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Col. Gerald
OCTOBER 2007
Quilling earns
prestigious
award Members Respond to Southeast Minnesota’s Call for Help
Aerospace
Maj. Don Dalton, Red Wing Composite Squadron
updates and
quiz

Halloween The weather prediction for Southeastern smoothly together to get the relief to the
safety tips
Minnesota was rain. Much needed rain con- people who needed it” said Maj. Chet
Letter from the sidering that a drought was underway. No- Wilberg. Maj. Wilberg is the Commander
editor body knew all the rain would come at once. of the Hutchinson Composite Squadron and
The area received from 15-17 inches of was the Incident Commander (IC) for the
rain in a 36 hour period. operation.
As with most missions, the call came at In some areas the devastation was com-
around 0430 on a Monday morning. Maj. plete. In the small farming community of
INSIDE THIS Jerry Rosendahl, Chief of Staff of Opera- Stockton, Minnesota, with a population of
ISSUE: tions for Minnesota Wing, took the call. He around 300, no home was left undamaged.
then alerted Lt. Col. Stan Kegel, who
Chief’s Brief 1 started the call down procedure for the
wing.
Flood cover- 1
age The mission originally opened as a missing
person search but rapidly grew into a dis-
Cadets pre- 4 aster relief mission on a very large scale.
sent colors at Three counties in Minnesota were included
Metrodome in the National Disaster Declaration. Eventu-
ally the mission grew to include a call down
for the Wisconsin Wing to assist. “It was
Cadets refuel 5
great to see that Minnesota Wing and Wis-
Thunderbirds consin Wing were able to integrate so
with the
Members being briefed before going to help with relief
319th Members respond to call continued on page 2
efforts.
Awards & 7
Promotions Chief’s Brief
Lt. Col. John Quilling and Maj. Jerry Rosendahl
Calendar 8 As we come closer to the end of the year the SAREX that is tentatively planned for Novem-
activities in the wing slow down a bit. The ber and there will others that will take place
busy summer months saw us with activities like each quarter thereafter. On January 4-6,
Flight Academy, Cadet Encampment, Ground 2008 there will be a Winter Survival Weekend
Team Academy, many weekends of glider taking place near Bemidji.
flights and great Emergency Services training
activities. Activities as those mentioned above and others
like it require much planning and time to make
This month the new fiscal year has begun and them happen. The planning and time are given
planning is already underway for activities for by the people that those activities are staffed
later this year and throughout next year. by. Thus a vision is born and the doors of op-
Some of the activities to look forward to are a portunity are opened for all fellow members.

Chief’s Brief continued on page 3

Members respond to call
Some businesses were com-
pletely gone, while others
suffered various levels of
damage. One home was
washed approximately
100 yards down stream
with the family clinging to
the roof of the home dur-
ing the perilous ride. The
home came to rest after
catching on a portion of
railroad tracks. The force
bent a 40 foot section of
track into a vertical posi-
tion. The family was res-
cued by the local fire and
rescue team, miraculously
surviving with only minor
injuries.
The two wings came to-
gether in the town of La
Crescent, Minnesota. This
served as the staging, rest
and refit area. From there
teams were dispatched
throughout Southeastern
Minnesota for various mis-
sions including a missing
person search. This mission
involved the Winona
County sheriff’s office,
dive/rescue team, and
three ground teams from
CAP. The search was suc-
cessful but unfortunately
the individual did not sur-
vive.
After that mission was
closed, many teams were
dispatched throughout the
area to render aid and
comfort to the people. Aid
and comfort soon turned to
helping the towns with the
clean-up. C/SSgt. Ryan
Lucas of the Red Wing
Composite Squadron, Min-
nesota Wing commented
“The devastation is over
whelming, I’ve never seem
(continued from front page)
anything like it!” all my property. Emotionally
that is what struck me as the
Efforts continued throughout worst part of this. People
the week when more assis- work all there lives to get
tance was requested by the somewhere in life and in as
police chief of Rushford, Min- little as 10 hours it is all ru-
nesota. After three days of ined. I have been to house
Army National Guard pres- fires and seen the whole house
ence the Guard pulled out. as a loss. You think "well it
CAP was requested to assist burned and it’s gone" In Rush-
local authorities with informa- ford it is not "gone". These
tion about curfew violations people have to go through the
and looting. Rushford Police pain of losing everything and
Chief Sam Stengard re- then the pain of throwing it to
quested a CAP presence to curb and watching all their
assure the towns people that possession shoveled into a
there was a semblance of dump truck. I talked to one
order and safety and to act home owner in particular and
as informational guides for he described, with tears in his
local authorities. Up to ten eyes, watching 10 years of his
teams consisting of four to six life unceremoniously just
personnel were dispatched hauled away. What do you
across the town to provide say to someone after that, I
information to local authori- could come up with nothing
ties. Mr. Gerrad Eide , a comforting to tell him. He then
volunteer firefighter from thanked me for coming to help
Rushford related “Having and walked away!
Civil Air Patrol in town
has given us peace of
mind and the ability to
try to get our lives back
in order. We greatly
appreciate them being
here.” Many of the CAP
teams reported hearing
much the same sentiment
from other people of the
town.
Capt. Paul Markegard of
the St. Paul Composite
Squadron, Minnesota
Wing, remarked “This was
my first large scale disas-
ter. I was a firefighter/
EMT for 15 years. I have
never seen property loss
Level of swollen river after SE MN storms
on this scale. The town I live
(above photo), MN Wing members helping
in had a tornado strike it in flooded out citizens in SE MN (bottom
1998 and my house was photo).
damaged. I was never
homeless or had to get rid of
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Chief’s Brief (continued from front page)

One of the areas that we are
looking at are the staffing of
wing staff positions that are cur-
rently open or are soon going to
become open. Some of the areas
we need help in are as follows:
Finance-We are looking for at
least two members who would be
willing to work in finance and
form a Finance Team to help with
weekly processing of finance ma-
terial on Monday evenings.
Administration-Will become open
at the end of the year.
Public Affairs-Will also become contact Lt. Col. John Quilling at
open at the end of the year. jcue1@comcast.net or Maj. Jerry
Rosendahl at cso@mncap.org.
Aerospace Education-Looking for at
least two members to help with in-
ternal activities within the wing and
external activities dealing with out-
reach to schools and other organi-
zations.
In order to be able to offer you as
a wing the programs you desire, we
need some help to continue moving
forward. If you are interested in
any of these positions or have any
questions concerning them, please

Col. Gerald Quilling Inducted into MN Aerospace Educator Hall of Fame

Maj. Conrad Peterson, MN Wing Headquarters

On August 18, Col. Gerald
Quilling was inducted into the
Minnesota Aerospace Educa-
tor Hall of Fame during a
presentation at the AirExpo
Evening with Eagles dinner.
As part of the criteria for this
award, the nominee must be
an aerospace educator who is
or has been engaged in
teaching and research in some
field of aerospace education
and it may be awarded to
others who have made sub-
stantial contributions to aero-
space education.
Col. Quilling has devoted
much of his time to the educa-
tion of those around him and
advanced their knowledge in
the field of aerospace.
After serving in the Army from
1951-1952 Col. Quilling went
on to work in several schools
and retired in 1990 as the
District Media Coordinator for
the St. Louis Park School Dis-
trict.
He provided support to the
International Air Cadet Ex-
change (IACE) as an escort to
Great Brittan in 1963, Can-
ada in 1968 and Norway in
1987. He acted as Project
Officer or assistant in hosting
cadets from several countries
for many years and intro-
duced the visitors to orienta-
tion flights, aviation facilities
and took the cadets to Osh-
kosh for Air Venture.
In 1990 Col. Quilling took
over the Flight Clinics for the
Minnesota Wing and received
approval from the FAA for
recognition of his ground
school presentation training.
Over 2200 pilots have bene-
fited from the Flight Clinics he
helped provide statewide.
Col. Quilling was a flight
instructor for seven years at
the Minnesota Wing Flight
Academy and has taught
the ground school since
2006.
He has volunteered his time
to countless aviation museums
and activities around the
country.
We thank Col. Quilling for
his active involvement and
contributions to aerospace
education and the aviation
field and congratulate him
on his recent induction into
the Minnesota Aerospace
Educator Hall of Fame.
This award is presented by
the Minnesota Department of
Transportation-Aeronautics
and the North Central Re-
gion Aerospace Education
Association.

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 Minnesota Wing Cadets Present Colors at Dome
Cadets Present Colors at Minnesota Vikings Football Game
1st Lt. Norine Olson, Valley Composite Squadron

Nearly 63,000 fans were present to see the Patrin.

Valley Composite Squadron Color Guard
and two members of the Minnesota Wing The cadets assem-
Honor Guard present the colors at the Min- bled at the Metro-
nesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys game at dome two hours
the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Min- before game time
neapolis, MN on Thursday, August 30, 2007. to do run-throughs
on the field. Kick-
It was the final preseason game for both off was scheduled
teams, and the Color Guard and Honor for 7:05 p.m. and
Guard members were as anxious to give the at 7:00 p.m., the
fans and players a good show as were the cadets marched
players who were competing for the final out to the 25 yard
spots in their respective team lineups. Ca- line and presented
dets Mike Kenney (Anoka County Composite the colors while the National Anthem was Presenting colors
Squadron) and Andrew Puckett (Hutchinson sung by a member of the Minnesota Viking from left to right
are; Cadets Mike
Composite Squadron) were the representa- Cheerleading Squad. After they marched
Kenny, Tim
tives of the Minnesota Wing Honor Guard. off the field, a good time was had by ca- Blesi, Mark
Members of the Valley Composite Squadron dets and chaperones watching the game Albrecht, Caleb
Color Guard included Cadets Mark from game floor seating, and celebrating a Patrin, Kaelyn
Albrecht, Tim Blesi, Kaelyn Olson and Caleb Viking win over the Cowboys. Olson and An-
drew Puckett.

St. Cloud Composite Squadron Cadets Present Colors at Minnesota Twins Baseball Game
Capt. Richard Sprouse, Group 2

The St. Cloud Composite Charlie Ramler and C/

Squadron traveled to
Minneapolis, MN on Sat-
urday, September 22,
2007 to present the col-
ors at the baseball game
between the Minnesota
Twins and their American
League Central Division
rivals the Chicago White
Sox. The color guard
consisted of C/SrA.
Derek Cash, C/SrA.
Mitchell Fuchs, C/SrA.
SSgt. Lydia Stone. Fol-
lowing the presentation
of the colors the cadets
joined nearly 32,000
fans as the Twins lost 8-
3.
Even with the Twins’ loss,
all four cadets enjoyed a
great experience and
have a great story to
share with family and
friends.
St. Cloud Composite Squadron cadets presenting the colors at
the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox baseball game.

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St. Cloud Civil Air Patrol members refuel USAF Thunderbirds
Capt. Richard Sprouse, Group 2
While most teens look for something
“cool” to do each day, another gen-
eration of leaders found a different
kind of "cool" September 6 when
they visited Grand Forks Air Force
Base in North Dakota.
About 25 members of Minnesota’s St.
Cloud Composite Squadron began
their day on a KC-135 Stratotanker
winging its way to western South Da-
kota to refuel the world renowned
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds after an
engagement in Cleveland, Ohio.
At about 25,000 feet above Rapid
City, South Dakota, one of the seven
F-16 fighters suddenly appeared out
of the clouds just feet behind the
waiting tanker. US Air Force SSgt.
Chip Guthrie deftly maneuvered the
refueling boom into place while
C/2nd Lt. Jeff Dvorak watched from
the small compartment in the tail of
the tanker. Dvorak was the first of 18
cadets and 5 officers to take the
once in a lifetime view.
"Today's flight just added padding to
my dream. It was awesome. I know
now I would be content flying either
a fighter or a tanker," Dvorak said.
The 319 Air Refueling Wing is com- with Capt. Nicole Malachowski, a
th
prised of 32 tankers routinely de-
ployed throughout the world, said 1st male member of the Thunderbirds.
Lt. Randi Norton, base public affairs
officer. Lt. Norton was involved with
Civil Air Patrol while attending Air
Force ROTC. She said the St. Cloud
Squadron was given a rare opportu- me to follow my dreams,” Stone said.
nity.
“Usually our guests are politicians,
civic leaders or ROTC cadets who are
given a tour of the base facilities,”
Norton said. “But the Civil Air Patrol
cadets were able to see the opera-
tions side of the US Air Force by par-
ticipating in an actual aerial refuel-
ing mission with the Thunderbirds!
How many of their friends can say
they’ve done something so cool?”
Two of the USAF F-16 Thunderbirds flying off of the
wing of the KC-135 tanker from the 319th.
The KC-135 crossed North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming and Ne-
braska during its three-hour mission.
The tanker, which can carry 83,000
pounds of cargo and 67 passengers,
can offload 6,500 pounds of fuel per
minute. Each of the thirsty Thunder-
birds was refueled in about 40 sec-
onds according to cadets timing the
activity.
Once refueled, the Thunderbirds flew
off the tanker’s wings for a short
time, giving the cadets and officers
plenty of opportunities for photo-
graphs while each group gave the
other a “thumbs up.” C/SSgt. Lydia
Stone was even able to talk in-flight
former CAP cadet and the first fe-
“This was an exciting opportunity.
We only spoke briefly, but she was
such an inspiration and encouraged
Speaking recently of the role of the
Thunderbirds, Capt. Malachowski
said, "We are a team whose job it is
to go out there and represent the
United States Air Force and the
530,000 men and women who wear
Air Force blue with the honor, the
respect and the dignity that they de-
serve. We're out there to represent
what we know to be true - the fan-
tastic hard work, dedication, and
professionalism of the men and
women in our Air Force that we have
the privilege to work alongside."
The Air Force has 568 female pilots,
71 of them flying fighter jets.
The St. Cloud group was also free to
visit tanker pilots Capt. Ryan Hyatt,
Capt. Ray Tierney and 1st Lt. Joseph
Smith during the mission.
“They had lots of good questions and
were a lot of fun to have on board,”
Smith said. “I knew little about CAP
prior to the flight, but after being
around the cadets I have to say what
a great program for young people.”
The flight was also a thrill for CAP
Maj. Lambert Zenner, a 79-year-old
World War II and Korean War vet-
eran, who just like the cadets,
crawled into the tail of the tanker to
get a first-hand view of the refueling
effort.
“The CAP is about helping young
adults get off on the right foot and
giving them the discipline to succeed
in life,” said Zenner. “Opportunities
like this allow them to see there are
no limits if you work hard toward
your dreams.”
CAP Capt. Pat Cruze, who organized
the visit, agreed.
"The most beneficial part of the trip
was taking these teenagers at a de-
cision point in their life and allowing
them to see the men and women, only
a few years older than them, working
with cutting-edge technology,” Cruze
said. "The tour also exposed the ca-
dets to America's finest, and hope-
fully the lasting impression the cadets
get is 'I can do that, too.’”
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Red Tail Project Update Maj. Conrad Peterson, MN Wing Headquarters

The rebuilding efforts of the P-51
Mustang named “Tuskegee Air-
men” is making great progress
and has been a major undertaking
by the all volunteer staff.
Thus far the most time consuming
areas of rebuild are the landing
gear, cockpit and wing areas.
They have been able to make
many needed repairs with the
money they have generated
through donations. However, in order
to get this aircraft flying again to be
used as an educational tool, they
need much more. Thus far they have
raised about $400,000 of the $2
million that is needed.
If you are interested in helping the
Red Tail Project you can become a
Rivet Sponsor by donating $30.
Rivet Sponsors receive a certificate
and the certificate is signed by one
of the original Tuskegee Airmen.
For more information on the Red Tail
Project go to their website at
www.redtail.org.
The Department of Transportation-
Aviation department has published
an educational booklet about the
“Tuskegee Airmen” P-51 and Don
Hinz. The booklet can be down
loaded at their site at
www.dot.state.mn.us.

Aerospace Education Updates and Quiz

Maj. Conrad Peterson, MN Wing Headquarters

As a quick reminder, the
third quarter unit AE re-
port is due on October
10.
I am pleased to announce
that Minnesota Wing now
has an Aerospace Educa-
tion library that is avail-
able to the membership.
A list of books and maga-
zines that are available
will be posted on the AE
website. If you are inter-
ested and would like to
sign out and read a par-
ticular book or magazine,
please contact me by
email. Further information
will be available in com-
ing weeks.
I would like to hold a
Yeager (AEPSM) testing
session at the wing main-
tenance facility at some
point in the beginning of
November. Preferably
the evening of Wednes-
day, November 14. That
would include a trip to the
Commemorative Air Force
Museum. There would be
a break for pizza as well.
I would like to get about
20 or more officer mem-
bers signed up. For those
that might be interested
please send me an email
and let me know if that
date will work for you.
There will possibly be a
small fee to cover the
pizza. This testing session
is open to all officer mem-
bers in the wing who have
not yet taken the Yeager
test.
Here are five aerospace
history related questions
to test your knowledge.
Some are easy and some
are harder. Use any re-
sources you can and email
me your answers no later
than October 31.
Question #1-What was
the date of the successful
flight of the Wright Broth-
ers aircraft at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina?
Question #2-How many
combat missions and hours
did Col. C. E. “Bud”
Anderson have during
World War 2 and what
was the name of his P-51
Mustang?
Question#3-When did
Howard Hughes stop at
Wold-Chamberlain air-
port (now Mpls.-St. Paul)
and what was the event?
Question#4-In what year
did the Army transfer the
space program to NASA?
Question#5-Who was the
first Minnesota Wing
Commander?
The first member to send
me their list of all correct
answers before the Octo-
ber 31 deadline will re-
ceive a small die-cast
model of Charles Lind-
bergh’s “Spirit of St.
Louis” aircraft.
For all related information
and quiz answers send to
email address
cpeterson@mncap.org.
Have a great October!

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 Halloween Safety Tips
Maj. Jotham Blodgett, MN Wing Headquarters

On October 31 our children
will be out in the neighbor-
hoods dressed as witches,
ghosts and super heroes.
Here are some tips to make
this Halloween a safe and
enjoyable holiday for them.
Where costumes with bright
colors or use reflective tape
to make your trick-or-
treaters more visible. Wear
costumes that will not be a
tripping hazard. Look both
ways before crossing streets
and use corners to cross if avail- your family and friends.
able. Carry a flashlight with to Take a cell phone with to
help guide your way. call and check in every so
often.
Try get a parent to go with as
an individual or an adult chap- Sort your candy after you
erone for a large group. Go get home and have a parent
only to homes that have the or adult inspect your candy
porch light on and have walk and throw away any that
ways clear of obstructions. are stale or opened or look
Never go into a stranger’s like they may have been
home and accept treats at the tampered with.
door. Be cautious of any ani-
mals in the area. Stay safe and Happy Hal-
loween.
Plan a route and share it with

Letter from the Editor Maj. Conrad Peterson, MN Wing Headquarters

It is hard to believe that this is al- that there is no area that lets the Looking forward to the November
ready the third issue of WingTips reader know what is coming in the issue:
that I have had the privilege of ed- next issue. I will now add that to this
iting. It is amazing how time goes issue and those in the future. Red Wing 40th Anniversary Open
by so quickly and we find ourselves House
moving from one season to another. Remember that October 31 is Hal-
loween. For some good Halloween Minnesota Leadership Academy
I have received feedback on the safety tips, be sure to read Maj. (NCOS/BCOC) at Camp Ripley
previous issues and have been given Blodgett’s article above.
thoughts and ideas to add to future Commander’s Workshop
issues in order to produce a news- Have a safe and enjoyable October!
letter that will continue to interest
readers of all ages. A point that
was brought to my attention was

Awards and Promotions

Officer Promotions Cadet Awards
Second Lieutenant Wright Brothers
Randall Grayson, Worthington Ryan Lucas, Red Wing
Cassandra Stellmach, St. Cloud Charles Ramler, St. Cloud
Larry Tietz, Owatonna Christian Schuller, St. Cloud
First Lieutenant Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell
Katherine Andrie, Red Wing Caleb Norman, St. Croix
Major Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
Sen. Ann Rest, MN State Legislative Squadron Charles Cox, Ft. Snelling

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October 12-14, Unit Command-
OCTOBER 2007
ers Workshop at Ruttger’s Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sugar Lake Lodge. Contact:
Lt. Col. Dan McDowell. 1 2 3 4 5 6
October 18-21, Minnesota
Leadership Academy (NCOS/
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
BCOC) at Camp Ripley. Con-
tact: Maj. Josh Puhl.
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