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2 Cadets Earn Gen. Billy Mitchell Awards

Cadet Lyndsey Ladd of Fulton and Cadet Gregory Blasczienski of Oswego earned the General Billy Mitchell Award. They are members of the Fulton-based F.R. Sussey Composite Squadron.

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3 Pilots Train Aircrews in Latest Techniques for FEMA Photo Sorties

ROME, Nov. 6 — Three local pilots spent the past weekend helping to train Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircrews flying post-Hurricane Sandy photo sorties along the Northeast coast. The crews are all trained in CAP’s standard image capture and processing, … Continue reading

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Assemblyman Brindisi Inducted into CAP

UTICA — Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi, D-Utica, recently was inducted into the Civil Air Patrol’s New York Wing Legislative Squadron and received a briefing on homeland security, search-and-rescue and disaster relief missions. During a ceremony in his Utica office, Brindisi … Continue reading

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Central NY Group Gets New Commander

Lt. Col. John Jones, CAP, of Utica has been named commander of the Civil Air Patrol’s Central New York Group. He succeeds Lt. Col. Daniel Brodsky, CAP, of Clay. Jones has been Deputy Commander for the past year. As Group … Continue reading

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Re-Enactors, CAP Cadets Highlight Coast Guard Aux. Event

SYLVAN BEACH — Three volleys of musket fire by Civil War re-enactors and a flag raising by Civil Air Patrol cadets highlighted the base commissioning of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 26 in Sylvan Beach on Sunday, June 3. Several … Continue reading

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