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RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota and North Dakota Civil Air Patrol members are sharpening their search and rescue skills under winter conditions in the Black Hills Saturday and Sunday. The annual Winter Ground Team Academy teaches cadets (12-18) and senior members (18+) essential individual survival skills and how to conduct missing person searches as […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) North Central Region has created an annual award named for Col. David Small, Jr., who died unexpectedly in December, 2021. “The Colonel David Small, Jr., sUAS Crewmember of the Year Award will recognize pilots and other crewmembers in CAP’s drone program,” said Col. John O’Neill, CAP North Central […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Marking over six decades of service, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in South Dakota will hold its annual conference April 9 near Keystone, S.D, where its historical contributions as well as its contemporary role in military support services is recognized. “This annual event brings together members from across the state for […]
PIERRE, SD – Civil Air Patrol cadet competition teams from Rapid City and Sioux Falls will represent South Dakota in a regional Civil Air Patrol competition on April 9. The teams from Sioux Falls Composite Squadron and Rushmore Composite Squadron were first and second place, respectively, in the state-level competition held this past weekend in […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing conducted nine flights recently in support of the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s 2021 Field Test and Evaluation radar coverage study in proximity to wind turbines. The flights allowed CAP to assess whether wind turbine interference limited radar coverage of small aircraft. CAP conducted multiple flight patterns […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In one of its most intensive periods of flying in recent memory, Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing flew nearly 75 hours in support of a South Dakota Air National Guard national defense exercise held the first week in August. The flying and planning included 23 volunteer CAP members from […]
CAMP RAPID, SD – Civil Air Patrol members from across the country will be in Rapid City July 10-18 for the 2021 Joint Dakota Encampment. Hosted by the North Dakota and South Dakota CAP Wings at Camp Rapid, nearly 175 staff and students will come from all eight CAP regions and 16 states. “Encampments are […]
MITCHELL, SD – Capt. Donald Weiand, of Custer was named Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) South Dakota Wing Senior Member of the Year. Weiand, a retired active-duty military officer, is commander of Crazy Horse Composite Squadron, Custer, and serves in a variety of state and local roles in CAP. He, along with a number of other […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD —South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, played a crucial part in South Dakota Air National Guard 114th Fighter Wing aerial intercept training May 12 and 13 by playing the role of adversary aircraft flying in restricted air space. The training helped the Air Guard be ready for the possible real-world need […]
RAPID CITY, SD — South Dakota Wing of Civil Air Patrol conducted dual East and West River training exercises this weekend to practice skills used in search and rescue and disaster relief missions. The exercise mission bases will be in Sioux Falls and Custer. “We saw several missing-person searches we assisted with at the end […]
