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1:00 pm sharp and the parade
route took us on a 1 1/2 mile
route through town and
ended up at Ojibway Park
where the towns carnival was
in its final day.
I would like to thank Com-
manders Tom Grezek & Bob
Fritsche and all the members
of the Woodbury American
Legion & VFW for having usparticipate in this event.
St. Croix members were;
Capt. Dave Yost, Maj. Dave
Kenan, 1st.Lt. Scott Richard-
son, C/CMSgt. Ethan Pike, C/
SSgt. Ryan Malcolm, C/Amn.
Jonah Branovski, C/Amn.
Colton Dexter & C/Amn.
Chandler Krech.
On Sunday, 29 August 2010,
members of the St. Croix
Squadron were invited by the
Woodbury American Legion
Post #501 & Woodbury VFW
Post #9024 to participate
with them in the celebration
of the Woodbury Days Pa-
rade.
The St. Croix squadron has
forged a solid bond and had
done many events with thesetwo Veterans groups in the
past. We have participated in
many ceremonies for the
Woodbury Veterans memo-
rial and have been a sup-
porter for events connected
to the Yellow Ribbon Net-
work.
Our cadets together with the
cadets from the WoodburyHigh School JROTC color
guard were the lead elements
to kick off the Woodbury
Days parade. Our cadets
came together and performed
seamlessly.
The veterans from the
American Legion & VFW who
attended this event were
grateful to see our young
cadets get involved and par-ticipate in an event which
marks pride, honor and sacri-
fice of their service.
It was a long and hot summer
day for our members. We
met up with our hosts by
12:00 noon and found our
position at the front of the
parade. We stepped off at
St. Croix Composite SquadronMinnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
Covers Events from July / Aug 2010 September 2010 - Volume 24, Issue 5
The Aviator
Newsletter
Upcoming MinnesotaWing & St. CroixSquadron Events
MNWG SAREx & STX Remote
Mission Base Training
St. Croix Squadron Cadet
Change of Command Ceremony
MNWG Black CAP ES College
MNWG Color Guard Competi-tion
Inside this issue:
St. Croix Participates inWoodbury Days Parade! 1St. Croix Member Earns CAPPilot Wings! 2
St. Croix Squadron Com-mander Earns Pilot Awards 3
St. Croix Squadron Creditedwith an ELT Find! 4
St. Croix Shows Support forEAA #54 Pancake Breakfast 5
St. Croix Squadron CelebratesDouble Wright Bro. Awards 6
Chaplains CornerBreatheDeep & Fly High! 7
Together We Prevail
Woodbury JROTC Cadets &St. Croix Squadron Cadetstogether before the Parade
St. Croix Cadets Aid In Presenting the
Colors for the Woodbury Days Parade!
Woodbury JROTC Cadets &St. Croix Squadron CadetsLead the Parade Line up
St. Croix members whoturned out to participate inthe Woodbury Days Parade.
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In a brief ceremony at the
weekly Squadron meeting on
Thursday, 02 September 2010,
Flight Officer (FO) Jennifer Jara
was presented with her Civil
Air Patrol (CAP) Pilot wings.
Senior member F.O. Jennifer
Jara had been a student pilot
for the past year at the Lake
Elmo Airports, Fixed Base Op-
erator (FBO) Valters Aviation
in which she earned her private
pilots license earlier this year.
It was in late July 2010 when
she took and passed her initial
CAP Form 5 pilot check ride in
order to receive her CAP VFR
pilot rating.
Jennifer has built up well over
150 hours of overall flight time
and is working towards here
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Trans-
port Pilot rating.
Squadron Commander, Capt.
David presented Jennifer with
her wings. F.O. Jennifer Jara
joins a small group of active St.
Croix Squadron CAP Pilots.
The St. Croix Squadron pilots
are one of the most active
flying squadrons in the Minne-
sota Wing.
F.O. Jara is also an assistant
Flight Operations Officer
within the squadron and is
working toward her Emer-
gency Services qualifications for
flight crew Scanner position
and Ground Team member.
On behalf of the Squadron
Commander, Capt. David Yost
and the rest of the St. CroixSquadron members, Congratu-
lations and well done!
know he has achieved this spe-
cial level in their pilot career.
Not many pilots get to achieve
this level of proficiency without
having been a career militaryor commercial airline pilot.
Capt. David Yost is not only
busy being the St. Croix Squad-
rons Unit Commander, but is
also a CFII, Cadet Orientation
pilot, Mission Pilot, a Minnesota
Wing Instructor pilot and a
Form 5 check pilot as well.
Our squadron is lucky to have
all of these specialties and
qualifications located withinour home base to keep our
pilots some of the best trained
in Minnesota Wing.
Along with the many duties he
has in CAP along the way he
has accomplished also another
milestone in a CAP pilots ca-
reer. He achieved the level of
proficiency of giving his 50th
On Thursday, 02 September
2010 , in a brief ceremony at
the St. Croix Squadron weekly
meeting, Squadron Com-
mander, Capt. David Yost re-
ceived a pleasant surprise!
With the skill of a covert op-
eration, a few of the Senior
members under the direction
of our Squadrons Operations
Officer, Maj. Stefan Sylvander,
decided to give our hard work-
ing Squadron Commander a
pleasant surprise of our own.
Under the cover of presenting
two Wright Brothers Awards
to two of our cadets, Group 3
Commander, Lt. Col. Richard
Johnson was invited to present
two awards to Capt. David
Yost.
When a Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
pilot logs over 1,000 hours in
his log book he is entitled to
receive a star over his CAP
pilot wings which lets everyone
cadet orientation flight.
So in a ceremony which was
conducted by Group 3 Com-
mander, Lt. Col. Richard John-
son, Capt. David Yost was
presented his senior pilot
wings and a certificate which
marks the milestone of achiev-
ing his 50th cadet orientation
flight.
On behalf of all the pilots and
members of the St. Croix
Squadron we would like to
Congratulate our Squadron
Commander on these mile-
stone achievements!
St. Croix Senior Member Earns CAP Pilot Wings
St. Croix Squadron Commander Achieves Senior PilotRating & 50th Orientation Flight!
Nobody who has not
been up in the sky on a
glorious morning can
possibly imagine the
way a pilot feels in free
heaven!
- William T. Piper,
President of Piper
Aircraft Corporation
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(L-R) Capt. David Yost & F.O.
Jennifer Jara
(L-R) Lt. Col. Richard Johnson
& Capt. David Yost
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On Saturday, 12 June 2010 a
call came in from the Air Force
Rescue & Coordination Center
(AFRCC) that an Emergency
Locator Transmitter (ELT) has
been detected by airborne
aircraft entering or transition-
ing the Minneapolis/St. Paul
(MSP) Terminal Airspace.
The call came in to Minnesota
Wings Emergency Services
Incident Commander, Lt.Col.
Chet Wilberg & Emergency
Services coordinator, Maj. Paul
Pieper.
The Wings ES coordinator
contacted the Squadrons of
Group 3 who are all located in
the North Metro area where
most of the ELT signals were
indicated.
Of the north metro squadrons
alerted were; St. Paul, Anoka,
St. Croix & North Hennepin
whos Emergency Service
Alerting officers quickly sprang
into action getting ground
teams assembled to go out and
search for the signals.
The St. Croix Squadrons
Ground Team leader was
1st.Lt. Chuck Jents who quickly
assembled a team to depart
and aid in the search.
Since summer vacation was on
it is easier to get cadets who
are trained in ELT searches to
join in and get some real ELT
training experiences.
Of all the squadrons dis-
patched, it was the St. Croix
squadron which located and
found the ELT signal at Osce-
ola Regional Airport (OEO).
The following St. Croix mem-
bers have been credited with
the find and they are: 1st.Lt.
Chuck Jents, C/CMSgt. Vince
Peterson, C/2d.Lt. Grady Bell,
C/SMSgt. Ethan Pike, C/ SSgt.
Mohammad Battah, C/SSgt.
Ryan Malcolm.
Congratulations to all of you
and great job on the find!
starts at an early age and never
ceases to draw the general
public into these events.
To show our support to thelocal airport community and to
our aviation partners at the
Lake Elmo airport the St. Croix
Squadron has participated once
again in this fine event.
Maj. David Kenan, the St. Croix
Squadrons recruiting officer
has once again had our Civil
Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft on
display to give the folks attend-
ing the pancake breakfast a
close up look and to sit inside
our search and rescue airplane.
Major Kenan also sets up a
recruiting table inside the Val-
ters hangar to hand out litera-
ture and to talk to the public
and young people who express
an interest in joining our or-
ganization.
On Sunday, 15 August 2010,
the Experimental Aircraft As-
sociation (EAA) Chapter #54
located at the Lake Elmo air-
port held its annual pancake
breakfast fundraiser in conjunc-
tion with Lake Elmo Airport
Days.
Like many other not for profit
organizations the need to hold
fundraisers in order to be able
to continue to provide many of
the different aviation related
activities money has to happen.
This annual Lake Elmo Aviation
Days event is held in conjunc-
tion with Valters Aviation, EAA
Chapter #54 and pilots from
around the airport itself.
Fly in pancake breakfast events
are the life blood of the small
airports and keeps aviation in
the minds eye of the public.
The fascination with aviation is
Maj. Kenan has been an active
recruiting officer for the St.
Croix squadron for many years
and has been successful in re-
cruiting members to our
squadron. He is a regular re-
cruiting fixture at many High
School career day events .
On behalf of the Squadron
members, Thank you for all the
hard work and dedication to
the Civil Air Patrol!
St. Croix Squadron Is Credited With ELT Find!
St. Croix Squadron Shows Support for EAAChapter #54 Pancake Breakfast!
Any Pilot can describe
the mechanics of flight.
But what it can do for
the spirit of man is
beyond description!
- U.S. Senator Barry M.
Goldwater -
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The Chaplains Corner Breathe Deep, Fly High
The Mission of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Chaplain service is to provide for the religious, moral and spiritual
needs of all Civil Air Patrol members. The dedicated men and women who comprise the CAP Chaplain service
are religiously trained and certified, and specifically appointed for this ministry. CAP Chaplain service mem-
bers are at the forefront of community serving humankind.
Our vision is: The Civil Air Patrol Chaplain servicethe worlds best volunteer chaplaincy. Our vision builds on
50 years of outstanding service to America!
St. Croix Chaplain, Capt. Joe Burton has been on temporary duty elsewhere and will be returning to us soon!
Until next time Breathe Deep, Fly High!
By St. Croix Squadron Chaplain Capt. Joseph Burton
The Cadet Achievement Pro-
gram is made up of four basic
phases a cadet will encounteron the way to the top of the
program. First is the Learning
phase, second is Leadership,
third is Command & the fourth
is the Executive phase.
Cadets will be encounter chal-
lenges and promotions to the
On Thursday night, 02 Sep-
tember 2010, Group 3 Com-
mander, Lt. Col. Richard John-son in a brief ceremony at the
St. Croix Squadron hangar had
the honor of presenting two
cadets with their Wright
Brothers certificates.
Cadets Mohammad Battah &
Ryan Malcolm both had earned
this milestone award by com-
pleting the learning phase and
receiving a promotion to the
rank of Cadet Staff Sergeant(C/SSgt.) in the process.
This award is given between
the learning and leadership
phase of the Cadet Achieve-
ment program. It signifies the
ending of one phase and the
beginning of the next.
Cadet Non Commissioned
Officer (NCO) grades as they
advance through the Leader-ship phase of the cadet pro-
gram. Once they achieve the
high levels of NCO grades and
they are ready to advance to
the Command phase a promo-
tion to Cadet Second Lieuten-
ant (C/2dLt.) and the Gen. Billy
Mitchell Award is achieved.
Both Cadets have worked hard
to achieve their Wright Broth-
ers Awards and promotions toC/Staff Sergeants (C/SSgt.) is
well earned.
On behalf of the Squadron
Commander and the rest of
the St. Croix Squadron, Con-
gratulations to both of you!
St. Croix Celebrates Double Wright Brothers Award!
Citizens Serving Communities:Above and Beyond
Promotions & Awards
Samantha Carlstrom C/SrA.
Jonah Branovski C/Amn.
Chandler Krech C/Amn.
Nathanial Holle C/Amn.
Philip Harris C/Amn.Daniel Maslowski C/Amn.
Alex Swanson C/SMSgt.
Ethan Pike C/SMSgt.
Capt. Jay Sliwinski Benjamin O. Davis
New MembersC/AB. Rebecca Rogers 16 July 2010
C/AB. Alan Larson 04 Aug 2010
C/AB. Trong Quoc D 04 Aug 2010
C/AB. Dizidula Klousse 05 Aug 2010
C/AB. Robert Moser 11 Aug 2010
C/AB. Lucas Biniek 17 Aug 2010
C/AB. Valenya Kolyadenko 24 Aug 2010
Member Count: 76Seniors 35 & Cadets 41
Trivia Question:What are runways 04 / 22 at Lake
Elmo airport (21D) most famous for?
Answer from last Issue:
The Red Service Ribbon is awarded
for 2 years of honorable service in
CAP !
St. Croix Composite Squadron
Minnesota Wing
Civil Air Patrol
U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
3275 Manning Ave. North
Box #9, Hangar 39E
Lake Elmo, MN. 55042
651-773-1210
www.stcroix.mncap.org
Squadron Commander:David W. Yost Capt., CAP.
Editor:Scott A. Richardson, 1st.Lt. CAP
Public Affairs Officer
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Next Issue:November 2010
Black CAP ES College St. Croix Squadron Color
Guard Events
Cadet activities
Awards & Promotions
Squadron news items
(L-R) C/SSgt. Ryan Malcolm &
Lt. Col Richards Johnson