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Rocketry weekend sends rockets skywardA recent rocketry weekend at Lt Col Richard and 1st
Lt Rhonda Augur home in Barnardsville help 12 cadets
obtain their Rocketry Badges. The Rocketry classes
were conducted by C/TSgt. Taylor Parker and C/Airman
Chris Hewitt.
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Welcome for Honor Air ights growsRotarians have been honoring the veterans of
World War II with ights (Honor Air) to Washing-ton DC to see the memorial dedicated to thosethat fought WW2.
The Asheville Composite Squadron has beenhonoring these heroes with an honor guard andcolor guard.
Those participating in welcoming these veter-ans home at the Asheville Regional Airport con-tinued to grow.
There will be additional ights in the fall of theyear, but until then it has certainly been an honorfor those members of the Asheville Squadron tohave been able to honor some of the greatestgeneration.
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CAP pilots y C-130 simulatorMost Civil Air Patrol
(CAP) pilots do most of their
monthly training in Cessna
172s or 182s, but sometimes
you just need a little more
power.
Members of the Ashevillesquadron satised their need
for power with a trip to Dob-
bins Air Force bases in Geor-
gia, where they got to y a
C-130, simulator that is.
Several crashes did
occurred during the trip, but
were not mentioning any
names.The number of participants
that when down to Geor-
gia was limited due to the
amount of hours available in
the simulator.
Have no fear, we been
invited back. Apparently, its
easier to forgive crashing a
simulator than a real C-130.Its great to have squadron
members in the right places.
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By 2d Lt Joe Myers
When the Civil Air Patrol
was rst started by in 1941
they werent just serving
on the coast and south-
ern border. CAP has been
serving in the mountainsof Western North Carolina
too.
The Squadron was acti-
vated sometime in 1942,
as the Western North Caro-
lina Squadron of the Civil
Air Patrol.
In 1943 the Western
North Carolina Squadron
started training cadets for
the Cadet Program, which
had been authorized in
October of 1942.
During this time the
squadron operated from
the Asheville-Henderson-
A brief history of the Asheville Squadron
ville Airport in the Cane
Creek community. Pilots
from the Western North
Carolina Squadron ew
various missions during
that time from missing
aircraft searches to forest
patrol, and other missions
as required by the war
effort.
In 1945 the CAP helped
sponsor and fund, an Aero-
nautics Program at Lee
Edwards High School in
Asheville, qualied stu-
dents were encouraged to
join the CAP as cadets.
Sometime in 1945 the
Squadron became known
as the Asheville Squadron.
CAP National HQ cre-
ated Unit Charters during
1956, on May 22, 1957
National Headquarters for-
mally chartered Asheville
Senior Squadron.
Some time before 1977
the squadron was re-char-
tered as a composite squad-
ron. Over time the squad-
ron has grown to become
the largest in the North
Carolina Wing of the Civil
Air Patrol and one of the
largest in the nation.
The Squadron has own
a number of different air-
craft in that time, from
Wacos and Piper Cubs to
a USAAC Surplus PT
17, and now our current
aircraft Cessna 172 and
182.
Other squadrons have
come and gone over time,
Flight are the only active
CAP units in WNC. We
have met in a number of
places from the Asheville-
Hendersonville Airport in
Cane Creek in the 1940s,
to Josephson Airport in the
Emma community in the
1950s, Asheville City Hall
in the 1960s, to the Naval
Reserve Center in the
1970s and 80s to our cur-
rent home at the Asheville
Regional Airport.
Though the people and
missions may change, the
spirit, and commitment to
serve remains the same
today, as it was when the
CAP started in 1941.
Then as now, we are
The Eyes of The Home
Skies. Semper Vigi-
lans . Always Vigilant.
of an NCO, public speak-ing, leadership styles, threeguest speakers on what itslike to be an NCO in themilitary, and a fourth whospoke of the interactionswith Ofcers.
All graduated with top
marks, and everyone tooksomething home withthem, even the ofcers whoinstructed.
The Cadet Ofcer incharge was C/2d Lt Graham Neville who did an out-standing job of planning andcoordinating the event.
NCO TrainingContinued from Page 1
Asheville Citizen Times photo of CAP from May 21,1944.
Original Charter for Asheville Senior Squadron.
Asheville Hendersonville Airport around 1943-44
Asheville Composite
Squadron, as we are now
known, and Swain County
Todays cadets in formation at our current home.