[PAO] CAP simulates threats, assists RF-A pilots

[Bailey, Dan]

Purely by coincidence - honestly! - the  Department of Agriculture &
Consumer Services article was next on my list when I saw your email. Am
looking at it right now & coming up with a graphic, since the photo will
have to run narrow.

 

Dan

 

 

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From: cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org
[mailto:cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org] On Behalf Of Steven
Solomon
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:46 PM
To: CAP Public Affairs Officers
Subject: Re: [PAO] CAP simulates threats, assists RF-A pilots

 

Brian,

 

The VolunteerNow editor at NHQ is scrambling right now to dig into a
backlog that built up during the run-up to the Annual Conference. He
reports that he saw your email & will give your submissions a look. 

 

SHS

 

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Bryan Weil <bsweil63 at gmail.com> wrote:

Steven,

I have submitted two articles to the VolunteerNow website for
consideration.

My fellow PAO/senior members are telling me that my articles are good. 

I would appreciate any feedback on these articles.

You can find them referenced on my FB page.

Thanks for your support.

Bryan




Bryan S. Weil, 1Lt., CAP

PAO & Deputy HSO- MER-NC-048

Deputy PAO-NCWG

bsweil63 at gmail.com

 

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Steven Solomon <ssolomon at cap.gov>
wrote:

	Another USAF story about CAP!

	 

	http://www.eielson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123360523

	 

	 

	Regards,

	Steven

	 

	 

	STEVEN SOLOMON, Maj, CAP

	National Public Affairs Officer
	Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
	105 South Hansell St.
	Building 714
	Maxwell AFB AL 36112-5937

	 

	

	... Citizens Serving Communities

	
	  

	        

	
	
	CAP simulates threats, assists RF-A pilots

	 

	by Senior Airman Zachary Perras
	354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
	
	8/21/2013 - EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- During RED
FLAG-Alaska, fighter aircraft dominate the skies. Participating forces
identify hostile targets while waging a simulated war - but not all
hostiles are fighters.
	
	Eielson's own Civil Air Patrol 71st Composite Squadron plays a
role during RF-A by simulating Antonov An-2 Colts, primarily using a
deHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. Their presence gives fighter
pilots the opportunity to train in visually identifying low-flying,
special operations forces-carrying aircraft.
	
	Steve Brewer, 71st CS commander, said CAP's participation allows
pilots to incorporate the defensive counter-air function of detection,
identification and interception of enemy aircraft into the training
scenario.
	
	"The training that fighter pilots get by visually identifying
their targets has been proven over history to be important in positively
identifying targets," he said. "RED FLAG is one of the few venues that
allow pilots to train for this mission type."
	
	Brewer, a former Air Force fighter pilot, said the emphasis of
the training mission is not solely on CAP's aircraft because RF-A pilots
are defending against multiple targets. However, identifying and
stopping low-flying threats are objectives that RF-A participants train
for.
	
	"While we don't react to pilots because we aren't out there to
fight, CAP is still a training aid for RED FLAG participants during the
exercise," Brewer said. "We're out there to help them learn and overcome
obstacles they're faced with."
	
	Including CAP into RF-A has provided participants with an extra
level of challenges they might not have back at their home station, said
Maj. Bryan McGuire, 18th Aggressor Squadron mission commander.
	
	"Through RED FLAG-Alaska, the 354th Fighter Wing can prepare
aircrew to fight in relatively unrestricted air space," McGuire said.
"Including CAP in the scenario forces fighters to defend a lane in three
dimensions, and it teaches them to successfully sanitize a much larger
volume of space."
	
	In terms of realistic threat scenarios, low-flying, slow-moving
aircraft is one that aircrew must prepare for, McGuire added. In this
way, CAP delivers a means to do so.
	
	CAP's integration with RF-A has proven over the years to be
invaluable by providing a cost-effective training method, allowing the
Air Force and its partners to receive unparalleled air combat
experiences.
	

	 

	 

	 

	 

	 

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