Two Cadets working with Civil Air Patrol SAR volunteers were part of a team responding to two back-to-back ELT alerts near Watertown, South Dakota.
“Two ELTs active at the same time within 40 miles of each other is an extremely rare occurrence”, the incident commander said.
“The [Civil Air Patrol] Cadet Program accepts children at age 12, and it has members of all ages, from all walks of life, and you don’t have to be a pilot.”
“The reason I’m wing commander today is I very passionately believe in what CAP does for our young people. The quality of young people we turn out is just absolutely incredible”.
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