The Civil Air Patrol flew 960 sorties, logging 1,848.6 flying hours, covering relief operations for Hurricane’s Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita. That’s not all. CAP officials say members of the Air Force Auxiliary worked 35,495 manhours, surveyed 4, 266 homes, and made 8,524 contacts with hurricane victims. Taking note of these awesome contributions is the American Society of Association Executives,’ which presented CAP with the 2006 Association Advance America Award of Excellence.
The Air Force kicked off one of its biggest exercises this week with the latest edition of Bamboo Eagle, featuring combined virtual and live training scenarios focused on test the command-and-control “nervous system” leaders need to operate on a complex joint battlefield spread over vast distances.
