IOWA WING RATED "EXCELLENT" BY AIR FORCE

On 19 May 2007 Iowa Wing was evaluated on its readiness and ability to respond to emergency situations. Iowa Wing deployed five aircrews and two ground teams to Ames, IA to participate in the exercise. Fourty five officers and cadets signed in for the exercise. The weather was sunny, but the winds picked up and by lunch aircrews had to divert to Ankeny because the wind gust and direction made it unsafe for them to land at Ames. Iowa Wing was given four emergency scenarios to respond to. Iowa Wing responded to all four taskings. The exercise was conducted within the guidelines of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) was used for management.

Overall the evaluation team thought that Iowa CAP did an excellent job. The teamwork and motivation of the personnel involved was impressive. Our ability to work together to quickly get the mission done took them by surprise. Our ability to deal with the challenges they created and what mother nature dealt us were equally impressive.


- posted by IAWG PAO @ 4:28 PM