Group 1 \ Pictures

Article and Photos by: Lt Col Ted E. Lohr

9 February 2008

It was a busy day for Southern Illinois Wing Units.

For the second time, an Illinois Wing, Group 1, Emergency Services training weekend held at the Scott Composite Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, turned into the real thing.

Training was underway Saturday morning when the alert was sounded. IC Major Danny Degott deployed 15 Cadets and Officers from the Scott AFB training and two from the 286^th Composite Squadron in Alton.

AFRCC advised the SARSAT coordinance were near Vandalia and Litchfield. The teams were divided and sent both ways. One ILWG and one MOWG Aircraft were launched.

The team that arrived in the Litchfield and was receiving a weak ELT signal, a ramp check was conducted at the local airport with no results.

During our Direction Finding Operations, 2d LT Kelly Sies a Letter Carrier by day, from Litchfield, advised that an aircraft had crash landed in a farm field north of Litchfield on Friday afternoon.

The team advised the Air Crews and headed in that direction. Ground teams and air units converged on the scene at almost the same time.

Teams arrived at the scene to find a Cessna 172 RG on its top in a Very wet plowed farm field; no one was in the aircraft. Ground Team leaders set up a perimeter around the scene and called the IC for permission to enter the aircraft.

The IC contacted the Aircraft owner and they sent a Key holder. The ELT was deactivated and DF units doubled checked it was silenced.

All units were released and returned to Base to refit and rehab.

As if that wasn’t a full day. Shortly after units got back to base, The IC Major Danny Degott called back and advised that there was a second ELT mission with coordinance near Vandalia.

The Team was deployed again. They arrived at Vandalia with no signal; they proceeded to Effingham per IC’s instructions and detected a very low ELT signal. Shortly after that the signal was undetectable. They search the area until the IC advised to return to base.

Upon return to Scott AFB after 23:30, a debrief was conducted. The training continued Sunday morning. All attendees continued training to refine their skills and re-emphasize what they had already learned and put into practice the day before.

Squadrons Attending the Group 1 ES Training Weekend:

Scott Composite Squadron GLR-IL-205

Jefferson Composite Squadron GLR-IL-338

Metropolis Composite Squadron GLR-IL-330

Williamson County Composite Squadron GLR-IL-061

Also on CAP News Online: http://www.cap.gov/visitors/news/cap_news_online/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&nodeID=6192&newsID=3994&year=2008&month=2

Illinois Wing News Blog: http://ilcapnews.blogs.com/

Capt John Brendel - Safety Officer & 1st LT Lee Busch - Safety Officer in Training

Chaplain (MAJ) J. Boozer, 1st LT C. Creades (INWG), Lt Col J. Bryan (INWG), Lt Col P. Hertel

Civil Air Patrol At the Scott Airfest
Scott Air Force Base will be hosting Airfest 2007, July 7 and 8. The base has asked for 20 volunteers
from Civil Air Patrol. CAP has been tasked with assisting with flight line crowd control and handing out Air Show programs at the Entry control point. In addition, there will be a CAP information table set up, along with our Cessna 182T NAV III “Glass Cockpit”, in Hanger 1, next to the B-2 Stealth Bomber.

We will begin this operation the evening of July 7 and have overnight accommodations available in
the Scott Composite Squadron area. Scott Composite Squadron has moved to a new location. The
Scott AFB Chapel 2 Annex (Building 5713) is the our new Headquarters.

Ten Group 19 Cadets from the Scott Composite Squadron based at Scott AFB and 286th. Composite Squadron based at St. Louis Regional Airport took to the sky on Saturday 26 May 2007 from St. Louis Regional Airport, Bethalto, IL., nine of them for their very first Orientation flight.

Orientation Pilot Maj Norm Morresette talked the cadets through the Civil Air Patrol orientation flight syllabus. Group 19 Cadet Orientation Flight Coordinator Maj Brian Porter provided scheduling and oversight for this activity as well as instructing a class on the basic principals of flight and air traffic patterns.

Twelve CAP Officers were present to assist with flight operations and instruction in radio communications. Several Cadets had Family members in attendance to watch and take photos.

Group 19 Commander Lt Col Paul Hertel was on hand to congratulate all of the Cadets for their accomplishments.

Maj Norm Morresette walks Cadets Allison and Danielle Greer through a Pre-Flight Inspection of a CAP Aircraft

1st LT Bruce Brunkow talks with Cadets and answers questions about aircraft and being a pilot

Group 19 Commander Lt Col Paul Hertel appoints 286th Composite Squadron (GLR-IL-286) C\CMSgt David Wilkins as Group 19 Primary representative to the Illinois Wing Cadet Advisory Council (CAC)

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