Asheville Squadron - Jul 2009

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Rocketry weekend sends rockets skywardA recent rocketry weekend at Lt Col Richard and 1st

Lt Rhonda Augur home in Barnardsville help 12 cadets

obtain their Rocketry Badges. The Rocketry classes

were conducted by C/TSgt. Taylor Parker and C/Airman

Chris Hewitt.


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Welcome for Honor Air ights growsRotarians have been honoring the veterans of

World War II with ights (Honor Air) to Washing-ton DC to see the memorial dedicated to thosethat fought WW2.

The Asheville Composite Squadron has beenhonoring these heroes with an honor guard andcolor guard.

Those participating in welcoming these veter-ans home at the Asheville Regional Airport con-tinued to grow.

There will be additional ights in the fall of theyear, but until then it has certainly been an honorfor those members of the Asheville Squadron tohave been able to honor some of the greatestgeneration.


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CAP pilots y C-130 simulatorMost Civil Air Patrol

(CAP) pilots do most of their

monthly training in Cessna

172s or 182s, but sometimes

you just need a little more

power.

Members of the Ashevillesquadron satised their need

for power with a trip to Dob-

bins Air Force bases in Geor-

gia, where they got to y a

C-130, simulator that is.

Several crashes did

occurred during the trip, but

were not mentioning any

names.The number of participants

that when down to Geor-

gia was limited due to the

amount of hours available in

the simulator.

Have no fear, we been

invited back. Apparently, its

easier to forgive crashing a

simulator than a real C-130.Its great to have squadron

members in the right places.


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By 2d Lt Joe Myers

When the Civil Air Patrol

was rst started by in 1941

they werent just serving

on the coast and south-

ern border. CAP has been

serving in the mountainsof Western North Carolina

too.

The Squadron was acti-

vated sometime in 1942,

as the Western North Caro-

lina Squadron of the Civil

Air Patrol.

In 1943 the Western

North Carolina Squadron

started training cadets for

the Cadet Program, which

had been authorized in

October of 1942.

During this time the

squadron operated from

the Asheville-Henderson-

A brief history of the Asheville Squadron

ville Airport in the Cane

Creek community. Pilots

from the Western North

Carolina Squadron ew

various missions during

that time from missing

aircraft searches to forest

patrol, and other missions

as required by the war

effort.

In 1945 the CAP helped

sponsor and fund, an Aero-

nautics Program at Lee

Edwards High School in

Asheville, qualied stu-

dents were encouraged to

join the CAP as cadets.

Sometime in 1945 the

Squadron became known

as the Asheville Squadron.

CAP National HQ cre-

ated Unit Charters during

1956, on May 22, 1957

National Headquarters for-

mally chartered Asheville

Senior Squadron.

Some time before 1977

the squadron was re-char-

tered as a composite squad-

ron. Over time the squad-

ron has grown to become

the largest in the North

Carolina Wing of the Civil

Air Patrol and one of the

largest in the nation.

The Squadron has own

a number of different air-

craft in that time, from

Wacos and Piper Cubs to

a USAAC Surplus PT

17, and now our current

aircraft Cessna 172 and

182.

Other squadrons have

come and gone over time,

Flight are the only active

CAP units in WNC. We

have met in a number of

places from the Asheville-

Hendersonville Airport in

Cane Creek in the 1940s,

to Josephson Airport in the

Emma community in the

1950s, Asheville City Hall

in the 1960s, to the Naval

Reserve Center in the

1970s and 80s to our cur-

rent home at the Asheville

Regional Airport.

Though the people and

missions may change, the

spirit, and commitment to

serve remains the same

today, as it was when the

CAP started in 1941.

Then as now, we are

The Eyes of The Home

Skies. Semper Vigi-

lans . Always Vigilant.

of an NCO, public speak-ing, leadership styles, threeguest speakers on what itslike to be an NCO in themilitary, and a fourth whospoke of the interactionswith Ofcers.

All graduated with top

marks, and everyone tooksomething home withthem, even the ofcers whoinstructed.

The Cadet Ofcer incharge was C/2d Lt Graham Neville who did an out-standing job of planning andcoordinating the event.

NCO TrainingContinued from Page 1

Asheville Citizen Times photo of CAP from May 21,1944.

Original Charter for Asheville Senior Squadron.

Asheville Hendersonville Airport around 1943-44

Asheville Composite

Squadron, as we are now

known, and Swain County

Todays cadets in formation at our current home.

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