Newsletter - August 2002

August
3	Tow Pilot Training - Burlington
7	Wing Staff Meeting - Iowa City Airport - 1900-2100
10	Operations Exercise - Washington Airport
12-17	National Boards - Philadelphia
16	Cadet Advisory Council Meeting - Boone, IA - 2100
16-18	Wing Ding - Boone, IA
21	Wing Staff Work Night - Iowa City Airport - 1900-2100

Wing Conference is now going to be on October 18 - 19, with Commanders Call on October 20. Check out the web page for all the updates. (http://www.iawg.cap.gov)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wing Staff Meetings are always held on the first Wednesday with work sessions on the 3rd Wednesday. Anyone may attend these and for now they will be held at the Iowa City Airport.

Contact LTC Steve Lewis if you are interested in the Tow Pilot Training on Saturday 3 August. Very limited space. gliders@iawg.cap.gov

The training at Washington, 10 August, will be multiple training. Contact LTC Doug Tindal prairiel@onlineia.com or LTC Ralph Tomlinson do@iawg.cap.gov if you are planning on attending.

The Cadet Advisory Council (CAC) will be meeting on 16 August before the Wing Ding starts at Boone. Contact C/CPT Casey Schroeder if you need any further information. cschroeder@iawg.cap.gov

The Iowa Wing Ding will be held at Boone, Iowa. All those planning on attending contact Capt. Doug Jansen djansen@iawg.cap.gov NOW.

Remember 26 October is the date for the Staff Assistance Visit. More information will be forth coming. Please remember many on the Wing Staff are new. Please help all out by going through the correct channels for communications.

Remember SAFETY FIRST. Also remember your 101 cards for the missions and training. No card No Mission or No training. Also bring your 101T to the Washington SAR. This will be a good time to have lots of blocks filled in but there are many prerequisites that need to be signed before starting training. This is hot weather. Drink plenty of water. Fly safe, Fly often and have fun.

The glider is flying high. It was taken to the Minnesota Flight Encampment along with N99750 which is now equipped as a tow plane. This weekend is the first training and it will be going to the Wing Ding in Boone, IA August 16 - 18. Be sure to contact me for your squadrons flight. gliders@iawg.cap.gov.

C/Capt Daniels and C/Capt Schroeder are out of the country on the International Air Cadet Exchange. We look forward to hearing about their adventures next month.

Last month our air and ground crews did an outstanding job. Sometimes it takes some time for everything to fall into place but our crews showed how well trained they are. Finding aircraft with their ELT going off, and then re-going off, to finding a missing person. Sometimes we are sent to find an ELT and then there is no signal. Our crews all deserve a big PAT ON THE BACK even though this is what we are trained to do. Just doing our job - - VERY WELL!

Wing Director of Operations - LTC Ralph Tomlinson
Wing Legal Officer - Maj. Barbara Edmondson
Wing Professional Development Officer - Capt. Doug Jansen
Wing Cadet Programs Officer - MAJ Terry Curry
Cadet Orientation Flight Coordinator (Power) - Capt. Leo Bertling
Cedar Rapids Senior Squadron Commander - Capt Leo Bertling

Membership Stats: 1 July - 442 members
31 July - 451 Members (Senior: 300 and Cadet: 151)

New Members

IA002 Des Moines Composite
SM Betty Kelly, SM James Kelly and Cadet Jayna Pritchard

IA005 Burlington Composite
SM Peter Klees, SM Tina Lewis, SM Earl Moore and Cadet Kyle Klees

IA041 Davenport Composite
Cadets Stephanie Crump, Brittney Gish, John Gizicki, Justin Gizicki and Tiffany Stirk

IA043 Dubuque Composite
SM Laura Prine

Awards and Promotions this month:
IA001 George Cobley to Major - Certificate of Proficiency and Grover Loening Award
IA002 Tony Short to 2nd Lieutenant
IA005 Dave Bachtell to Major - Certificate of Proficiency and Grover Loening Award
IA005 Julia Bachtell to Captain - Certificate of Proficiency and Grover Loening Award
IA043 Ron Scheitzach to Major - Certificate of Proficiency and Grover Loening Award
IA091 Anita Elliott to 2nd Lieutenant

We hope this newsletter finds all well this summer. Remember we are going into the school season now, so watch out for drivers and children in the school zones. These all maybe members someday. Remember to send in any news to pa@iawg.cap.gov.

Your Iowa Wing PAO's
CPT Julia Bachtell, CAP
MAJ Dave Bachtell, CAP
E-mail - pa@iawg.cap.gov