The Oregon wing of the Civil Air Patrol will be conducting a major state wide training exercise this weekend, June 25 and 26.
The exercise will include numerous senarios to train and test the Oregon CAP’s capability and preparedness to respond to various types of historically supported emergency incidents
With incident command centers located in both Medford and Aurora, the CAP will conduct responses to natural disasters, such as those posed during the Cascadia Rising state wide exercise earlier this month that CAP also participated in, air search and rescue, and related operations that could be requested by state, local and federal authorities.
Up to 8 aircraft and up to 100 members from around the state will comprise ground, mission base and air crew personnel to conduct various emergency responses.
In addition to adult aircrew and ground staff, the CAP will utilize its teenaged cadet members in various ground support operations such as communications, mission base operations, ground search and rescue operations and aircraft flightline activities under the guidance of an experienced adult member.
“Our cadet members are an important force multiplier during our missions” said Lt. Col. Thomas Traver, Oregon Wing CAP public affairs officer.
“They perform essential tasks that have a tremendous impact on the success of our multitude of operational missions” he added.
