f light. Cadets saw firsthand actual refuel ing operations in fllghr dur-Ing rheir orientaif?" ride. Pharo courtesy of USAF Reserue.

Pacific Region Staff Collegeby Capt. Rick Gale, CAP

Nine members of Civil Air Patrol'sCalifornia Wing units joined 18 membersof Oregon and Washington units asstudents of Pacific Region Staff CollegeJune 19-25 at the University ofPortlandin Oregon.Region Staff College is the lorrnal in-residence academic function required (orcompletion of the Grover LoeningAward (Level III). 'Its purpose is to helpprepare CAP officers to better executethe duties and responsibilities associatedwith CAP command and staff positionsat squadron level and above by impro-ving attitudes, knowledge and skillsthrough management seminars.Subjects included interpersonal com-munication. group communication,management, leadership. conferencetechniques and motivation. Leadershiproles were utilized to provide first-handexperience in role-playing situations toall participants.The longest distance driven was ap-proximately 1100 miles by three

members of Inland Empire Group 18(SanBernardino): Capts. Deborah Ab-bott, Rick Gale and Gary Llswood.The triptook 21 hours of almosl contin-uous driving with only necessary stopsfor gas, etc."Although the trip was a long one, itwas worth the experience, ,. declaredCapt. Liswood. "We had the chance tosee much 01 the country and talk byradio to other CAP members during ourdrive. CAP members from a variety ofbackgrounds mel and formed onecohesive unit, using management andcommunication techniques. We learneda lot and returned with memories andex-periences we will never forget. I sawhow CAP members operated in otherparts of the country."Region Staff College is a one-weekcourse funded byNational Headquartersand sponsored by region, normally con-vened annually. The Pacific Region StaffCollege's location is changed each yearand has included such areas as Portland,La s Vegas, Nevada and Travis AFB.California. ri


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When the space shuttle landed suc-cessfully on the 4th of July, a TV an-nouncer commented, 'Those ASAfolks sure did a bang-up PR job!"In many organizations the function isknown as Public Relations (PR) , but inothers, such as the government, mllitaryand our very own Civil Air Patrol, the"PR Shop" is known as "Public Affairs,"and we can guarantee you that any suc-cessful "PR job" has had a lot of helpfrom members of that organization whostrongly support the function and havean acute awareness of the importance ofPublic Affairs.

One of the jobs of Public Affairs is toImprove and promote a positive publicimage; in other words, to help us put ourbest fool forward. Obviously it takes thelull cooperation and support of each oneof us if we hope to continue to improvethe image of the California Wing, CivllAir Patrol and educate the general public(and all those potential new recruits) justwho and what we are. This is vital notonly for individual unit survival, but alsofor the survival of Wing and NationalCAP.

What can I do, you ask? A lot morethan you know.

One of the easiest. most effective. andvery basic things you can do to help pro-mote our image of proud, professionalmembers of a great organization Involvesnothing more complicated than simplybeing proud of who and what you are -and show it:

Be absolutely sure you are in correctuniform, neat and well-groomed.Remember when you wear theuniform. you are the representativeand spokesman for the Civil AirPatrol and may, indeed, be the onlycontact some members of the Amer-ican public ever have with CAP.

Look professional. Act professional. Be professional and aware at all

times of the image you are project-ing - not just for yourself, or foryour unit - not even just for theCalifornia Wing, but for Civil AirPatrol as a whole.

Another function of Public Affairs ishelping to publicize CAP activities and

events and provide recognition ofmembers' accomplishments. Certainly,this is something each one of us can helpsupport.

Got an idea for a news release? Howabout a news article for Cal Wing BEARFACTS, or the national publication,Civil Air Patrol News? Want to publicizean upcoming event? Have an openhouse or dedication coming up? Knowof special recognition due. or a specialaccomplishment of a fellow member?

SPEAK UP![f your unit has a Public Affairs Officer,give him or her all the facts and supportyou can. If not, pass along the informa-tion to your Commander. Each of usmust take an active part in getting theword out to the public and to our ownmembers. It's nothing more than goodcommunications. Remember, we do notseek publicity fer personal gain, but forthe good of the organization. Everyorganization thrives on good PR - orPublic Affairs. It is necessary for our sur-vival as well. One person cannotpossibly do it alone, but as a team thereis no limit to what can be accomplished.

Your Cal Wing Public Affairs staffstands ready and willing to provideguidance to any unit that needs help In"How To." We in Cal Wing Public Af-fairs have a great deal to be proud 01 .Last year we were No.2 In the nation.We feel. however. that we should beNo.1 and we can, but only with yourhelp.

Why not start right this minute to thinkof ways to publicize an activity or to im-prove our public image. Does your unithave a newsletter? If not, why not? Doyou ever see an item in your localnewspaper about your unit activities -or how interested people might joinCAP? Why not? Does your unit receivepublidty in BEAR FACTS? Why. not?Have you ever seen your unit mention-ed in CilJil Air Potrol News? Why not?Start asking some questions and you'rebound to come up with some answers.

Let's all be aware and show we care!O

Remember ...Our Youth AreThe Future OfCivil Air Patrol!Give Them EveryConsideration!

Higher Authority

by Capt. Edward Neally. CAPCalifornia Wing Chaplain

What is the responsibility 01 theChaplain? Offictally the regulations spellout the responsibUily of the Chaplain butthe main, overall duty of the chaplain isto serve the commander of the unit bycaring for the spiritual and moral needsof the unit members.

Who can be a Chaplain? Clergy per-sons of any christian denomination orJewish faith only who have minimumeducational training and endorsement oftheir church group In charge of militarychaplains and who are appointed by theunit commander.

J( your unit does not have a chaplain,how does it get one? Your wiog or groupchaplain will be glad to help in any way itcan but the major responsibility forrecruiting a chaplain is with the unit itselfand with each member of the unit. If theclergy of the church you regularly attendis in the least interested in your people,aviation, communication OT anythingelse associated with CAP, invite him/herto serve as a "visiting clergy." They cou ldlead moral leadership sessions. (Theclergy is not an official member; howeverif they like it, you might get them 10 joinas an official chaplain.)

We need a total of 125 in theChaplain's Service in California Wing inorder to cover the needs of our units. Atthis writing, California Wing has 86chaplains-three Catholic Priests and 83Protestant Ministers. Sixty Chaplainshave Chaplain's Standard Cards forEmergency Services. Twelve are pilotsand three have observer ratings. Six areaircraft owners.If you need forms, assistance, or havesuggestions, please contact me at WingHQ. or my deputy, Chaplain (Maj.)Mac Culver, in Woodland Hills, Calit(Editor's note: On Sunday, May 23,1982, Chaplain (Copt.) Edward Neallyreceived his Ph.D. in Pastoral Counsell-ing from the University of San Francisco.


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SARCAP Sharpens SkUlsting," Helmgartner and Twomy wereby Capt. Jerry Avery, CAP given surprise situations in the form ofSome 250 CAP Search and Rescue power failures at the search base, CAPspecialists and trainees from throughout being asked by state offtclals to assist inSouthern California turned out for the the search for a couple lost while hiking,annual Air Force evaluation exercise in and other tasks meant to test the flex-Bakersfield. ibility.of mission coordinators and CAP.The two-day practice session provided fn all, 249 CAP members participatedCAP members with an opportunity to in the drill along with some 101 aircraftreview their skills in various areas of the and four ground search teams. ThisEmergency Services program as well as resulted in 219 separate lightsbeing in-offering those just starting out some itiated by the flight crews which equalledpractical 'on the job" training without more than 360 hours in the air.the pressures of an actual search rnis- Serving as evaluators for the dril l weresion. Lt. Col. Betty Decker. Director ofPilots, observers, ground support and Emergency Services for Cal Wing andadministrative staffers from as far south Lt.Col Frank Burnham, Chief of theas San Diego participated in the activity Mission Intelligence Team for Californiaheld at Bakersfield Group 14 head- Wing. Among the Interested observersquarters at Meadows Field. on hand was Lt. CoL Larry Pring, AirMission Coordinator duties fOT the ex- Force LO for California. Local groupsercise were shared by Capt. Dennis assisting in the exercise were the KernTwomy ofGroup VII inOrange County County Sheriff's Office and the Redand Maj. John Heimgartner. corn- Cross which supervised feeding those inmander of Fresno Sq. 112, who was attendance.completing his final phase of instruction During the final debriefing of the test,towards becoming a Mission Coor- Colonel Burnham cited the highdinator. The Mission Coordinater is the degree of "professionalism' displayed byperson tasked with the overall responsib- the participants. He went on to say thatility of conducting the search mission more such two-day events would beonce it is assigned to CAP by the Air scheduled in the future. According toForce. Burnham. programs like the one heldThe focus of the exercise was the do a lot of good in the training ofsearch for an Imaginary pilot reported emergency servi.ces personnel who willlost during a daytime flighta round Kern be asked to put the skills l earned to useCounty. To make the scenario "lnteres- during real lifesituations. 0Fresno Squadron Hosts Flight Clinicby Lst Lt. Margaret Meyers, CAP

Fresno Compo Sq. 112 recentlyhosted a two"day flight clinic. Designedand advertised to accommodate 50 par-ticipants. 58 hopeful CAP members ar-rived and registered for the seminar andsearch.The California Air National Guardmade its classroom facilitiesavailable atFresno Air Terminal. It also providedample parking space adjacent to theclassrooms. Cadets assisted in almostevery phase of the clinic, giving direc-tions, parking control and acting ascouriers, When the news crew of a localtelevision station arrived, the classroomswere filled with senior members, andthey inte.rviewed Commander JimNelson about the Cadet Program,Fourteen aircraft participated In theclinic, several corporate. some privatelyowned and some rentals. Three differenttypes of searches had been set up forSunday, and crews decided which theydesired to take part In. Information

about the search, the base frequency,and crew assignments given the teamswere deployed at intervals designed tokeep them a safe distance from eachother.On the flight line, cadets assisteddeparting and arriving aircraft, providedchocks and guidance to parking areasand stood by with fire extinguishers. In-side the base, cadets assisted in the radioroom, keeping records of departure andarrival times.Commander Jim Nelson preparedlunch for the hungry teams arriving backat base, and for those working there.The food was good. There was nothingleft!At the close of the day a crew ofvolunteers swarmed on the kitchen andlunch area, cleaning itup and hauling offgarbage. The base was clean and orderlyonce more-aU Jobs that day well done!Fresno Is pleased with the FlightClinic, with those who participated andthose who set it up. Squadron 112 looksforward to doing it again next year.

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Emergency BloodBank Mission toSan Diego Flownby Squadron 35by Maj. AI Meryman CAPA patient who had donated her ownrare blood to the Northridge, Calif.Hospital Medical Center Blood Bank tobe used as needed for her eventualserious surgery happened to be in SanDiego when the decision to operate hadto be made. The surgeons there wouldnot and could not operate unless theblood was first deposited in the SanDiego Blood Bank.

The blood, packaged in dry ice withan extreme temperature that had to bemaintained, could not be in transit formore than two hours. Worse. it was thebeginning of the Memorial Day weekendand local air carriers contacted by thehospital had closed down flight opera-tions for the holidays. Railroad or motortransport would hardly have been aLear-jet!

The situation for the NorthridgeHospital seemed dark and desperate.Then someone thought of the Civil AirPatrol with their outstanding record ofairborne public service. Would theyhelp? Contacted-they would.

The California Wing, CAP, workingas per agreement with the California Of-fice of Emergency Services, assigned amission number and ran down the list ofnames on the Alert Roster.Capt. Ron Butts, Air Operations of-ficer with the San Fernando Airport bas-ed CAP Air Search and RescueSquadron 35, responded with a speedyMooney 231 four-placer.Capt. John Arens, Air Operationsofficer for Los Angeles Group One,responded for duty as co-pilot.

Somehow getting wind of what wasgoing on, 1st Lt. Jim LaCount, Com-munications Radio Enginner officer ofSq. 35, who In "civil life" is the Directorof Photography at the same NorthridgeHospital, responded with camera andassistant Boss Standell. They bothwere responsible for some excellentphotos shot at the San Fernando Alr-port,

The American Red Cross Blood Ser-vice picked up the blood at the hospitaland delivered it to Sq. 35's base head-quarters.

The flight to San Diego took about 40minutes and was uneventful.' 0

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > f .Accident Prevention Corner****************

by R.J. JonesFAA Accident Prevention SpecialistHave you ever thought of what action

you may take or what procedures youwould use if you had a total electricalfailure in a single engine aircraft causingthe loss of both navigation and com-munication equipment during an lFRflight in solid weather? Let's set a stagefor this IFR flight. You have filed an lFRflight plan requesting nine thousand feet.The weather enroute is solid from 1000AGL up to 14.000 feel. After leveling offat nine thousand feet you notice pro-blems with both the communication andnavigation equipment; shortlythereafter, ALL electrical equipment inthe aircraft fails. Of course being a singleengine aircraft you have no back-upemergency electrical power and with on-ly a wet compass and maybe a direc-tional gyro, navlgation is limited. And ifthe problem happened at night .... 1would say you are In big trouble. In fact,the problem could be very fatal.

A flight instructor with his student dur-ing an instrument training flight was con-fronted with just such a problem asdescribed above. Their electrical failurehappened in the vicinity of Salinas,Calif., which is a coastal area. The pilotturned the aircraft to a westerly headingand let down over the ocean. breaking

out of the wearher at 800 feet and some25 miles offshore. Had the instructorand his student had their problem in theDenver, Colo. area, they would nothave been so fortunate.The Answer: uKnow where there isVFRweat.her and that you can reachit." Because the above could happen.your IFR weather briefing should includeknowing where VFR weather is locatedand that you have the range [0get there.The above problem would require youto go to a VFR altitude as you are notable to follow the airway with the loss ofyour navigation equipment. The VFRaltitude you use would depend uponyour direction of flight. A smart IFR pilotwould carry in addition to his IFR charts.a set of VFR sectional charts covering hisroute of flight and more. The terrain inyour direction of flight will determinewhat altitude you will have to maintainprior to reaching VFR conditions. Keepin mind that "with only a compass tonavigate by, you will be lying 'headings'to a known area of VFR conditions."

Summary: If you happen to be thepilot who thinks "that will never happento me," I would just like ro let you knowthat the flight instructor thought the sameway. (By the way, his problem happen-ed at night and his student got a goodlesson in how to hold a flashlight on In-struments.) 0

EMERGENCY FLIGHT PLANNING-Capt. John Arens. Los Angeles Group I (left) andCapt. Ron Butts, Son Fernando AIrport Air Search and Rescue Squadron 35. consult.uilthDr.MartIn Furmanskl of the Northridge. Call/. Hospital Medical Center Blood Bank. Photo by l stLt. JIm LaCount and Ross Stand ell.


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SQUADRON NEWS ~.Saddleback Compo Sq. 68

From 1975 through 1981 Squadron68 has assisted the California Air Na-tional Guard 222nd Combat Communi-cations Squadron in their support of theannual March 01 Dimes Walkathon.In 1982 Sq. 68 supported he Marchof Dimes "WalkAmerica" for the firsttime as a separate unit. Twenty-onesenior and cadet members assisted withfood preparation, passing outrefreshments at check points. and sup-plied an official"Poop Out" vehicle anddriver for those walkers who had to giveup before completing the entire walk.. . . . .

Group 15Capt. David Rapp, Communica-tions Officer with Group 15, has beenselected lor a Federal Aviation Ad-ministration (FAA) AirTraffic Controllerposition for an enroute Air Traffic Con-trol Center. At the completion of histraining at the FAA Academy, Capt.Rapp willreport for duty at the Center InAnchorage, Alaska.Prior to being selected for the FAApo ition, Capt. Rapp received hisprivate pilot and instrument ratings. TheCalifornia Wing extends its best to Capt.Rapp in his future endeavors in AlaskaWing. . . . .Bakersfield Cadet Sq. 121Bakersfield Cadet Sq. 121 of Group14 recently participated in the First An-nual Warbirds Air Show at Shafter Air-

port. Shafter, Calif., by providing crowdcontrol, parking cars and assistinqseniors in carrying out their functionsSquadron 121 has recently grownfrom three to more than 15 cadets andhas become a very active squadron. Itsmembers have toured Edwards AFB anumber of .times. have toured the B-1aircraft. have been involved with 6510Security Police Squadron at Edwards,and are scheduled to work the SpaceShuttle 4 landing doing crowd control.They are also Involved in numerousother activities.Cadet Commander Jim. Jenkins hasbeen providing leadership guidance atthe squadron meetings and is extremelyproud of the growth of the squadron.Scott Rowland. forme.rCadet Corn-mander, Is currently involved in furtherrecruitment efforts.Proud commander of BakersfieldCadet Squadron 121 is Hatty Talbot.. . . . .

Pictured left 10 right are Capt. Lynn Baldwin. AdminIstraliue Officer: 2nd Lt. Diana Sher-wood, Senior Programs Officer: Fred Owens. ChOlrman oj Orange Co. WarkAmerica; Lt.Col. 11 0 Headman, Commander. and Capt. Carol Reynolds, Sq 68 PAD.Group 20Maj. Helene F. Stratman has beenassigned the duty 01 Public AffairsOfficerfor San Francisco Group 20.The Grover Loening Award isamongthe many cerHficates and awards thathave been presented to Maj. Stratman,who was named California Wing Out-standing PAO of the Year while PAO ofMarin Camp. Air Rescue Sq. 4.For over six years. Maj. Stratman

was Commander of San FranciscoCadet Sq. 86, which she activated.. . . .

Fresno Compo Sq. 112Fresno Compo Sq. 112 recenrlyreceived "Outstanding Support" awardfrom Detachment 035, California StateUniversity Fresno. Air Force ROTC.The award wa made at rhe springROTC "Dining Our" Awards Banquet.Lt. Col. Robert Stuart, Professor ofAerospace Studies and Commander ofDetachment 035. made the presentationto Maj. James Nelson, Sq. 112 Com-mander.

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Some oj the Bakersfield Cadet Sq. 121cadets who partidpated in the Firsl AnnuaJ WarbirdsAIrShow 01 Shafler AIrport are. from reft: Gordon Cheeks, Brian O'Neal, Chester Know,Scott Rowland, Ray Statard. Chris Culbertson, Lane Allen. Jim Jenkins, Bob Statardand Greg Huston. Photo by Jack LeggaU.


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Edward B. O'Coffey Cadet Sq. 37Congressman Leon E. Panetta, left

(D-Carmel Valley}, receives a certificatefrom Lt. Col. Edward B. O'Coffey,veteran CAP member and founder ofthe Edward B . O'Coffey Cadet Sq. InPrundale.

Congressman Panetta remarked onthe significant role CAP plays in post-disaster relief and recovery. and vowedto continue his efforts to streamline pro-cedures for fielding CAP members in theevent of local emergencies.

The certificate presentation took placeat the Salinas Airport.

* * *March AFBCadet Sq. 45Members of March Air Force Base

Cadet Sq. 45 recently toured the cam-pus police facilities of the University ofCalifornia at Riverside.Officer Kurt Wampole. watch com-

mander that day, explained the unit'sfunctions and demonstrated variouspieces of equipment. Public SafetyDispatcher Paul KaUnyck explainedthe communications system. includinginterface and retrieval with the NationalCriminal and Information Center (NCIC)by computer terminal, radio use anddispatch procedures, and Interface withlocal law enforcement officials includingmutual aid agreements.

During the next few days, cadetsCharles Boyd, Tim Franklin, EricHernandez, Chris Bariell andShawnle Bruce rode along with cam-pus police in two-hour shifts to observepolice operations first-hand."1 learned how big the UCR campusactually Is," stated Cadet Hernandez. Ialso learned how important policepatrols are and a lot about the campusitself ." * .. '"West Bay Compo Sq. 110

Sixteen cadets and one seniormember from West Bay Compo Sq. noparticipated in the 18th Annual Watson-ville Antique Aircraft Fly-In on MemorialDay Weekend. This is the third largest airshow in the U.S. Cadets were on duty[rom Friday night until Monday morningand provided crowd control andsurveillance of the highly-prized aircraft.The cadets also served "fire watch,"making certain nobody smoked in thehighly flammable grassy areas near theaircraft. In all, there were 180 CAP par-ticipants. All personnel were accommo-dated in the National Guard Armorylocated adjacent to the airport. Mealswere provided by the Experimental Air-craft Association.

Congressman Panetta receiving certificate from Lt. Col . O'Co//ey

Cadets from March AFB Cadet q. 45 learn about campus police vehicle and equipment duringa lour of the University of Californ ia al Riverside

Watsonville Fly-In where lOCal Wing seruors and cadets attended from lI ir tual/), Ievery (mit inthe Wing. Pilato by Don Downie


12/24

SQUADRON NEWS Marin Compo Sq. 4

Congratulations to Cadet Jeff Stumpof Marln Camp. Sq. 4. who received hisGlider Pilot's Private license last yearduring the CAP Hawaiian Glider En-campment and soloed the Squadron'sCessna 172 "Hack" during the latter partof April. Congratulations to Jeff as wellas his instructor. 1st Lt. DaveBlumenberg. * ...*

Squadron 129ln the "Letters We like To Receive"department IS a recent letter received by

the California Wing Commander fromthe Acting Chief of the FAA Air TraflicControl Tower at Torrance, Calif., com-mending Capt. Gary BeJda of Sq. 129on his professionalism.

Ading Tower Chief John Hudsonstated. In part, "On June 12 and 13,1982, I coordinated and worked withCivil Air Patrol Capt. Gary Belda on amissing aircraft search. In my view. Mr.Beida's performance was. in a word.outstanding! The bottom line is that "if."or should Isay "v hen" Iget involved in asituation requiring CAP' partiCipation. Iwould hope Mr. Beida is i nvolved in thesearch. Plea e pass along to Mr. Beldamy sincere appreciation for hl s clearlvprofessional performance in this situa-tion."

Kudos to Capt. Gary Beida on a"job well done."

* * *Squadron 138During an impressive ceremony heldat the U.S. Recruiting Station in Alham-bra recently. C/Capt. Waldo Silveyraof q. 13 was presented with theAmelia Earhart Award.

Presenting th award was a disting-uished group of government officialsheaded by Congressman JohnRousselot of Arcadia. The Air Forcewas represen ted by Brig. Gen.WiIIi.am J. Pendelton (Ret). Also inattendance were Los Angeles CountySuperior Court Judge (ret.) Rafael H.Galceran. Judge Galceran is also aretired California Air National GuardGeneral Officer. The host city. Alham-bra. was represented by Mayor M.J.Messina and members of the city coun-cil.

Cadet SUveyra joined the CAP in1977 and was promoted to Cadet Cap-tain in 1981. A student attending lin-coln High School in Los Angeles, h in-tends to continue his CAP /U AF careerby enlisting In the USAF Reserve this fall.

Capt. Mike Tachet (right). Chaplain oj Squadron 4. Hamilton AFB. rec iues a Ceruitcate ojAppreciation from Capt. Edward Neally, California Wing Chaplain.Brackett Comp Sq. 64Brackett recently held its 1981

Awards Banque and the following an-nual awards were given to cadets andsenior members for their achievements:Outstanding ew Cadet:

Tom HaroldMost lmpr ved Cadet:John McTavishOutstanding Cadet:

Kevin StogsdillCad ommander's Award:George PollockTactical Offlcera/Certiftcate of Merit:Capt. Welliver1st Lt. Glen Wiggins

Certificate of Apprecia on:Capt. & Mrs. Fred HoffmanOutstanding ervlce Award:

Capt. Hoffman/Cadet Tony TurnerOutstanding New Senior.Lt. Lindsay

Outstanding Pilot:Capt. BesslerOutstanding Senior:Capt. Vegilanteomrnanders Award:

Capt. BiggsCertificate of Merit:

Capt. Steward/1st Lt. VincentCapt. Biggs presented the Rocketry

Badge to Cadet Kemp and rifle badges.i. '. experts. sharpshooters, to variousmembers of the rifle team.

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West Bay Compo Sq. 110Members of West Bay Compo Sq. 110recently parttcipated in a simulatedearthquake exercise at Sonoma CountyAirport. Members set up a teletype in the

airport communications center at the air-port's fire station and the squadron'sT-34's also participated, Participantswere: Bob Fields, Jenny Adams,Hank lock. Jim Swinfard. DeePlva, Geri Wlecks and Hal Stoner.

* * *Fresno Compo Sq. 112Twenty cadets and senior members of

Fresno Compo Sq. 112 recently toured aBoeing E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warn-ing and Control System).The E-3A. based at Tinker AFB.Oklahoma. was In Fresno a part of Ex-ercise "Mojave Green." The 144th Inter-ceptor Wing, California Air ationalGuard, hosted he tour.. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fresno Compo Sq. 1121st Lt. Cindy Heimgartner, le!1.of FresnoCamp. Sq. J 12. uios award d the CAPSenior Member oj the Year Award by Lt.Gen. John MUTJ,hy, Commander. 15th AirForce Presel1!aliol1rook place at the Annuc!Air Force Assodetlon Honors Night InFresno. . . . .. .

San Val Group 22San Val Group 22. located at the Van

Nuys Airport, now has a new com-mander. He is Maj. Jeffery M. Merritt,formerly deputy commander of Group22.Maj. Merritt, who. besides his CAPactivlties. is also a member of the Air Na-tional Guard. has announced to allSquadrons in Group 22 that he will con-tinue with the standards set by theformer commander. Maj. Al Line-baugh (who received recognition byCalifornia Wing as an outstanding corn-mander during his term).

Maj. Merritt has already proven tobe a very knowledgeable, conscientiousand caring leader.

" * Squadron 10C/MSgt. John Lutkenhouse, a

member of Sq. 10 for almost 4 years.departed on June 1 for the MarinaCorps Recruil Depot in San Diego and ispresently going through Marine Corpsbasic training. Upon his completion ofboot camp. John plans to major inAeronautical Engineering at UCLA andis intending to become a commissionedofEicer in the USMC by participating inthe Platoon Leader's Cour e.John's ultimate goal is to flyhelicopters in the Marine Air Wing.

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Marin Compo Sq. 41st Lt. Jan Ostrat and Capt. Tom

Kiernan of Marin Compo Sq. 4 eachmanned "emergency shelter" locationsand provided CAP radio links during anannual earthquake exercise conductedby the Oty of an Francisco.* * ..John J. Montgomery Cadet Sq. 36

The John J. Montgomery Cadet Sq.36 of San Jose attended "Space Day" atPizza Time Theater with displays, slidesand movies.

The squadron also had a recruitingbooth at the Moffett Air ShoVJ whichrecruited 29 prospective cadet andsenior members. Members of the unitsold CAP Aerospace books whichhelped to promote the CAP Aerospaceand Cadet Programs.* . .,..

Saddle back Compo Sq. 68The 261h Annual United States AirForce Mothers Installation Banquet wasrecently held at the Holiday Inn inLaguna Hllls, Posting the collars was theSaddleback Compo Sq. 68 Color Guard.Banquet speaker was Maj. JamesEast, Norton AFB. Mrs. Clara Barnesof Fontana was installed as the new Na-tlonal President PresidIng at the instal-lation was her son, TSgt. Floyd M.Barnes, USAF.

Maj. East complimented the ColorGuard, and Mrs. Barnes has invitedthem to return for the 1983 banquet

Mothers of Civil Air Patrol cadets arewelcome 10 join the USAF Mothersorqanizat lon ,

Long Beach Air Rescue Sq. 150Five members of Long Beach 150th

Ai r Rescue Sq. were honored by beingawarded the "Bird Sanctuary" patch byLt. Col. Chuck Gray of the NevadaWing.

Capt. Evelyn Moralee, Capt. BillCumming, 1st Lt. Bernie Kindrickand 2nd Lt. Chuck Green wereawarded the patch for finds. Capt.Dwayne Terry was awarded the patchfor completing 40 hours o f grid-searchUme in a 24 month pan"

The patch is intended to make visiblethose personnel who are highly moti-vated and active members. Lt. Col.Gray is the founder of the now nation-wide patch. which was instituted whenhe was with Group 6. California Wing. .. *Do You Just Belong?by Linda Robinson, Sq. 150Are you on acrive member. the kindthat. would be missed?

Are you Just content thot your nameis on the list?

Do you ottend the meeting and minglewith the flock?

Or do you stay at home and ritlcizeand knock?Do you toke on octioe part to helptile work olong?

Or are you satisfied to only just belong?Do you do your port with your Irandupon the stick?Or do you leave the work to others.then talk about the clique?Think right from wrong, are you an nc-tioe member. or do you just belong?

Til Sq. 68 Color Guard: (le/t to right) C/Sgt. Greg Frazier, C/SSgt. Sam Napolitano,C/SSgt. Ian Fusselman, CISSgt. Brett Forrester and Mrs. Clara Barnes.


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~ ~ ~ .Emergency Services by Capt. Julie Maler. CAP*************************We are near the close of the year andthere have been many changes in theEmergency Services Section here atWing. The addition of the computer hasbrought better service to the units andwould really speed paper processing ifwe could J u s t teach it to type the cardsand do the Hlinq. I would like to thankthose of you who have come in for a visiland stayed many hours to help withthose tasks.

The computer now has informationon over 1800 ES rated members. 1000pilots, 500 aircraft-and 300 vehicles. Forthe first time our resources are known ona current basis. It took a lot of time onyour part to gather the information and iIis being used.

Some problems still exist- "There'stoo much paperwork," "l'rn neveralerted," "Oops, I forgot to renew." andthe occasional "The dog ate my cards."We are trying to solve some of these.

TOO MUCH PAPERWORK-Unfort-unately some paperwork is necessarybut I agree we have a lot of repetition Inthe current requirements. A revision ofthe Emergency Services section of theCalifornia Wing Administrative Pro-cedures Manual is scheduled for early1983, hopefuJly eliminating some of theredundancies.

ALERTlNG-A few suggestions havebeen sent in to cure this one. Both ideasrequire at least one person "getting theword" but smooth the process fromthere. One unit in Southern Californiahired an answering service. One personalerts the service, who is provided with a

current list of squadron members andphone numbers. The service then callseach person with the alert, or other in-formation. I'm told the cost of this isreasonable. Another unit has a phonewith a recording of all current activities.This recorded message is updated asnecessary. and again the cost is not pro-hibitive.EXPIRED CARDS-They seem tosneak up on us at the worst times: theday before a SARCAP is a favorite. Oneunit I visited posted the unit's computerroster under a large red sign "CHECKYOUR EXPIRATION DATES"; anotherreviews the roster monthly during theirgeneral meellng. A check of your walletperiodically will help. Try it right now.Remember you should start the renewalprocess 2 or 3 months before your ex-piration date. Don't be like some whohave taken time off from work, schedul-ed an aircraft and then checked theircredentials.THE DOG-Well, accidents can hap-pen. but the Administrative Officer at thebase can only sympathize. so if you'recaught In this one, better wait for thenext mission.The 1983 Operations schedule will bedistributed soon, 50 check for FlightCllnlcs, SARCAPs and Disaster RelIefmissions in your area. We hope to' havemore this year than in previous years.Why not scheduJe a Basic SAR schoolfor 2 or 3 months before a training mis-sion in your area? Contact myself or Lt.Col. Decker to make arrangements.This would be a great way to prepareyour new members for participation. 0

New Wing Standards To ComeCalifornia Wing has had its "own way"

of doing things for a number of years.An instance is our California WingOperations Manual which was createdby Bruce Gordon, Lou Dartannerand others and which has since beenadopted by National HQ as the opera-tions "bible." Since that time we haveallegerlly created marvelous programsfor lralninq and checking except: we areperhaps better at checking than we are attraining. Moreover. we are a little hard-pressed at times to define the standardsto which we are training and checking.With a little proddIng from our friends,Cal Wing HQ Is generating a system ofstandards of performance. They willcomplement existing directives and doc-trine and will codify exactly what a

member holding a job in CAP In Calil-omia Is expected to be able to do. It willbe akin to a job description with levels ofperformance specified. The first one -Aircraft Maintenance Officer - is corn-plete; the remainder are In slow produc-tion.

Similarly, a standards of conduct is Infinal coordination. Our people need toknow what in CAP is acceptable andwhat is not. These willultimately becomea part of the 3D'series regulations. Theentire project of standards of conductand performance is proceeding slowlybut Is t argeted to be complete by the endof 1982. If you have some thoughts onthe subject please write to Cal Wing HQ,Building 824. Naval Supply Center,Oakland, Calif. Attn: CD. .J

PAO CommendedFor OutstandingServiceCapt. Rick Gale. Inland Empire

Group 18 Public Affairs Officer. waspresented the Air Force Meritortous Ser-vice Medal by Col. Robert Picht, 22ndBombardment Wing vice-commander.during ceremonies at March AFB.Capt. Gale is an Air Force activedu-ty technIcal sergeant assigned to MarchAFB as NCOle of the 22nd Bomb WingPublic Affairs Division.He was commended for outstandingservice while assigned as NCOIC of thePublic Affairs Division, 381st StrategiCMissile Wing, McConnell AFB, Kansas.from Dec. 28, 1977 to Dec. 18, 1981.He was cited for professional skill,leadership and ceaseless efforts resultingin major contributions toward the effectiveness of the Air Force Public AffairsProgram.The citation reads. in part, "The con-tlnuity he provided in the conduct ofmedia and community relations Interfacewith the people and hardware of theTitan II intercontinental ballistic missilesystem throughout the period duringwhich two very serious and tragic ac-cidents occurred has been crucial to theevolution of Air Force Public Affairspolicy. 0

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AirTrafficControllersHonored

Two FAA air traffic controllers assign-ed to the Los Angeles Air Route trafficControl Center (ARTCC). Palmdale.were honored by the Civil Air Patrol fortheir "outstanding" service in connectionwith a missing aircraft search.Edward Freeman and RobertWhite were presented CAP Certificatesof Appreciation signed by NationalCommander Brig. Gen. JohnnieBoyd in a ceremony at the FAA's West-ern-Pacific Region headquarters in LosAngeles. California Wing CommanderEdwin Lewis made thepresentallonwhich was artended by Regional DirectorH.C. wMac" McClure and a largedelegation form his staff. Also in atten-dance was CAP U : Col. BettyDecker, vice-director of operations forCallfornla Wing and head of the wingSAR program.Freeman and White were cited fortheir volunteer efforts. more than 100hours of their own time, working withthe Calif. Wing Mission Intelligence Of-fice and the mission coordinators toestablish a radar track for the CessnaCardinal which dlsappeared on a flightfrom a central San Joaquin Valley city toBurbank with two elderly gentlemenaboard.

In part the citation accompanying thecertificate said:

'Throughout this mission EdwardFreeman and Robert White, in addi-tion to performing their regular duties,provided assistance to the SAR forcesabove and beyond that required ofthem. This superb assistance andunselfish use of their personal leisuretime to assist the Civil Air Patrol in theprosecution of this mission reflects greatcredit upon these two specialists and onthe Federal Aviation Administration." 0

We know asimple way toachive results.Simply,ATTEND MEETINGSREGULARLY.RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS'..ACCEPT A SENIOR LEVEL IISTAFF RESPONSIBILITY ANDDO IT TO THE BEST OFYOUR ABILITY.

( -IL to R) Robert White and Edward Freeman occetu the ir cer tifica tes from Col. EdwinLewis. Jr., Ca/l/omiaWing commander.Group 18 Assists Wounded Eagle '82by Capt. Hick Gale, CAP

Approximately 50 members of CAP'sInland Empire Group 18 and subor-dinate units assisted In Wounded Eagle'82. a two-day large scale disaster exer-cise generated by Norton AFB. Calif ..Involving more than 500 military playersand patients.Patients were flown by C-130 "Her-cules" aircraft from Norton AFB to Ft. Ir-win. Calif.. where technicians usedmoulage equipment to simulate a varietyof injuries, yet make the person lookreally injured. Ft. Irwin was also used asa mock overseas battlefield where theseInjuries took place."Both cadets and senior members hada gTeat time," emphasized Capt. PaulWilkinson, March AFB Cadet Sq. 45commander. "We were part of a groupmedlvaced to a hospital in Fontana. Wewere 'treated' by civilian doctors assistingthe military in time of emergency."

"The technicians who simulated ourwounds were really good," stated 1stLt. Shelia Cassidy, Group 1 seniortraining officer. "They must have gone tomakeup school to learn these techni-ques. One individual was made up withthree bullet holes across his shoulder. Itwas very realistic; even the exit holeswere created for effect!"

The disaster scene was Bicycle Lake.simulated as an overseas area. where in-itial triage and Hrs t aid were ad-ministered. Patients were taken to Ft. ir-win aboard C-130 aircraft and flown toYokota AB, Japan (actually NortonAFB). simulating aeromedical evacua-tion.

After a brief stay at "Yokota AB," pat-ients were transferred again. this time toa C-141 "Starllftar" aircraft simulating aflight to the United States during a one-hour flight which In reality returned [0Norton AFB. Patients destined forMarch AFB. Calif .. were sent direcdvfrom Ft. Irwin. They were meL in th~flightline. re-triaged and transported [0the USAF Regional Hospital t March.Upon arrival. they were again examin dand taken to various areas for treatment.

"When we opened the back door ofthe C-130. I noticed palm trees." addedLt. Cassidy. "But, Norton AFB doesn'thave palm trees near the runwayl Wewere surprised at being sent to March.

"We were treated and taken to thehospital dining hall for grape minks andtreated to Strategic Air Commandhospitality. whil medical personnel ar-ranged for our transp rlation to NortonAFB."I was very proud of the cadet andsenior members. They all worked toget-her beautifully. A lot of the credit goes toCapt. Wilkinson, who organizedeveryone into squads, flights, etc. thefirst night. The cadets knew who was incharge and what they would b e doing."

Military airlift support to Fl. Irwin fromNorton AFB was arranged by the 146thTactical Airlift Wing, Van Nuys Air Na-tional Guard Base. This includedmedical crews. C-141 aircraft came fromthe 63rd Military Airlift Wing ar NortonAFB.

Civil Air Patrol was praised by Nortonofficials for participation as woundedmembers during the exercise. Most vic-tims were CAP members. 0


18/24

ELI Search Mission #8-085by Capt. David Hudawitz. CAPand Maj. Pat Robinson, CAP

While at home installing a new radioat Perris, Calif, Capt. Chuck Manerturned on his L'Elper OF unlt and heardan ELT signal. The area had just suffereda very severe winter storm with bothfreezing rain and snow at very low eleva-tions. Capt. Maner became concernedthat rhe ELT signal might be comingfrom a downed aircraft and set out on hisown to try to locate the source of thesignal. After taking bearings from variouspoints, he decided that the signal wascoming from Banning Pass, an areaknown for a high crash incidence.

Capt. Maner contacted the MlssionControl Officer-ELT, Capt. DeloresUmpus, and was advised that ScottAFB AFRCC did not have a report ofamissing aircraft and could not issue amission number until numerous reportsof {he ELT signal were received by theFAA. Since the weather in the area wasvery severe and since this would slow upreports of ELT Signals, Maner proceed-ed on his own to contact the FAA andreport the signals as he moved aroundthe area. After arriving at Banning Air-port. Maner had narrowed the areadown to north of Beaumont. By thistime, AFRCC had issued a missionnumber (8-0 5). Due to sleet and snowin the area, Maner (a senior GroundTeam Leader) requested additionalassistance of CAP members with four-wheel-drive vehicles. After consultattonwith the Wing Mission Control Officer.Lt. Col. Betty Decker, additionalground team personnel were alerted andsent to the search area. Capt. DennisTwomey was assigned as the On-SceneCoordinator/Mission Coordinator usingthe Beaumont fire station as the rendez-vous point.

Capt. Ray Canova, SAR Coordina-tor for the Riverside Co. Sheriffs Office.was alerted along with the RiversideMountain Rescue Unit (RMRU). Sincethere still had not ben any reports ofoverdue aircraft. the RMRU teambrought out trainee personnel to use theopportunity for training. All personnelmet at the fire station along with theRMRU communications van and aRiverside Sheriffs sergeant. Three two-man CAP ground teams were dispatch-ed to locate the still functioning signal. Itsoon became apparent that there reallywas a missing aircraft giving off thedistress signal. Capt. Canova arrivedand assumed overall command of theoperation. A full call-out was made forRMRU personnel and the base camp

moved to the area of the strongestsignal. Alter regrouping, a ground teamconsisting of two CAP vehicles, oneRiverside unit and two RMRU units weresent out on a ranch road. Capt. Manerand 1st Lt. Dan Vanover remained atthe base camp.

After taking several conflicting bear-ings. the ranch road group decided thatone RMRU team and the four CAPmembers would proceed on foot up anearby ridge. and that the other RMRUteam would get reinforcements and at-tempt to enter the area from a road Iur -ther ro the north. Capt. Maner, in themeantime. acting on the informationfrom the ground team. proceeded withLt. Vanover Into the area where he hadreceived the strongest signal - one ridgesouth of the initial entry polnt.Still receiving conflicting headings andapparently "walklng around" the ELT.the first CAP team decided to drop fromthe ridge into the adjoining ravine, withthe RMRU team continuing up the ridge.Following his OF north, Maner andVanover crossed over into the areawhere the others were working, Visibilitywas severely restricted due to darkness,heavy fog and the very rugged brush-covered terrain. Thls caused Maner andVanover to become separated. Capt.Maner continued on alone following thestill strong signal and Vanover returnedto the vehicles.

Entering the ravine above the first par-

ty. Maner worked his way uphill in therugged terrain. In the darkness he trip-ped on what turned out to be a foot. Afew steps later he found some fresh air-craft charts and then located thewreckage. He Signaled the othermembers that he had locared the crashand they searched for the rest of the air-craft and any survivors. Capt. Manerlocated the still functioning ELT in themangled tail of the aircraft. The ELT wassecured and the tail number and aircraftdescription was radioed to the basecamp. The aircraft was .identified as aBeech Baron. The search for survivorswas severely limited by weather con-ditions and darkness and the crash wasdetermined to be non-survivable. Infor-mation obtained after the search was thatthere had been two people on board theaircraft which was on a flight from Min-nesota to Northern California viaArizona to avoid the bad weather in theMidwest. Both perished in the crash, stillstrapped in their seals which werethrown over 400 feet away from themain crash area. The aircraft had beenseen flying about 30 minutes before thecrash by one of the CAP members in-volved In the search. There was nocause given for the crash. Participating inthe search mission were: Capt. DennisTwomey and 1st Lt. Don Vanover ofSq. 153; Capt. Chet Towle. Sq. 113;Maj. Jim Jenkins and 1st Lt. GaryLiswood of Group 18 and Maj. PatRobinson and Capt. Chuck Maner ofSquadron 8 . 0

California Wing Launches SearchFor Three Missing Coast Guardsmen

and his observer, Capt. John Milten-berger of Sq. 18. The wreckage wasscattered and the aircraft had burned onimpact. There were no survivors. Theaircraft was found on Henness Ridge, 10miles southeast of EIPortal. in MariposaCounty near Yosemite Valley.A U.S. Forest Service helicopter crewlanded near the crash site and confirmedthe wreckage of the missing aircraft. Theplane had impacted 60 feet from thecrest of the peak. Col. Sharp had re-mained at the scene to direct the 'copter[0the crash site.During the extensive search, 28 sortieswere flown totalling over 90 hours offlight lime in an area of approximately900 square miles. A California HighwayPatrol helicopter and a U.S. CoastGuard C130 based at McClellan AFBalso participated in the search. 0

byMaj. Betty Storey, CAPCalifornia Wing recently launched a

search for a missing Cessna 172 whichhad vanished the previous day withthree Coast Guardsmen aboard.

The trio had taken off from San Joseon a picture-taking flight over YosemiteNational Park. They continued theirflight to Columbia, CA, a smaU town inTuolomne County near Sonora, wherethey visited friends.That afternoon they departed Colom-bia for Nevada City, CA in the foothillsof the Sierra Nevada Mountains north-east of Sacramento. Mission Coor-dinator lor the search was Lt. Col. FredMorris.On the third day of the search, thecrash was sighted by Col. BradfordSharp, commander of Nevada Wing,


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Cadet Squadron Responds To NeedWhile attending a routine field training

exerct e at Caspers Park, south of SanJuan apistrano, Los Alamitos Sq. 153was asked by park rangers and parentsto find a lost nine-year-old girl.

Two search parties were quickly form-ed to earch part of the 25.000 square-acre park.Approximately 20 minutes later.

Ramona Tomnltnas, from GardenGrove, was found unhurt. C/ AICJohn Redmon was first to spot the girl.His party was led by C/Capt. NellPatel.

Park rangers and Rornona's parentsexpressed their graHtude to the squadronfor their help. and the speed in whichshe was found.

C/Capl. Nell Patel, of Los Alamitos Sq. 153. discusses the Jield training exercise recently heldor aspers Park. south of San Juan CapiSlrano.

Communicationsby Maj. Edward J. Ryan, CAP

In this Is ue of BEAR FACTS. we would like to provide you with the following list ofnew radio sration licenses which have been issued since rhe current roster was printed:

CAll SIGN NAME LOCATIONWhite Bear 110 Unit Station Fort OrdWhite Bear 25 Mary Knorr FullertonWhite Bear 334 Hank Spiegl SalinaWhite Bear 344 John Park Walnut CreekWhite Bear 416 Dan Williams AromasWhite Bear 497 Naomi Davis San DiegoWhite Bear 815 Sydney Wolfe Santa ClaraBlack Bear 53 Henry affold PacoimaBlack Bear 20 Bert Bird SacramentoBlack Bear 210 David P. Huhman N. HighlandsBlack Bear 344 John Park Walnut CreekBlack Bear 415 Thomas Irwin Long BeachBlack Bear 4 Rod Koral Anaheim HillsBlack Bear 623 Alvin Genung ReddingBlack Bear 15 Sydney Wolfe Santa ClaraBlack Bear 818 Carl Bergard San LeandroBlack Bear 820 Allan Weil San JoseBlack Bear 92 Robert Hearne AndersonBrown Bear 344 John Park Walnut CreekBrown Bear 15 Sydney Wolfe Santa ClaraBrown Bear 20 Allan Weil San JoseSAR Mobile 207 Bruce Cobb Harbor City

AR Mobile 331 Jon Woodsworth Goleta

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Tri-State ExerciseIn a pioneering tri-state SARCAP in-

volving 221 members from California,Oregon and Nevada, 81 aircraft flewmore than 33,000 air miles, found theirtargets and garnered the approval ofboth Air Force and CAP Pacific Regionofficials.USAF Lt. Col. Charles Noneman,Nevada Wing LO, who was designatedthe official Air Force monllor, expressedhimself as "surprised and delighted at theunparalleled level of cooperation and ef-ficiency demonstrated by personnel ofthree different wings which do not or-dinarily operate using identical proced-ures."Pacific Region Commander Col.Bobbie Girard and the regional SARCoordinator, CoL Warren Barry.echoed Noneman's observations ad-ding their congratulations to all the per-sonnel who participated, particularly tothe nine standard and trainee missioncoordinators who cooperatively ran thetwo-day mission.L t_ Col. Larry Pring, Calif. Wing LOand Maj. Everett E. Barnett. OregonWing LO, were also generous In theirpraise.

The 81 aircraft included 34 fromCalifornia. 26 from Nevada and 20 fromOregon. flying 207 sorties against aprimary "missing" alrcraft target, asecondary "support mission for the Of-fice of Emergency Services" to find a pairof overdue hikers, and several ELTs.

Unique to the effort was the use of a"talking bird," a CAP communicationsrelay aircraft positioned at altitude so thaithe search base situated al Alturas Air-port (in the fa r northeastern corner of thestate bordering both Oregon andNevada) wa always In constant contactwith all search aircraft deployed as wellas with ground teams.

Radio operators aboard the relay air-craft logged each search aircraft off theground at Alturas, into its search gridand out of the grid on its return- to-baseflight. 0

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Three of the nine standard and Irainee mission coordinators wllo joinlly worked the tr is lateSARCAP confer ouer "new in/arm arion introduced into the scenario by the AFRCC .., They ore /I10 r}Lt. Col. Harry Putnam. Collfornla,1st U. Phil Brown. Nevada, and Lt. Col. DonaldGunther, Oregon

Blindness No Handicap For CAP'erHe Insisted In being put 1 .0 work, An ac-tive, well educated man, he was surethere were things he could do in CAPbesides sit and walt for Susan andBrian. Mike had gone to college andearned a degree his Masters inGuidance and Counseling, after beingblinded. He has played football. likesminiature golf and enjoys weight lifting,He has had five years experience as ateacher. On a recent flight fromBakersfield. the pilot. Maj. JohnDowning, gave M.ike the opportunityto fly the plane, making attitude andheading changes as directed.Mike is currently developing a pro-gram to utilize the abilities of the handi-capped in the Civil Air Patrol, with theapproving interest of California Wing.Mad e aware of the shortage of personnelfor the Search Base itself when he par-ticipated in May, and knowing that thereare a lot of people who would like toserve but do not think they can becauseof handicaps, Mike will see that trainingprogram become reality.

Eager to begin a recruitment effort,M.ike is enthusiastic about the work andmissions of the Civil Air Patrol. He Is aman you will be hearing about and from.We fully expect there will be trainingavailable for hendicapped people whowish to be part of CAP.

Mike says, "One of my ambitions isfor Susan to locate the downed planeon a real search mission and radio the ln-formation back to me!" When askedabout his future in CAP he responded "Iwant to go through all five levels andbecome a Lieutenant Colonel."With that kind of determination webelieve he wUIdo it! 0

by 1st Lt. Margaret Meyers, CAPSenior Programs Officer 2nd Lt.

Mike Bernay Is a relative newcomer toCivil Air Patrol and Squadron 112.When his son Brian, interested in theAir Force Academy, began quesHoningan Air National Guard sergeant about it,the sergeant suggested the CaliforniaCadet Corps program. Since that wasn'tquit the direction Brian wanted to go.the next idea was the Civil Air PatrolCadet Program. That led to a Thursdaynight visit to Fresno Compo Sq. 112 dur-ing a regular meeting. and while Brianwent off wlth his cadet host to see whatthey were doing. hr s father and motherstayed for a visit with Squadron Com-mander Maj. Jim Nelson. The result ofthai visit and those conversations wasthat Mike, hi Wife Susan, and sonBrian are now members of CAP.Younger brother Adam is looking for-ward to becoming old enough to join,too.

To Camp. Sq. 112 the family hasbrought new enthusiasm. new ideas.and three sets of willing hands and feel.Brian I s in the Cadet section and doingwell. Susan is learning how to work incommunications and beginningObserver's training. She worked in theradio room at the Right Clinic held atFresno in May. Mike worked in com-municalions as well, and is filling thepost of Senior Programs Officer.

Not an unusual story. you say. It's agood thing 10 have a family involved llkethat with each other and with CAP. Har-monious.We agree. The unusual thing about itis Ihal Mike has no sight In either eye.


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