“We were all set for bear, and we were just pretty proud of that,” said Ray Ross of the Montrose CAP.
The USAF evaluates Colorado units for one week every two years. This year, Montrose hosted Cortez, Durango and Grand Junction CAP squadrons.
 An unidentified instructor, left, orange hat, instructs Civil Air Patrol cadets on the use of a direction-finding unit during the Air Force's evaluation of Colorado CAP units recently. The direction-finding unit was used to track practice beacons that help locate lost aircraft; the cadets were tracking a beacon in the adobes near Montrose. (COURTESY MARTHA ANCHANDO) Advertisement |
Four planes flew simulated search and rescue, photo reconnaissance and Homeland Security missions from Cortez, to Rifle, to Monarch Pass, while cadets ages 12 to 18 served as base security, manned radios, tracked operations and deployed ground teams to assist “crash survivors” and “lost hikers” the planes located.
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