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Civil Air Patrol, 1st Air Force:Defending our homeland together


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Practice makes perfect Texas Air National Guards 147thFighter Wing prepares for Operational Readiness Inspection.

At a glance: 1st AF Commander Maj. Gen. M. Scott Mayestakes command of America's air sovereignty and air defense.

NEWS

Civil Air Patrol, 1st Air Force CAP takes a new role as asupport agency for the Air Force in both homeland security andcivil support.

Bridging borders CANR deputy commander re ects on job andfamily heritage while stationed in Canada.

Not just counter-drug anymore Florida Air National Guards125th Fighter Wing provided aerial surveillance for presidentialinauguration events.

FEATURES

Spring 2005 Volume IX Issue 1

The GA-8 Airvan is an 8-seater plane providingample interior space and large windows to supportCivil Air Patrol missions for search and rescue aswell as homeland security.Courtesy photo by Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters

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Practice makes perfect:

Members of the Texas Air National Guards 147thFighter Wing at Ellington Field, Houston, spentFeb. 7-15 donning chemical protective gear, dodg-ing enemy attacks and performing rst aid for injuredcomrades. The wing honed their skills during a staff assistance visit held in preparation for the OperationalReadiness Exercise portion of its April 2005 InspectorGeneral visit.

The 147th FW conducts worldwide combat operationswith the F-16C Fighting Falcon and trains to mobilizeto support the total force. All the wing members skillswere put to the test when the exercise evaluation teamarrived.

The wing hasnt had an (Operational ReadinessInspection) since 1992, and weve never had an air-to-ground employment ORI, said Col. Lanny B. McNeely,147th FW commander. The breadth of the improve-ment from the November 2004 to the February 2005exercises was literally huge, and the attitudes of all

involved were uniformly incredible.We feel good about our progress, and we have

a great vector on where we need to go for theApril ORI, he added.

1st Lt. Elaine M. Larson1st Air Force Public Affairs

Ellington Field preps for ORI

Photos by Senior Airman Dave Porcelle, 147th(Left): Senior Master Sgt. Ernest Leger defends his position inarea during the 147th Fighter Wings Operational Readiness ExEllington Field, Houston. (Above): Members of the 147th Fighteraid on an injured Airman during their recent Operational Rea

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At a glance:1st AF Commander

Staff Report1st Air Force Public Affairs

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Photo by Lisa Norman, 325th Fighter WingMaj. Gen. M. Scott Mayes addresses the audience after assuming commandof 1st Air Force and Continental United States Region at Tyndall AirForce Base, Fla., Oct. 27, 2004.

Career highlightsMajor awards anddecorations:

Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross with

two oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal with two silver and

one bronze oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medalwith oak leaf cluster Army Commendation Medal Vietnam Service Medal with

bronze star Republic of Vietnam Gallantry

Cross with Palm NATO Medal (Yugoslavia) Republic of Vietnam Campaign

Medal

Other achievements: 1996 Wright Brothers Leadership Award,

Air War College

Professional membershipsand associations:

Executive Council of theAlabama National GuardAssociation

Committee assignments at

National Guard Association of the United States Former Fighter Council

chair and current member of Directors Council of Advisorsfor the Air Directors FieldAdvisory Council

M aj. Gen. M. Scott Mayes as-sumed command of 1st AirForce and the ContinentalUnited States North American Aero-space Defense Region Oct. 27, 2004.General Mayes is responsible for theair sovereignty and air defense of the United States.

Prior to arriving at Tyndall Air

Force Base, Fla., General Mayesserved as the Alabama NationalGuard chief of staff and the AlabamaAir National Guard com-mander.

He earned his com-mission through theReserve Of cer TrainingCorps in 1970. He earneda Bachelor of Sciencedegree in education at theUniversity of Alabama in

Tuscaloosa, Ala. GeneralMayes went on to obtain aMaster of Science degreein public administra-tion from the University of Northern Colorado,Denver, in 1978 and at-tended Air War College atMaxwell Air Force Base,Ala., in 1996.

Upon completion of un-dergraduate pilot trainingat Vance Air Force Base,Okla., in October 1971, hereceived his pilot wings.He joined the AlabamaAir National Guard in1979.

During his 34-year mili-tary career on active duty and with the Alabama

National Guard, General Mayesserved tours in Thailand, WestGermany, and most recently, Italy,where he commanded eight units in

ve countries, enforcing the DaytonPeace Accords in the Balkans.

General Mayes is a command pilotwith more than 5,000 ying hoursincluding 171 combat missions in

Southeast Asia. Among the aircrafthe has own are the F-15A, F-16A/C,C-26 and C-130 OSA.



1st Lt. Elaine M. Larson1st Air Force Public Affairs

T he Civil Air Patrol has been living out its currentmotto performing missions for America for morethan 60 years.Best known for completing 95 percent of all federal in-land search and rescue efforts, CAP has embraced newer

roles since Sept. 11, 2001, as a support agency for the AirForce in both homeland security and civil support.

The CAP is a private, non-pro t corporation made of more than 60,000 volunteers and 550 corporate aircraft.The CAP also has about 3,000 member-owned aircraft thatcan be utilized when needed. This extensive, nationwidenetwork allows CAP to put a manned airborne platformover any major city or strategic resource in the country inless than two hours.

Civil Air Patrol got its rst exposure to the modernera of homeland security after 9-11, when members wereairborne and helping out right away, said Col. GeorgeVogt, commander of the Air Force branch charged withoversight, liaison and assistance of the CAP -- CAP-U.S.

Air Force. Over the last four years that whole process hasformalized, and now the Air Force realizes what a greatasset they are, and the mechanisms are now in place to

utilize them even more.When the Twin Towers fell, CAP volunteers were therst on the scene to capture the images from the sky.

After a sequence of hurricanes passed through Florida in2004, CAP provided almost instant imagery to help theU.S. Northern Command assess the damage and respondappropriately.

(These examples) give you an idea of how quickly wecan get to a scene, and were there to stay until the mis-sion is nished, said Maj. Gen. Dwight H. Wheless, CAPnational commander.

Many of these missions are now what are termed AirForce-assigned missions, meaning the CAP has been ap-proved and tasked by the Air Force Secretary to providesupport as the Air Force Auxiliary. This can be done tosupport any department or agency in any branch of the

federal government. In most cases, the Air ForceSecretary delegates approval authority to CAP U.S.Air Force headquarters to assign Air Force mission-status to CAP activities.

Air Force-assigned missions utilize CAPs servicesto accomplish airborne reconnaissance and imagery,disaster and damage assessment, airborne transpor-tation of personnel, equipment and critical supplies,and 24-7 communications support.

However, CAP will not perform any missions in-volving actual combat, combat operations or combattraining that would be considered more dangerousthan normal CAP activities.

One of the biggest things the Air Force uses CAPfor is its digital imaging capability, said Colonel Vogt.(Theyre) able to go on a moments notice, often air-borne within a couple hours, take digital images of some of the disaster areas, get them back here to the

Civil Air Patrol,1st Air Force:Defending our homeland together

Courtesy photos by Civil Air Patrol National HeadquartersCivil Air Patrol members plan a ying mission in support of the Air Force. CAP volunteersused their high-tech photography equipment to support damage assessment efforts duringFloridas 2004 hurricane season.



(combined air operations center), be retaskedairborne to take perhaps additional picturesor pictures from another angle, and withinseconds those are actually e-mailed downover a satellite telephone.

On Oct. 24, 2004, the CAP signed a Memo-randum of Understanding with CAP U.S.Air Force and 1st Air Force that formalizedtheir relationship and the procedures that al-low the CAP to be an instrumentality of theAir Force.

Use of CAP resources for non-combatmissions is both faster and cheaper thanusing military assets, said Kevin Jones, 1stAir Force Military Assistance Civil Authori-ties branch chief. This is because the use of CAP airframes is more cost-effective and themanpower is volunteered.

The average cost of a photoreconnaissancemission using an F-15 Eagle or F-16 FightingFalcon ranges from $4,700 to $11,000 per y-ing hour. When the Air Force assigns thesemissions to CAP it generally costs less than$200 per ying hour.

In January alone, CAP provided direct sup-port to 1st Air Force for eight distinct missionsin the District of Columbia, Florida, Arizonaand Louisiana. These missions involved 53sorties and more than 80 CAP members.

While using CAPs services bene ts the Air

Force, the MOU also outlines how CAP mem-bers bene t while supporting the Air Force.

When (CAP members) are performingmissions for the Air Force, theyre actually termed to be an instrumentality of the AirForce a true force multiplier, said ColonelVogt. Because of that they get some of theprotections of the Air Force and some of thecommand and control the Air Force brings tothe table.

Some of these protections include consid-eration as Air Force Auxiliary personnel forpurposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act andthe Federal Employee Compensation Act.

Along with supporting U.S. NORTHCOM,CAP resources are also used to support theNorth American Aerospace Defense Com-mand, better known as NORAD. While theCAP does not take part in combat operationsof any type they do support NORADs aero-space warning and control missions by posingas suspicious aircraft during exercises and al-lowing the Air Force to assess its responses.

We have 60,000 volunteers out there people who give of themselves every day,every night, said Al Allenback, CAP executivedirector. Were best known for rescue, but wedo so many other things aerospace educa-tion, cadet programs and now an increasingrole in homeland security.

CAP at a glance

CAP operations:

95 percent of nations

inland search and rescue(100 lives saved each yea

Aerial reconnaissance fohomeland security

Disaster relief anddamage assessment

Transport of timesensitive materials

Counterdrug missions

Whos who:

1st Air ForceConducts Air CombatCommands planning,

execution and assessmenof operational issues

NORTHAFAir component of U.S.Northern Command

Civil Air PatrolCongressionally chartere

private organization;performs as the civilian

auxiliary of the Air Forcwhen requested/tasked;

performs as the Air ForceAuxiliary when executin

federal missions

CAP-USAFThe agency charged

with advice, liaison andoversight of CAP

NORADProvides aerospacewarning and aerospacecontrol to the United

States, Canada. NORADconsists of three regionsAlaskan NORAD Regio

Canadian NORAD Regioand Continental U.S.

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Cessna 206s are well-represented in the Civil Air Patrols eet of single-engine aircraft. CAP has 550 planes strategically locatedthroughout the United States, kept ready for service by CAP volunteers.



The general summed up his CANR role saying, As the deputy com-mander of CANR, my prime respon-sibility is to maximize the efforts of several contributing units to ensurethat NORADs northern ank is pro-tected and that Canadas populationcenters are defended.

General Quenneville lives in Cana-da with his wife, retired Air NationalGuard Lt. Col. Margaret Quenneville,and their two cats. The general said,since arriving in Canada, one of thethings they miss most is easy accessto family and friends in the United

States.Modern day connectivity through

the telephone and the Internet pro-vides my wife, Maggie, and I every opportunity to communicate withthose closest to us, and for that weare most grateful, he said. Unfor-tunately, hugging the phone or thecomputer is not the same as huggingour children and grandchildren.

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T raveling to other countries insupport of the mission is a factof life for many members of theAir National Guard, but when thataspect of the mission enables you toreconnect with your family heritage,its just icing on the cake.

Brig. Gen. Donald J. Quenneville,currently the deputy commanderof the Canadian North AmericanAerospace Defense Region, also hasstrong family roots in that country.

All four of my grandparents wereborn in Quebec and emigrated toMassachusetts in the early 1900s,said Brig. Gen. Quenneville. Beinghere allows me to get closer to my French-Canadian ancestry.

General Quenneville served morethan 25 years with the MassachusettsAir National Guard before being sta-tioned in Canada. His many assign-

ments included the 102nd FighterWing commander at Otis Air Na-tional Guard Base, the MassachusettsAir National Guard chief of staff andlater as commander.

As deputy commander of CANR,General Quenneville is the prin-cipal adviser to the commanderon NORAD matters and assumescommand of those forces in thecommanders absence. He is alsoresponsible for ensuring the mission

effectiveness and administration of the 1st Air Force units assigned toCanada.

Since my arrival last August, it hasbecome readily apparent that bothCanada and the United States facesimilar challenges in maintaining

rst-rate homeland defense whiletransforming the capabilities andmakeup of their respective forces,

Bridging borders:Maj. Brenda Barker

1st Air Force Public Affairs

Photo by Cpl. Steven Bogue, CanadianBrig. Gen. Donald Quenneville, Canadian NORAD Regiomans a workstation in the 1st Canadian Air Division air oWinnipeg, Canada.

CANR deputy re ects onjob, family heritage

General Quenneville stated.He said the greatest difference

from his previous duties and hiscurrent role is the increased scope of responsibility he now has, and thegreatest similarity is the people -- alldedicated to excellence.

When asked how his current rolehas enlarged his view of theNORAD mission, GeneralQuenneville said, I havespent the majority of my military career in NORAD.The af liation has providedme a pretty good under-standing of the NORADmission, its bi-nationalmembership and its opera-tional components.

According to the general,CANR comes with its ownunique challenges.

Geographically, Canadais the second largest country

in the world; demographi-cally, more than 90 percentof the population resideswithin 100 miles of hersouthern border, he stated.

These extremes present some rath-er unique challenges to the executionof the NORAD mission. Maintainingwarning radars and forward operatinglocation bases in the frozen North isvery resource intensive, while provid-ing intercept response to a peacetime

aviation threat stretches ghter assetsto the limit.

However, General Quennevilleadded, the commitment to protect-ing North America has never beengreater, and the revision of theNORAD agreement will expand thebi-national cooperation to the addi-tional domains of land, maritime andcyberspace.



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W hen President George W. Bush raised his righthand to take the oath of of ce Jan. 20, an un-paralleled level of security framed his secondinauguration.

Thousands of police of cers from across the country,new screening technology for inaugural guests and amilitary contingency that included a combat brigade of up to 4,000 troops guarded the quadrennial event.

Along with ground security, a C-26B aircraft fromthe Florida (Jacksonville) Air National

Guards 125th Fighter Wing providedaerial surveillance for the numerous inau-gural events.

Florida was one of four states to provideAir National Guard units for enhancedsecurity.

The C-26s primary mission is to sup-port counter-drug and drug interdictionmissions in the southeastern UnitedStates and the Caribbean.

Normally, the C-26 performs area ob-servation over land or water to detect andreport illegal drug activities to includeobservation of cultivated marijuana, sus-pected isolated drug traf cking airstrips,drug drop zones, drug traf cking corri-dors, illegal drug labs, suspicious aircraft,watercraft and motor vehicles.

Additionally, the C-26 supports the state of Floridaduring natural disasters or other emergency operationcenter missions. However, with the increasing homelanddefense mission, the C-26 program at the 125th has beentriple-tasked.

Historically, since Sept. 11, 2001, the 125ths F-15Eagles and other ghter aircraft have participated inOperation Noble Eagle missions when called upon. Itwasnt until 2004 that the C-26 program in Jacksonvillewas asked to support the Department of HomelandSecurity.

We ew surveillance missions during the G8 Summitlast June, stated Lt. Col. Ronnie Higgins, 125th FighterWing C-26 program director.

Colonel Higgins added the 125th also provided aerial

support during the 2004 presidential election. And,although these types of missions are funded by the DHS,manpower has not been increased due to the additionaltaskings.

The C-26 pilots can only y 600 hours a year due tofunding," Colonel Higgins said. And, since the new rolewas mandated, they are ful lling the regular counter-drug mission in addition to homeland defense and ongo-ing state missions.

Yet, even with the increased responsibility, the pilotswere honored to be handpicked to help secure the skies

above Washington during Bushs second inauguration.We arrived Tuesday, Jan. 18, and started ying the

next day, said Lt. Col. Mark Severson, 125th FW C-26pilot. It was nice to know that they wanted us back again to help out the Secret Service on such an importantoccasion.

Security is always tight on inauguration day, saidTech. Sgt. Raquel Tucker, a 125th FW information man-ager who attended the inaugural parade. We expected itto be magni ed for the rst inauguration since 9/11.

Sergeant Tucker commented there were several secu-rity checkpoints along the parade route, but when she saw the 125ths C-26 ying above, it made her feel even moresecure.

I was really proud to see our guys up there, she said.

Not just counter-drug anymoreTech. Sgt. Michelle L. Thomas

125th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

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Photo by Master Sgt. Shaun Withers, 125th FighteA C-26 Metroliner and an F-15 Eagle both from the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, Fpatrol Americas skies.


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Maj. Todd Breitmann, Southeast Air Defense Sectors EagleFlight Weapons Section of cer-in-charge, crosses the nishline of the Air Force Marathon Sept. 18, 2004. MajorBreitmann ran the 26.2-mile course in honor of Sgt. RoyWood, a Florida Army National Guard Special Forces soldierkilled in Afghanistan Jan. 9, 2004. The Running in Honorof Fallen Heroes program allows runners to dedicate amarathon run to those who have given their lives forfreedom. Major Breitmann also raised more than $1,000for a home for destitute girls in Mumai, India.

CSAF announces changeto Air Force's educationmindsetGeneral John Jumper, Air ForceChief of Staff, recently announcedthe Air Force will no longer useadvanced academic degrees as afactor in the promotion process atany level.

Beginning January 2005, allacademic information, includingbachelors degrees, will be removedfrom active-duty Line of the AirForce and Judge Advocate General

promotion boards through therank of colonel. Guard and Reservecomponents will implement the

Sexual assault preventionand response reportreleasedThe Air Force recently releaseda study assessing the servicessexual assault prevention andresponse capabilities.

In a February 2004 taskingmemorandum to all major com-mand commanders, Air ForceVice Chief of Staff Gen. MichaelT. Moseley established vegoals for the assessment, datedAug. 30, 2004:

Strive to eliminate sexualassault and any environmentthat fosters it.

Three 142nd Fighter Wing F-15s take Naval Air Station Ke avik.

same procedures beginning withboards convening after Jan. 1, 2006.

In the generals latest Sight Pic-ture, released Feb. 2, he addressedthe need to change Airmens mind-sets when it comes to educationalinitiatives for force development.

Force development takes adeliberative approach to providingAirmen the training and experiencethey need to succeed in deliveringair and space power now and in thefuture, General Jumper said.

While not discouraging Airmen

from pursuing advanced academicdegrees, the general stressed thatour focus should be on deliberate

development and not squarelling.We must make sure Airmen

get the training and educationrequired for their specialty orarea of expertise, he said.

The new policy will not affectchaplain and health professionof cers due to certi cationrequirements.

The complete Sight Pictureis available at www.af.mil/media/ viewpoints/force_dev.html.

Courtesy photo

Ensure an environment wherevictims have the con dence to

report sexual assault. Conduct appropriate investi-

gation and prosecution. Address victims well being and

health as effectively as possible. Ensure commanders and

senior leaders oversee programeffectiveness.

We want to send a very clearmessage, said Lt. Gen. Roger A.Brady, deputy chief of staff forpersonnel and the assessmentssupervisor. It is that sexual as-sault, or any behavior anywhereapproaching this, is absolutely inconsistent with our core valuesand everything that we believe. Itis unacceptable.

Twenty signi cant ndingsare listed in the report, as well as14 recommendations. Findingsand recommendations focused


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1st Air Force Now tobroadcast March 31

The March edition of 1st AirForce Now will be broadcast onthe Warrior Network March 31at 11a.m. EST. For informationon how to receive the broad-cast, e-mail the producer atLouis.Biehslich@tyndall. af.mil orcall DSN 523-8669. For detailson how to submit unit stories andvideos for future broadcasts visit:http://www.1staf.tyndall.af.mil/tv.html.

120th Fighter Wing receivesthree national awardsMontanas 120th Fighter Wingearned three Air National Guardawards for 2004: the Air ForceOutstanding Unit Award, theMaintenance Group EffectivenessAward and the Outstanding Secu-rity Forces Squadron of the YearAward.

The Air Force Outstanding UnitAward recognizes the achievementsof the 120th FW from June 1, 2003,to July 31, 2004. During this timethe wing earned a 97 percent UnitCompliance Inspection rating, acti-vated 185 people to ght the states

second largest wildland re andparticipated in Operation NobleEagle. The wing also deployedmore than 200 Airmen to Balad AirBase, Iraq, in support of OperationIraqi Freedom.

The Maintenance EffectivenessAward nomination package notedsuperior aircraft maintenancefrom Oct. 1, 2003, to Sept. 30,2004. The 120th FW MaintenanceGroup provided concurrent supportto Operations Iraqi Freedom and

Noble Eagle.

Guard news, photos neededAir Guard units are encouragedto send news and feature articles(with photos) for publication inthe American Defender. For moreinformation, call 1st Air Forcepublic affairs at (850) 283-8659or send an e-mail to the editor [email protected].

, Iceland, while serving three two-week rotations atPhoto by 123rd Fighter Squadron

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, 119th FightePresident George W. Bush tries on a 119th Fighter Wing cap as he takes time to meet members Dakota Air National Guard prior to his departure from Fargo, N.D., in Air Force One Feb. 3, 20

on six topic areas: sexual assaultrealities; policy and leadership;

education and training; reporting;response; and air expeditionary forces and deployment. Eachtopic area except sexual assaultrealities contains a series of rec-ommendations.

The complete report is availableat www.af.mil/library/posture/SA_Assessment_Report.pdf.

The Air Force Security ForcesUnit Award recognized the unitscommunication between local,civil and military emergency service agencies while focusing onvulnerabilities along the northernMontana-Canadian border. Unitmembers also performed short-notice weapons quali cations formore than 300 people, logisticalsupport to South Dakota ANGSecurity Forces members duringtraining exercises and earned a100 percent UCI rating.


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