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Throttle Throttle Monthly e-newsletter of Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302, Arizona Wing, Civil Air PatrolDeer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona

Lt. Col. Chas Buchanan, Squadron Commander Vol. 2, No. 8 — April 2008

Civil Air Patrol: More Than Meets The Skies Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)Civil Air Patrol: More Than Meets The Skies Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)

Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302 pilots, observers and scanners are gaining familiarity

with the six-seat 1977 Cessna U206G aircraft that arrived in early March after being reassigned

to the squadron from the New Mexico Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). The airplane re-

places N9370X, the squadron’s longtime four-seat Cessna 182 that was one of four aircraft des-

ignated for sale by CAP National Headquarters.

Describing the newly assigned aircraft, Maj.

Tim Beckwith, one of the squadron’s mission pi-lots, noted, “It's a great airplane, flies nicely andwill serve the squadron well as we serve others!”

Several squadron pilots are completing requiredforms and qualifying check rides, and the aircraftalready has been used for missions such as theWing search-and-rescue exercise (SAREX) on

(Continued on page 2)

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• Yeager challenge 2 • OPSEC deadline 3• The Training Sheet 4 • Shooting for fitness 6

See the Quarterly Training Schedule (QTS) for upcoming events and contact information plus http://

azwg.us for the Civil Air Patrol’s Arizona Wing cal-

endar.

11 st stLt. Len Weiss (left) and 2 Lt. Len Weiss (left) and 2 nd nd

Lt. Ruben Kafenbaum inspect Lt. Ruben Kafenbaum inspect

N7360C, Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302’s newly assigned N7360C, Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302’s newly assigned

six six-- seat Cessna U206G aircraft that arrived in early March. seat Cessna U206G aircraft that arrived in early March.

Replacement aircraft arrivesReplacement aircraft arrives

• Safety first 7 • Getting to Know 8 • Cadets tour range 10 • Promotions 11



Officers challenged to seek Yeager AwardAdult officers of Deer Valley

Composite Squadron 302 are be-

ing challenged along with other

members of Group IV of the Ari-zona Wing to complete the Civil

Air Patrol’s Aerospace Education

Program for Senior Members

(AEPSM) during April so they can

be awarded their individual Gen.

Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager Aero-

space Education Achievement

Award.

Maj. Adam Such, Group IVcommander, has made completion of AEPSM a priority goal for theGroup IV membership in 2008. Ap-proximately 25 percent of the squad-ron’s officers have earned the Yeager Award, with three squadron members receiving the distinctionin 2007, says 2

ndLt. Ruben Kafenbaum, squadron and Group IV professional-development officer.

All senior members of the squadron and Group IV should have received an e-mail from Maj. Suchin mid-March outlining the drive for AEPSM completion. That communication had an attached


Full Throttle April 2008 Page 2

Full Throttle Full Throttle Full Throttle is the monthly e-newsletter for

officers, cadets and friends of Deer Valley Com-posite Squadron 302, Arizona Wing, Civil Air Pa-trol. Its mission is to bolster communication withand among officers and cadets, enhance aware-ness of squadron activities, and share news andinformation about the squadron and its personnel.

Story ideas and submissions can be forwardedby the 15th of the month preceding publication to Capt. Jerry Porter, squadron public-affairs offi-cer, at [email protected].

To guarantee receipt of the newsletter, readersshould ensure their e-mail addresses and other

contact information remain current with the squad-ron and on e-services at www.capnhq.gov.

Vol. 2, No. 8 April 2008 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

National First-Place Co-Winner—Newsletters 2007 Maj. Howell Balsem CAP Public Affairs

Exceptional Achievement Awards

… Newly assigned aircraft

to be used for transport,

emergency-services missions(Continued from page 1)March 29. The aircraft will be used not onlyfor emergency services but also transporta-tion missions because of its enhanced pay-load capabilities.

The airplane has a “dry rate” of $47 perhour plus fuel cost, only a slight increaseover the $44 rate charged for the Cessna182. Pilots should figure on using 14 gallonsof fuel per hour in the U206G compared to11 gallons in the Cessna 182.

Additional questions should be directed toMaj. Attila Szokol, the squadron’s deputycommander for adults and standards andevaluation officer.



CAP requires training

in OPSEC by April 1Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP’s) National Executive Com-

mittee has mandated completion by April 1 of Opera-

tions Security (OPSEC) Awareness Training for all offi-

cers, cadets and patron members because of the respon-

sibility to protect sensitive information about CAP mis-

sions and resources.

Accordingly, all members must complete OPSEC train-ing and agree to the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) bythe specified date or they will not be allowed access toCAP’s eServices, the Web Mission Information ReportingSystem (WMIRS), or any other CAP system that requires a

unique login and password.Specifically this means:• Commanders or their designees will not be allowed to

input new emergency-servicesspecialty qualifications, renewexpiring qualifications or printnew CAPF 101 cards in Opera-tions Qualifications until themember has completed OPSECand agreed to the NDA. • Personnel who do not com-

plete OPSEC and agree to theNDA should not be allowed toparticipate in operational mis-sions. Commanders and keystaff should exercise discretionin releasing sensitive informa-tion to members who have notcompleted OPSEC training oragreed to the NDA.

Most adult officers who have joined since October 2006 havecompleted OPSEC training aspart of Level 1 training. Anymember who has not completedthe training can do so on-line athttps://tests.cap.af.mil/opsec.

Compliance as of April 1willbe checked during all subordi-nate-unit inspections.


… Study guide makes completing

on-line Yeager test ‘easier than ever’(Continued from page 2)PowerPoint presentation to serve as a study guide for the open-book, open-note on-line test.

“Completing the Yeager test is easier than ever!” Maj. Such

says. “Most people taking it state it requires only from 35 min-utes to 90 minutes to complete with the help of the study guide.”

Members who did not receive the study guide by e-mail mayrequest it from Lt. Kafenbaum at [email protected] orfrom Maj. Such at [email protected].

To take the test, officers should log on to http://www.cap.gov/ visitors/members/professional_development, select “OnlineExams” and “Aerospace Education,” and follow the directions totake Yeager Test No. 1 (only one test is required, not both). Uponsuccessful completion of the test, squadron officers should send anotifying e-mail to squadron Commander Lt. Col.

Chas Buchanan at [email protected] with acopy to the Group IV aerospace-education officer [email protected] so certificates of completion canbe prepared.

Officers who complete the test are authorized to wearthe AEPSM service ribbon on their uniform and theappropriate medal on the formal dress-mess uniform.



The Training Sheet

Level II advances specialty training(Editor’s Note: This issue continues a four-part series intended to assist Civil Air Patrol members

in advancing their professional-development studies in one or more selected specialty tracks.)

by 2nd Lt. Ruben Kafenbaum

Squadron/Group IV Professional Development Officer

In the first part of this four-part series, Level I of Civil Air Patrol’s(CAP’s) professional-development program was outlined as the initialstep that provides members with the foundations of CAP missions, poli-cies and service opportunities.

Satisfactory completion of Level I includes fulfillment of the CAPFoundations Course, Cadet Protection Program Training (CPPT) andOnline Operations Security (OPSEC) Awareness Training.

The second installment in this series examines Level II of the profes-sional-development program as members advance their training to fulfill

CAP’s three missions of emergency services, aerospace education andcadet programs and through which they serve their units, community andnation.

Level II

Level II is presented in two parts. Duringthe first part, members select a specialty track in order to begin trainingand service in a CAP duty assignment.

There is a host of possible specialty tracks: personnel, public affairs,finance, inspection, senior program, administration, logistics, flight op-erations, operations, standards and evaluation, emergency services,communications, aerospace education, cadet program, safety, plans andprograms, medical, legal, chaplain, commanding officer, historian andmoral leadership.

Members can choose whatever specialty they wish to study. They canchange or add areas of study, if they wish. The important thing is to se-lect one to start.

CAP realizes most senior members have little time for classroomtasks, so the program relies heavily on the “on-the-job” training conceptutilizing specialty-track study guides. The study guides are pamphletsdesigned to acquaint the reader with what is expected in the duty assignment. The guides usuallyhave a checklist in the back to mark progression. Most study guides have no written examination re-quirement and use CAP manuals and regulations as primary study resources.

Typically, each study guide directs the member's self-study and on-the-job training through thethree skill ratings in the specialty: 1) technician, 2) senior and 3) master. The guide also will identifyappropriate schools, courses and suggested readings. Upon completing the technician level of a spe-

cialty track and one year as a second lieutenant, the member is eligible for ad-vancement to the grade of first lieutenant.

The second part of Level II requires the member to complete the Squadron(Continued on page 5)


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Lt. Ruben Kafenbaum



(Continued from page 4) Leadership School (SLS) and the "CAP SeniorOfficer Correspondence Course”(AFIADL 013).

The SLS is a two-day course given by the

Wing and provides adult members with a basicunderstanding of CAP squadron operations andhow those operations affect CAP's national mis-sions. Additionally, members learn more aboutCAP customs, core values and communication.Case studies, discussion and group assignmentsare integral facets of the SLS.

AFIADL 013 is a four-volume U.S. Air Forcecorrespondence course that covers history, mis-sion and organization of CAP, professionalknowledge, communication and leadership skills.

This course must be completed within one yearof its enrollment by taking a closed-book test.There is qualifying equivalent military train-

ing that must have been completed within thepast 20 years of applying for equivalency.

Seniors may participate in the Aerospace Edu-cation Program for Senior Members (AEPSM),which is a self-paced study based on the CAP

text Aerospace: The Journey of Flight . CAPR280-2 explains procedures for the Charles E.“Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Achieve-ment Award. (See pages 2-3 of this newsletter tolearn more about AEPSM.)

After completing theSLS, AFIADL 013 and1½ years as a first lieu-tenant, the member is eli-gible for the grade of captain and to earn theBenjamin O. Davis, Jr., Award and the leader-ship ribbon.

Speak with your mentor, PDO or commanderto explore professional-development opportuni-ties that will assist you as you advance as a CAP

member. You also should become familiar withthe governing regulation on professional devel-opment (see CAPR 50-17).

Go on-line to http://www.cap.gov/visitors/

members/professional_development for addi-tional detail and review CAPR 50-17. Questionsalso can be directed to [email protected].

Next month: Emergency-services training.


Orientationfor new cadetsbegins April 7

A new six- to eight-week

cadet-orientation class be-gins on the first Monday of each month at Deer ValleyComposite Squadron 302.The first class of the nextsession starts at 7 p.m.Monday, April 7.

Encourage young people12 to 21 to explore the oppor-tunities available as squadronmembers.

Officers likewise are en-

couraged to bring prospects tosenior meetings.

… Level II completion earns advancement

Note these activitiesApril 4-6 - Arizona Wing Desert

FTX (see Wing calendar) April 7 - Cadet meeting (BDUs)

April 9 - Senior meetingApril 14 - Cadet meeting (BDUs)April 16 - Senior staff April 19 - Arizona Wing SAREX

(see Wing calendar) April 21 - Cadet meeting (PT) April 23 - Senior meetingApril 28 - Cadet meeting (Blues)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~Cadets meet at 7 p.m.; seniors meet at 7:30 p.m.

• BDUs - Battle dress uniform•

PT - Physical training• Blues - Air Force dress uniform




Top form —

Taking part in a basketball scrimmage are

(top photo, fromleft) C/A1C

David Matteson,C/SrA StephanCothran, C/SMSgt Michael Padrick

and C/Amn Ciaran Babcock. (Right photo): Participants in the weekly

PTX include (clockwise from bottom center) C/SrA Alethia Patocs, C/1 st

Lt. Robert Gassert, C/Amn Ciaran Babcock, C/SrA David Matteson,C/SMSgt Michael Padrick, C/SSgt

Alexander Patocs, C/SSgt Kegan Edmondson and C/AB Daniel Ono-

fryton. (Photo by Officer Mike Mat- teson.)

Shooting for fitnessShooting for fitness Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302 cadets are meetingDeer Valley Composite Squadron 302 cadets are meeting

at 6 p.m. Wednesdays for a voluntary 90at 6 p.m. Wednesdays for a voluntary 90--minute physicalminute physical--

training exercise (PTX) totraining exercise (PTX) to improve their physical-fitness

scores and overall health. U.S. Army Sgt. Stan Spears, a

new squadron member, and 1st

Lt. Chris Wingard, squad-

ron health-services officer, are supervising the activity.




by Maj. Tim Beckwith,

Squadron SafetyOfficer

At every meeting of Deer Valley CompositeSquadron 302, someonecovers a safety topic.Every effort is made tomake it educational,entertaining and mean-ingful to everything thesquadron members do,

especially flying.The March 12 meet-

ing featured a U.S. Air Force (USAF) videotapeon Low Level Visual Illusions. Shown approxi-mately every 18 months, this training video isbeneficial to squadron pilots and aircrew mem-bers. It deals withtimely subjects such asloss of normal visualclues for reference tothe horizon when fly-

ing mountain searches.This video docu-

ments a USAF acci-dent many years agowhen an O-2 aircraftcrashed while search-ing for another USAFO-2 that had gonedown in mountainous terrain. In both instances,the aircraft had been flying up a fairly wide can-yon over terrain that rose at a rate higher than the

rate of the 0-2’s climb capability.By recreating the scene with a helicopter, it

was shown the horizon the pilots were used toseeing over flat terrain was near the base of thedistant mountain toward which the aircraft wereflying. It therefore was not visible to the pilotsand perhaps added to their lack of problem

awareness. The pilots of both aircraft saw the false horizon at the top of the terrain presentedto them.

It's an impressive video and gets the messageacross about hidden horizons and the need to beaware of this illusion. This also is a prime exam-ple of situational awareness – or, rather, the lack of it. Attention has to be paid to factors such asthis and the climb capability, airspeed, throttlesetting, vertical speed flown and evennoise characteristics of search flying.

That's why the pilot flies and other crew mem-

bers search! Inattention breeds problems. Itwould have been much wiser to approach themountain at altitude at the head of the canyonand fly down it instead of up. Such is the lessonlearned from their experience.

This is another example of Operational Risk Management (ORM).The solution isreached by identify-ing the risk, assessingits effect on activities,

studying possible cor-rective solutions,evaluating for thebest solution, takingaction and, finally,supervising and re-viewing the results.

This perhaps is along explanation, but it illustrates how the solu-tion is determined. Part of the supervising andresults portions is to use information in training

and follow-up to ensure the correct proceduresand techniques are being used.

The video also demonstrated the loss of visualclues when flying over featureless desert, wateror late in the day when the sun is low and visibil-ity suffers. This especially is true in here in the


Maj. Tim Beckwith

Safety first

Staying safe more than meets the eye

This photo illustrates how clouds can form a falseThis photo illustrates how clouds can form a false

horizon that can disorient and endanger aircrews. horizon that can disorient and endanger aircrews.



Getting to know

Weiss focuses on communication


A decade-long member of Deer Valley

Composite Squadron 302, 1st Lt. Len Weiss,75, has the crucial responsibility as squadron

communications officer of ensuring aerial and

ground search teams remain in contact via

properly maintained and functioning radio

equipment.

Following are questions and answers to helpsquadron members become better acquaintedwith this senior officer:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Q: When did you join Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

and the squadron?• I joined CAP in July 1998. Q: What was your motivation to join?

• I’ve had a long-time interest in flying plus thedesire to give to my community and share mytechnical skills.

Q: What is your position within the squadron?• As the communications officer, I keep track of

and maintain radio equipment and stock ex-pendable radio materials. I give short talks atthe regular meeting on the use of the squad-

ron’s communication equipment. Q: Do you have any flight qualifications?• I’m a qualified mission scanner and observer

plus an aerial photographer.Q: Do you have any military experience?• I was a non-commissioned officer in the U.S.

Army and served as a radar maintenance-teamsupervisor in 1954 for Nike missile-guidancesystems. I was assigned to White Sands Prov-ing Groups and the Flight Determination Labo-ratory, Central Timing Department. I repaired

electronic equipment and helped to construct aprototype multiplexing system with which thedepartment was experimenting.

Q: What is your occupation?• I was in charge of the Instrumentation Depart-

ment of Imperial Clevite/Gould Labs, a manu-facturer of components and capital equipment.

The department was responsible for calibrationof electronic equipment, selection of electronic instrumentation and fabrication of customizedcontrol systems. I retired from there in 1990.In 1988, however, I co-founded BroadviewInstrumentation, a NIST-traceable ISO 9000certified-calibration libratory in northern Ohio.I retired from there in 1997 before moving toArizona. I’m a life member of the Instrumenta-tion, Systems and Automation Society and apast president of the society’s Cleveland sec-

tion.Q: What is your educational background?

• I received my electronics education at theArmy Signal Corp School at Fort Mammoth,N.J., and advanced electronic training at Aber-deen Proving Grounds in Maryland. I have a


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Lt. Len Weiss



Think … think …

think

… Safety topics

for future meetings

include experiences (Continued from page 7)desert when particulate matter destroys visibility(but gives great color for our sunsets).

John F. Kennedy, Jr., lost his life and thoseof two others because of this problem over fea-tureless water late in the day. He could not distin-guish a horizon, and boat lights on the water areconfused easily with stars in the sky. Without ref-erence to instruments and use of ORM training,

the results can be disastrous. Several other typesof visual illusions were demonstrated in thisworthwhile videotape.

In the upcoming months, safety discussions atmeetings will include AOPA Air Safety Founda-tion pamphlets (a supply is available at the squad-ron for distribution to pilots and observers) onsubjects such as Terrain Avoidance Plan, Opera-tions at Towered Airports and non-Towered Air-ports, Collision Avoidance and Fuel Awareness.

The discussions are not limited to these subjects. Local procedures and operations will becovered, including what can be learned fromCivil Air Patrol’s recent involvement with theUSAF F-16 search close to Alamo Lake. Thiswill take place after the USAF publicly releasesinformation on that incident.

In the future, reminder and pointer informationon aircraft operations will be added to the squad-ron newsletter. Several squadron pilots receivedtraining and checkouts in the new glass-cockpit

Cessna 182 stationed at Goodyear. Deer ValleyComposite Squadron 302 has been assigned aCessna 206, and training and checkouts of pilotsin that aircraft are proceeding. Each type of air-craft has its own features and characteristics, andit is up to each pilot and aircrew member to re-ceive the appropriate training in order to use eachaircraft safely.

Two group-training sessions dedicated to theC-206 along with mountain searching alreadyhave been conducted. Cadet-orientation flight op-erations also were reviewed. Each pilot must flywith an instructor pilot to become familiar withthe airplane and then another flight as the actualcheck ride. It's a great airplane, flies nicely andwill serve the squadron well as we serve others!

Be safe!

… Weiss stays active in radio communication(Continued from page 8)

First Class Radio Telephone Operator license with a radar endorsement. Q: In what community do you reside?

• I live in north Peoria north of Sun City.Q: What are your hobbies?• I’m a ham (KD7ZWE) radio operator and enjoy restoring old communica-

tion equipment. I also like to build electronic devices, including a controlsystem I designed and built for our home air conditioner that has lowered our electric bill. I’m amember of the Thunderbird Ham Radio Club, West Valley Amateur Radio Club and Phoenix PCUser Group.


Terrain avoidance will be the topic during one of

several upcoming squadron safety presentations.




On TargetOn Target

Exploring range of learning options Approximately one dozen cadets from Deer ValleyComposite Squadron 302 had the opportunity in

March to tour the Barry M. Goldwater Gunnery Range, watch U.S. Air Force aircraft practice attack-

ing targets, inspect spent shell casings, visit an archeo-logical site, tour an Air Force De Havilland Twin Otter

and learn about parachute jumping from a U.S. Air Force Academy instructor. The range is operated by the 56th Fighter Wing Range Management Office at

Luke Air Force Base. Squadron Commander Lt. Col.

Chas Buchanan, director of operations for the

range, arranged the special visit. (Photos by 1 st Lt. Ca- sey Young.)



Third straight region drill champs

5 squadron cadets among winning teamAt press time came a report five Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302 cadets were among

members of the Arizona Wing’s Sun-God Drill Team that won its third consecutive title at the2008 Southwest Region Competition during the last weekend of March at Barksdale Air Force

Base in Louisiana.

Squadron team members included C/2nd

Lts. Jessica

Bayne and Caleb Eaves, C/CMSgts Clifford Branch andWilliam Mead, C/SrA Steven Cothran. They will be

among the cadets repre-senting the Southwest Re-gion at the upcoming Na-tional Cadet Competition.

A total of 17 cadets from

across the Arizona Wingparticipated in the color-guard and drill-team com-petition. Deer Valley Com-posite Squadron helped tofund a portion of its cadetmembers’ travel expenses.

Congratulations are extended to all team members on this outstanding accomplishments.

6 squadron cadets earn promotions Congratulations are extended to these six Deer Valley Composite Squadron cadets who re-

cently earned promotions in grade:

To Cadet Master Sergeant: Leanne Albillar, Matthew Karnes Kyle Corales

To Cadet Staff Sergeant: Zachery Dieman and Alethia Patocs

To Cadet Senior Airman: David Matteson

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal.“Success is not final, failure is not fatal.“Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” It is the courage to continue that counts.” It is the courage to continue that counts.”

---- Sir Winston Churchill (1874Sir Winston Churchill (1874--1965)1965)

British orator, author British orator, author

and prime minister during World War II and prime minister during World War II


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