Prince William Composite Squadron tours Local Airport Control Tower
MANASSAS, VA-
Over 70 members of Prince William rallied at the squadron’s operations building located on the grounds of the Manassas Regional Airport for a triad aerospace education event. Cadet 2d. Lt. Samuel Pewett and Cadet SMSgt Neha Balaji kicked off the event with a safety brief for the event activities. Members toured the control tower, listened to an airport operations brief (to include making cool paper airplanes), and explored two aircraft on static display, a Cessna 172 and a vintage O-2A Birddog owned and operated by Lt. Col. Chris Mayer of Manassas. Special thanks to 2nd. Lt. Elias Kontanis for coordinating the tower tour, to Capt. Ryan Dlugash (Blanding) for the airport operations brief, and 2nd. Lt. Dave Sommers for staging the Cessna 172 and for sharing his expert knowledge of aircraft operations and maintenance.
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Civil Air Patrol is the longtime auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and as such is a valued member of its Total Force. In its auxiliary role, CAP operates a fleet of 560 single-engine aircraft and 1,944 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). It performs about 90% of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 82 lives annually. CAP’s 60,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Operating as a nonprofit organization, CAP also plays a leading role in STEM/aerospace education, and its members serve as mentors to about 25,000 young people participating in CAP’s Cadet Programs. Visit www.CAP.News or www.GoCivilAirPatrol.com for more information.
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1st. Lt. Cynthia Smith, Public Affairs Officer
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