1

SQ-87 Had A Very Busy Summer, Here Are Some Of The Highlights: SAREX 12 JUN 15 to 14 JUN 15 – As you all know SQ-87 hosted the Group 7 & 8 SAREX (15-T-9037).

Members of SQ-87 did outstanding work and many Senior Members and Cadets received great training.

Maj Rich Lee was the coordinator for the SAREX and did a great job on putting it all together. We

successfully flew 25 SAR Training Air sorties (including relo flights) and completed 8 Ground Team

sorties. Here are some photos from the SAREX:

12 JUN 15 Prep in Dan’s Hanger Supplies Maj Redmond at the CP. Maj Newton at the CP.

Communications Shack Morning Brief Maj Knight & Maj Lee at briefing.

Newly minted

Capt Steve

Parker working

as Safety Officer.

The Birds ready for training Capt Nicholson & 1Lt Shelton Someone rang the chow bell. 2d Lt Giroux & Lt Col Lostetter

discuss pulled pork, yum.

Maj Knight reported 2 servings

at breakfast, 3 at lunch and 3 at

dinner. There were some good

eats.

Chili was lunch on day 1. It was

well received. Breakfast and snack items

waiting to be consumed. 2d Lt McCarthy and Capt Vallejo

returning from a training sortie.

Preflight Brief CAP SQ-87 Newsletter Summer 2015 Edition Group 8 / CA Wing

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

2

Capt Nicholson and Lt

McCarthy train with the

“sticks” and “Banana” for UDF

skills.

Clean windows are necessary for

safe flight. 2d Lt Giroux briefs the Valley

News photographer on pre-flight

inspections of aircraft.

CAP-403 launching on the last

sortie of the day.

VIP Mission 12 JUN 2015 – Lt Col Carl Morrison and Capt Bobby Abadi flew to 5 area airports to provide

information on upcoming TFR’s for the weekend of 12-14 JUN 2015.

Arrival at L18 after a full day of

flying.

CAP-403 at the fuel pumps. Maj Rich Lee always ready to

lend a hand fueling 403.

The post flight victory photo, a

great day of flying.

USCG Water Survival Course 20 JUN 2015 – Group 8 held the course at a pool at Camp Pendleton. SQ-87

Airmen took part in the three part training and passed with flying colors. Maj Rich Lee, Capt Stu Oster

(Safety Officer), 1Lt Bill Rote and 2d Lt Bill Ulmer participated in the training. Here are some

photographic highlights:

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

3

A Summer Filled with O-Rides – It was a big summer of

Orientation Rides for the Cadets of Squadrons 47, 144, 714 and

201. Combining the AFJROTC rides (see report later in this

edition) SQ-87 flew over 90 Cadets this summer. Well done SQ-

87!

FEMA Communications

22 JUN 2015 – CAP-403 crewed

by Capt Stu Oster, 2d Lt Eric

McCarthy and 2d Lt Richard

Giroux flew a mission in support

of a FEMA duplex radio test.

FEMA was communicating over

multiple bands at the same time.

Capt Vincent Gangi and 2d Lt

Norm Collins were in the radio

shack at Camp Pendleton. The

testing went well.

Stu, Richard and Eric inflight in CAP-403.

Norm and Vince inspect the radio equipment.

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

4

Friends of Fallbrook Community Airpark Annual Spaghetti Dinner 8 JUN 2015 – SQ-87 had a great turn

out to the FCAP Dinner and had our own table. A great time was had by all and we supported our home

base airport. The only uniform item was the magic hat.

A hanger double as a chow hall. A table full of SQ-87 members and friends. “There I was at 35,000’” Stu and Bozzi Oster

sharing stories.

Annual Pool Party and Speedo Contest was held at 1Lt Bill and Kathy Rotes beautiful home – 1 AUG

2015 - Great food, Bobby made kabobs that were to die for, and good conversation made for a good time

had by all.

The Food had a Theme: Aviation

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

5

Meeting ReCAP Annual SQ-87 Awards were presented at the 22 July 2015 Meeting. These awards are

presented to the individuals who performed their duties in a manner which was over and

above the normal expectation. These are you Officers of the Year in the following areas:

Communications: Capt Vince Gangi Emergency Services: Maj Rich Lee Counter Drug: Lt Col Jerry Rohles

Public Affairs: 2d Lt Jerry Camp Mission Observer: Maj Rich Lee Pilot of the Year: Capt Stu Oster

Senior Member of the Year: Maj Rich Lee Aerospace Education: 1Lt Bill Rote

Safety: Capt Steve Parker

Congratulations to you all. Your leadership and hard work brings credit to SQ-87 and CAP as a whole.

Well Done!

SQ-87 History – Maj Joe DiMento is the squadron historian. Joe is putting together brief, two or three paragraph,

and bios of each member. Joe prepared this example:

Major Roy Knight first joined the Civil Air Patrol Senior Squadron, Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1983. In addition

to serving in Texas Wing, he later served in Michigan and finally came to us in California. He spent 22

years with Riverside Squadron 5 as well as two cycles as Commander of that unit. An experienced

Mission Pilot with 4 Distress Finds and many Non-Distress finds to his credit, he has brought a wealth

of leadership experience to our Unit.

In private life, Major Knight has held positions as Owner, National Sales Manager, Vice President of

Sales and Regional Sales Manager of various companies in the sweet goods and chocolate industries.

Please e-mail Maj DiMento at joeanddolres@att.net and provide your bio. Thank you.

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

6

AFJROTC Flights Were A Huge Success – On 23 AUG 2015 SQ-87, SQ-57 & SQ-5 flew 32 AFJROTC

Cadets in 17 sorties with three aircraft. George Watson flew his T-34 in for static display and Maj Rich Lee

brought his ex-CAP C-172 in for aircraft orientation, education and safety briefings. It was a really fun day

at the airport with the energy of high school students. Lt Col Vinny Lostetter was the man of the hour. He

secured the funding for the O-rides, planned them with Maj Knight and Maj Rich Lee, and then stepped

up to the plate with his fine pulled pork. Sq-87 personnel who volunteered for this evolution were Maj

Roy Knight, Maj Rich Lee, Capt Steve Parker, 2d Lt Roxanne Parker, 2d Lt Richard Giroux, 2d Lt Bill

Ulmer, and 2d Lt Jerry Camp. Maj David Wallace and 1Lt Shelton came from SQ-57 and Capt Terry Pratt

flew a G100 206 down from SQ-5 for the flights. Thank you to all who made this great day possible.

Fallbrook Senior Squadron 87 - PREFLIGHT BRIEF – Summer 2015 Edition – Vol. 1 Issue 4

7

AFJROTC Continued:

Upcoming Events:

25 – 27 SEP 2015 – California Wing Conference, Radisson Hotel, New Port Beach CA

2 – 4 OCT 2015 – MCAS Miramar Airshow, CAP-403 / Ground Team / Cadet Units on Display

Preflight Brief – If you have an interesting story to tell that is SQ-87 or aviation related and would like to

share it with the CAP community, please drop an e-mail to Lt Camp at jerry.camp@sq87-cap.org.

Next Preflight Brief 24 SEP 2015!