June 2010

The Mountain Flyer

Col Dennis Barron —Wing Commander
Major Jeffery Schrock—Public Affairs Officer/Newsletter Editor

Aeronautics Commission awards $10,000

Wing Calendar grant to all 12 West Virginia Wing CAP units
• June 25-July 3
WV Wing Summer
Encampment - By Major Jeffery Schrock million in federal and state disaster and emergency as-
Camp Dawson Wing Public Affairs Officer grants to state airports and to sistance including search and
Civil Air Patrol units in West rescue missions, flood recov-
• July 23-July 25 The West Virginia Department
Ground Pounders Virginia. ery assistance, humanitarian
of Transportation Aeronautics
Challenge - In the commission’s FY2011 and Homeland Security assis-
Commission held its quarterly
Potomac High- budget each Civil Air Patrol tance. CAP also provides
meeting in Upshur County
lands Sqdn. - squadron was awarded a aerospace education and ca-
and disbursed more than $1.2
Petersburg W.Va. $10,000 grant. CAP provides det programs.

• August 21-22
Joint SAREX with Middle East Region CAP recognizes Wing
State of W.Va. -
TBD with awards during annual conference
• September 4-5
Martinsburg Air
Show featuring By Major Jeffery Schrock MER Incident Staff Member of East Region for the national
the USAF Wing Public Affairs Officer the Year, Capt Lewis awards in each category,
Thunderbirds Craddock - Frank Brewer which will be announced at
Martinsburg, Recipients of several awards
Aerospace Award from Middle the National Board Meeting in
W.Va. were presented to members
East Region. San Diego, Ca. in September.
of West Virginia Wing Civil Air
• September 24- All the recipients will be the
Patrol during the 2010 Middle
26 Wing SAREX - nominees from the Middle
East Region Civil Air Patrol
Beckley, W.Va. Conference held in Richmond,
• October 23 Va. Photos by
Attending were Wing Com- Major
Wing Conference
and Banquet - mander Col Dennis Barron,
Jeffery
Charleston, W.Va. Wing Chief of Staff Lt Col
Alvin Fox, Wing Stand/Eval Schrock/
Officer Lt Col Shelton Davis, West
Wing Director of Public Affairs Virginia
Major Jeffery Schrock, Mar- Wing HQ
tinsburg Squadron Public Af-
fairs Officer Capt Russell
Voelker, Capt Lewis
Craddock, and Senior Member
Jenny Craddock of Clarksburg
Composite Squadron and Bob
Cook.
The West Virginia Wing award
recipients are: Capt Lynn
Hoffmann - MER IG of the
Year, Lt Col Gene Thorn - Col
Edwin Lewis Award as the
 McCroskey appointed as Wheeling Commander
Martinsburg Squadron helps with Joint Services Open House
By Capt Russell Voelker
Martinsburg Squadron PAO
On May 14, 2010, seven cadets
and one senior member from
the Martinsburg Composite
Squadron traveled to Andrews
Air Force Base to support and
participate in the 2010 Joint
Services Open House.
During the event, the unit per-
formed duties that included
drug demand reduction, recruit-
ing, Civil Air Patrol aircraft pro-
tection, streamer and flag re-
Mercer Squadron hears ELT Signal during cadet o-ride flight
By Major Jim Coiner
Mercer Squadron PAO
Mercer Squadron Civil Air Patrol
was flying cadets in the cadet
orientation program in the Ra-
leigh County area recently when
the plane detected an ELT,
(Emergency Locator Transmit-
ter) signal.
Pilot Lt George Shively reported
this by radio to the FAA. The
FAA reported the distress signal
to the USAF Aircraft Rescue
Coordination Center in Florida.
By 2nd Lt Toni Wheeler ers, and other heroes in Amer-
Wheeling Squadron PAO ica.”
Major McCroskey, a 20-year
Major Paul G. McCroskey II has
veteran of the United States Air
taken command of the Civil Air
Force, is no stranger to com-
Patrol’s Wheeling Composite
mand and organization.
Squadron, the informal cere-
Most notably, he served as an
mony was held at the CAP com-
Air Force ROTC instructor at
plex at the west end of the
Kent State University. His pri-
Wheeling-Ohio County Airport.
mary additional duties included
Major McCroskey was selected
commandant of cadets, unit
by Col Dennis Barron, wing
admissions officer and execu-
commander of the Civil Air Pa-
tive officer.
trol West Virginia Wing.
He instructed freshman-level
“One thing I found in CAP is
courses on national security
that it is made up of a group of
affairs and junior-level courses
dedicated volunteers that want
and provided leadership train-
to provide an important service
ing, military discipline, and edu-
and belong to something larger
cational and career guidance to
than themselves,” McCroskey
Air Force ROTC cadets. He is a
said. “That dedication and com-
former member of the Civil Air
passion is what drives our mili-
Patrol Canton Akron Senior
tary, police, fire fighters, teach-
Squadron.
trieval.
They were also given plenty of
free time to visit the displays
and enjoy the air show. At the
end of the day, other than a
little sunburn and tired feet,
everyone said that they’d en-
joyed themselves and look for-
ward to next year.
Pictured are front row from left: C/Amn
Rudy Bakin, C/TSgt Ty Stansbury, C/
CMSgt Tim Dye. Back Row from left: C/
SMSgt John Dye, C/SSgt Spencer
Lunsford, C/SSgt Nathanael Main, and C/
SrAmn Quinn Kahsay.
Shively returned the cadets to from Beckley under the com- The ground team from
the airport to await further or- mand of Squadron Commander Beckley was notified and the
ders. Lt Col Eugene Thorn, di- Major David Chaney. Members team went to the airport to
rector of emergency services of from the Charleston Cadet search with ground elec-
CAP’s West Virginia Wing, acti- Squadron joined them and pre- tronic gear.
vated an official search and pared for a ground search. The ground team found the
rescue mission consisting of the On the second flight out, flown aircraft at the airport at
Bluefield, Beckley, and the by Mercer Squadron Com- 7:30 p.m. It is believed that
Charleston Cadet Squadrons. mander Capt Steven Antolini, the aircraft’s owner had
The Bluefield unit started an and Chinault, it was determined accidentally activated the
electronic air search in the area that the signal was likely com- ELT. The device was later
with aircrew members of ing from the vicinity of the Fay- deactivated, and the team
Shively and Lt Melvin Chinault. ette County Airport near Fa- was pleased that this wasn’t
A ground team was organized yetteville, W.Va. an actual crashed aircraft.
Greenbrier Squadron cadet receives community awards
By 2nd Lt Elizabeth Childers problems at a county live stock her peers. According to
Greenbrier Squadron PAO market last year. those who know her, it
Galford is currently attending is clear that Galford
Chief Master Sgt Faith Galford
Greenbrier East High School, shows signs of a natural
of Civil Air Patrol’s Greenbrier
and is a cadet in CAP at Green- leader. Galford said she
Composite Squadron has re-
brier Composite Squadron. Gal- wants to personally
ceived the Prudential Spirit of
ford is a member of the ground take time to invite oth-
Community Awards Certificate
team search and rescue at the ers to join her Monday
of Merit, The American Red
unit, and wants to become a nights at 7 p.m. at the
Cross Life Saving Award, and
pilot. Galford’s extracurricular Greenbrier Valley Air-
the President’s Volunteer Ser-
activities like CAP, have molded port for a different ex-
vice award for conducting CPR
her into a fine role model for perience.
on a person suffering heart

Some submitted photos taken by members of units in the West Virginia Wing of Civil Air Patrol. From left, cadets with
the Wheeling Squadron stand in front of Marine One, next our cadets again from Wheeling Squadron marching in a
local community Memorial Day Parade, and finally our Martinsburg Squadron PAO Capt Russell Voelker takes a picture
of the Blue Angels in formation flying during the Joint Services Open House. More WV Wing CAP pictures can be found
at http://picasaweb.google.com/jscappao137 Please send CAP Photos to jschrock@cebridge.net

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