{"id":18352,"date":"2021-05-10T22:11:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18352"},"modified":"2021-05-10T22:11:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:11:28","slug":"vermont-wing-of-civil-air-patrol-conducts-statewide-air-and-ground-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/vermont\/vermont-wing-of-civil-air-patrol-conducts-statewide-air-and-ground-exercises\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Wing of Civil Air Patrol Conducts Statewide Air and Ground Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/flight-line-bennington-Lpers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18354\" width=\"198\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flight-line-bennington-Lpers.jpg 618w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flight-line-bennington-Lpers-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption><em> The SAREX included training for cadets of the Bennington Composite Squadron in the L-Per radio direction finding gear. The L-Per provides precise direction for ground teams searching for emergency beacons carried by aircraft, hikers and skiers.\u00c2\u00a0 From left to right: C\/AB Mirchandani, Bushee, Marsden, and Kaufer. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vermont Wing (VTWG) of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) conducted\na statewide SAREX (Search and Rescue Exercise) recently. The exercise began\nwith days of planning and involved airborne and ground team missions. Aircrews,\nmission support staff, cadets and ground team leaders practiced a variety of\nscenarios, including visual and electronic searches for missing hikers and\naircraft, photographic reconnaissance of infrastructure, and other missions.\n(Photos below.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About The Vermont Wing, Civil Air Patrol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAP is the official volunteer auxiliary of the United States\nAir Force. Vermont Wing headquarters is located in South Burlington. Squadrons\nare located in S. Burlington, Barre\/Montpelier, Rutland, Bennington, and\nSpringfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CAP Cadet Program is a year-round program where Cadets\nfly, learn to lead, hike, camp, get in shape, and push themselves to new\nlimits. If you are dreaming about a career in aviation, space, or the military,\nCAP\u2019s Cadet Program is for you. To become a cadet, you must be at least 12\nyears old and not yet 19 years old. Vermont Cadets have opportunities to attend\nleadership encampments, career academies, and other activities during the\nsummer.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vermont Wing members actively work with local schools and\nother community organizations by promoting aerospace education efforts;\nproviding aerospace education units of instruction; assisting with materials,\npeople and appropriate programs; and arranging field trips to local airports,\naerospace companies and organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vermont Wing (VTWG) of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) conducted a statewide SAREX (Search and Rescue Exercise) recently. The exercise began with days of planning and involved airborne and ground team missions. Aircrews, mission support staff, cadets and ground team leaders practiced a variety of scenarios, including visual and electronic searches for missing hikers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-vermont"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CESSNA-182-TAXISedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18355,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352\/revisions\/18355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}