Tenn. Wing Documents Tornado Destruction
The Tennessee Wing generated thousands of aerial images of damage resulting from the deadly tornado that struck Nashville and surrounding mid-state communities March 3.
In all, the wing conducted nine flights – four devoted to aerial photography, four to relocate key personnel and one to observation – and also deployed a pair of ground teams to survey the damage.

“This is a very difficult mission due to the scale of the damage and the human tragedy,” said Lt. Col. Rob Borsari, the wing’s director of operations . “We have flown a total of 15 hours and collected thousands of images of the damaged areas.”

One of the wing’s planes, a Cessna 1 8 2, was destroyed on the ground when the EF-4 tornado struck John C. Tune Airport in Nashville.
Calif. Member Flies
as 1st Female Pilot
for Green Flag West

Capt. Karin Hollerbach of the California Wing's Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 was recently selected to be the first female CAP member to fly as a mission pilot in the organization’s Green Flag program.

Green Flag is key in providing realistic Predator/Reaper remotely piloted arcraft (RPA) integration into air and ground force battlefield combat training through the use of CAP surrogate sensor camera-equipped airplanes (MQ-1/MQ-9 SRPAs).

Hollerbach is seen here receiving her certificate of training completion from Lt. Col. Harvey Irby, Green Flag west unit commander and Nevada Wing vice commander, after an intensive seven-day training program at CAP’s Green Flag University at Green Flag West.
Ore. Unit Earns 3rd Trip
to National STEM Competition Finals

The Oregon Wing’s Aurora Composite Squadron has again earned a national finalist berth at the Air Force Association’s national STEM competition, StellarXplorers.

This is the Aurora squadron’s fourth year as a contestant and third year to reach the 10-team finals. This year’s competition included 213 high school teams, with 13 representing Civil Air Patrol.  
46th, 47th Cadets Achieve Private Pilot Certificates Through 'Wings' Program

Cadet Maj. Grayson Bertaina (left) of the Florida Wing’s Ormond Beach Composite Squadron is the 46th cadet to earn his private pilot certificate through the Cadet Wings program.

Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Hayden Roszell (right) of the Colorado Wing's Highland Composite Squadron is the 47th cadet to do so.
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National Scholarship Program Support
CAP is able to offer national scholarships to help cadets achieve aviation training and educational goals:

  • Flight Training, in response to the worldwide pilot shortage

  • Career Exploration in STEM and service-oriented fields at CAP activities like our National Cadet Special Activities

  • Undergraduate Education

If you would like to support CAP’s national scholarship program, please visit these pages:
Interested in discussing an endowed named scholarship instead?  Email us or call 833-426-4227.
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That means you can cut through the clutter and get answers to on-topic questions from the source. Some Groups include a mentoring program as an option.

Check out the list of select national program areas . Do be cautious of any other Groups not linked here, as they may not be authorized to represent the national interests of CAP.
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