{"id":19580,"date":"2021-10-04T19:38:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19580"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:40:22","slug":"norwich-university-air-force-rotc-and-vermont-cap-cadets-fly-with-vermont-and-new-york-wings-of-the-civil-air-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-york\/norwich-university-air-force-rotc-and-vermont-cap-cadets-fly-with-vermont-and-new-york-wings-of-the-civil-air-patrol\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Norwich University Air Force ROTC and Vermont CAP Cadets Fly with Vermont and New York Wings of the Civil Air Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Capt. Joseph Bosley from Vermont Wing\u2019s Capital Composite Squadron talking with AFROTC cadets, in preparation for their orientation flights.<\/em>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the collaboration of pilots and support personnel\nfrom both New York and Vermont Wings of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), a number of\ncadets from Air Force ROTC Detachment 867 at Vermont\u2019s Norwich University were\nrecently able to participate in a series of orientation flights over Vermont.\nThe two Wings conducted a record 36 hours of flight time over a day and a half;\nand fulfilled a critical CAP mission of stimulating interest in aerospace among\nyounger Americans.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capt. Jonathan Mercer of the Vermont Wing briefing AFROTC cadets Vanessa Magulas and Sonny Koa Rosales. <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A total 34 Norwich University AFROTC cadets, and two from\nCAP, participated in the orientation flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sorties were based out of Vermont Wing\u2019s Capital\nComposite Squadron at Edward F. Knapp State Airport here. The airport is near\nNorwich University, which is located in Northfield, Vt. The Norwich University\ndetachment of the AFROTC is commanded by USAF Col Mark Ceiro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Joseph Bosley, Commander of the Capital Composite\nSquadron, noted: \u201cThe hard work by both Vermont and the New York Wing resulted\nin one of the biggest airborne exercises in our Wing\u2019s history. The AFROTC\ncadets greatly appreciated their experience in the hands of our NYWG and VTWG\nCAP pilots, and I think both Wings benefitted from a gratifying, educational experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orientation flights, which are also available to CAP cadets,\nenable participants to experience flight from the front seat of a CAP aircraft.\nIn addition to experiencing flight, cadets received multiple briefings on CAP\nhistory, overviews of recent missions, as well as a \u201cpilot\u2019s eye\u201d review of\nairport operations, charts, radio communications, and aeronautical decision\nmaking\u2014all with an emphasis on safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt. Bosley cited the following CAP officers for their\nsupport and professionalism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Administrative Officers: Capt. Kelli\nSutton-Bosley, Capital Composite Squadron; 1st Lt Vince Gonillo, Commander,\nBurlington Senior Squadron<\/li>
  • Safety Officer: 2nd Lt Ron Mitchell, Burlington\nSenior Squadron<\/li>
  • Transportation Officer: 2nd Lt Dan Boone,\nCapital Composite Squadron<\/li>
  • Vermont Wing Pilots: Capt. Tom Ferranti, Capital\nComposite Squadron; Capt. Jonathan Mercer, Bennington Composite Squadron<\/li>
  • Flight Release Officer: Col Esther Abrams,\nVermont Wing<\/li>
  • New York Wing Pilots: Lt Col Brian Benedict,\nNortheast Region; Capt. Roger Teck, Schenectady Composite Squadron; Capt. Eric\nChan, Long Island Group.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    New York Wing Pilot Capt Eric Chan and Norwich University AFROTC cadets in the cockpit of a New York Wing Cessna 182. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Orientation flights are made available to AFROTC cadets in\norder to motivate and stimulate the cadet\u2019s interest in and knowledge of\naviation and aerospace activities to help stimulate their interest in and\nknowledge of aviation and aerospace activities. AFROTC\/AFJROTC has determined\nthat the use of CAP services under the Air Force – CAP Cooperative Agreement to\nprovide orientation flights to its cadets is in the best interest of the United\nStates and an economical and efficient way to conduct this mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    According to a recent statement from CAP\u2019s National\nHeadquarters, CAP pilots flew 19,184 orientation flights for CAP, Air Force\nROTC and Air Force Junior ROTC cadets in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Photo above – Capt. Joseph Bosley from Vermont Wing\u2019s Capital Composite Squadron talking with AFROTC cadets, in preparation for their orientation flights.   Thanks to the collaboration of pilots and support personnel from both New York and Vermont Wings of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), a number of cadets from Air Force ROTC Detachment 867 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,52,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-new-york","category-vermont"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture4-capt-joseph-Bosley-Vermont-with-cadets-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580","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=19580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19586,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580\/revisions\/19586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}