Command Staff

Squadron Commander
Major Dan Manley

Vice Commander
Lt Col Joe Vallone

Chief of Staff
Lt Col Charlie King

Finance Officer
Major Ben Childs

Operations Officer
Captain Brian Blount

Safety Officer
Lt Andrew Larson

Volume 14

Issue 1

February 2014

The Squadrons First SAR Exercise of 2014 a Big Success

Text and photo by Lt John Soun
On February 8th and 9th, Clark County Civil
Air Patrol conducted the first search and rescue (SAR) exercise of the year. Twenty active
members, at least Level 1 and safety current,

Aircraft Maintenance
Captain Marcum Endicott

Public Affairs Officer

Lt Sothea John Soun
Logistics Officer
Major Craig Chinault
Counter Drug
Lt Col Charlie King
Communications Officer
Lt Sothea John Soun

Two became mission pilots (MP), one mission

observer (MO), two mission scanners (MS) and
one mission radio operator (MRO). Congratulations to Lt Col Tom Driehorst (MP), Major Ben
Childs (MP), Major Brian Collins (MS), Lt Shai
Tziony (MS) and Lt John Soun (MO, MRO) for
their hard work and great achievements.

The aircraft and all aircrew made it back to

base safely, without a single mishap, despite
a very crowded airspace.

Administration Officer
Captain Tim Ross

Professional Development
Lt Col Earle Rosenfield

participated on nine flight sorties over the two

days and successfully completed all or the
bulk of the training requirements for becoming
Emergency Services (ES) aircrew.

Everyone learned a great deal from the opportunity, getting to interact with new aircrew,
refreshing essential flying skills and perfecting
SAR flight patterns and maneuvers.

Operations Staff

Aerospace Education
Captain Phillip Riddle

1st Quarter 2014

Somewhere on a steep side of one of those 9000-plusfoot ridges lies the remain of an aircraft. Find it!

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Safe Landing
By Lt Col Joe Vallone
The landing phase of flight
operations is where the majority of CAP aircraft accidents and incidents occur.
One of the most common
landing incidents are blown or
flattened tires. Id like to
make several recommendations that could help our pilots
reduce the number of damaged tires.
The first recommendation is to
always utilize aerodynamic
braking during the landing
rollout. When the aircraft has
slowed to 70% to 80% of the

touchdown speed aerodynamic drag begins to decay.

At this point braking action
becomes effective. Pilots
landing on runways 12R/L at
North Las Vegas Airport
should plan on exiting the
runway at taxiway Hotel or
Juliet. This will allow the aircraft to slow down without the
use of heavy braking.
The second recommendation is
that all pilots should land with
their heels on the floorboard
and not on the toe brakes.
This will reduce the chances of
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Joe Vallone, Lt Col, CAP

Vice Commander

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The ideal flying weather
cool, calm, clear and sunny
brought out many fliers. CAP
aircrew had to be vigilant in
order to see and avoid the
numerous aircrafts in the
vicinity of North Las Vegas
Airport and the Northwest
Practice Area, through which
CAP sorties passed.
It made for a realistic flight
scenario for the exercise, as
the aircrew had had to deal
with not just the mission at
hand looking for the hypothetical crash site and lost

hiker - and the demands

from base command and air
traffic controllers.

mander Joe Vallone on Sunday. The flight sorties were

efficiently dispatched.

In such a complex flight environment, the aircrew must

work together effectively.
The fact that the aircraft and
aircrew all returned safely
speaks volume to the aircrews professionalism, skills,
dedication to details and
adhering to high standards
of safety.

The mission on Saturday was

to locate a missing hiker with
an emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The objective
was to locate the hiker, get
the exact GPS location and
photograph the hiker, the
site and any debris.

Commander Dan Manley

commanded the operations
on Saturday, and Vice Com-

The exercise commenced

promptly at 0830 hours,
after Lt Col Charlie King
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The close-up of the target crash site up the

side of 9000-FT mountain found with Contour Search on February 9, 2014.

Meeting is more than an opportunity to socialize

By Lt John Soun

Lt John Soun (right) receives Squadrons

Outstanding Service Award from Commander Manley on February 13, 2014.

Everyone needs to attend the

meetings. Yes, its a great
opportunity to make new
friends, re-acquaint with old
friends and strengthen professional relationships all
vitally important for establishing and maintaining a

cohesive and effective aircrew but its also the time

to do CAP business.
Most of us have day jobs to
attend to, which take priority, making even the simple
task of responding to a
phone call, a text or an email a challenge. Yet CAP

duties need to be done. CAP

meetings, therefore, are sure
ways to get them done,
where the Commander Manley and his supporting staff
are available in person to
answer all our questions and
approve requests.
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Member Profile: Lt Col Earle Rosenfield

Lt Col Rosenfield, a pilot and a recipient of the CAP Gill Robb Wilson Award, has
been the Clark County CAPs Professional Development Officer since 2008, currently a Master Observer, CD qualified, with Masters ratings in Professional Development, Flight Operations and Emergency Services. He has over 23 years in CAP services: from 1962 1975, rejoining after 9-11, commanding two CAP Squadrons
and holding a number of senior staff positions in Ohio and Michigan wings.
A former USAF Flight Engineer and a graduate of the USAF Air Command and Staff
College program, he used to be a Civil Engineer and Construction Superintendent
for over 40 years in the construction industry. He and his wife retired to Las Vegas
in 2003.
It is a privilege to be a member of this fine organization and to share the opportunity of
service to our country. - E.R.

Lt Col Earle Rosenfield (right) helps MS trainee Lt Shai

Tziony prepare for SAR exercise on February 9, 2014.

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put out the ELT and marked the site, some twenty miles from base. All flights were successfully
concluded by 1500 hours.
The mission on Sunday was to locate and photograph an aircrafts crash site on a 9000-foot
mountain range, which required special mountain-flying skills and the use of contour search pattern - the most demanding of all search patterns, most challenging even for the most seasoned of
pilots, as it required flying in close proximity to uneven and steep terrains. Mountain flying is dangerous because the weather is unpredictable, with severe downdraft, causing severe turbulence.
As for Saturday, there were multiple sorties planned for Sunday, so Col Vallone ordered each
aircrew to expeditiously perform the mission with a compressed time frame - on top of the already demanding workload and busy airspace - without compromising safety. The aircrew must
call ahead for fuel on the flight back to base, and the next crew must be briefed and be ready
and waiting on the ramp to take over the aircraft as soon as it was re-fueled. All sorties were
executed admirably and the SAR exercise concluded, with the aircraft cleaned and hangared by
1330 hours.
MP Captain Tim Ross prepares for his
mission on February 9, 2014.

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Safe Landing (Continued from page 1)

landing with the brakes applied thus reducing tire damage. Pilots should be especially cautious when initiating
the crosswind sideslip maneuver on landing. Remember
heels on the ground and
easy on the brakes.
The third recommendation is
that pilots not retract flaps

on the runway. This has distracted numerous pilots during the landing phase which
has resulted in inattention
and damage to tires. Pilots
should devote 100% of their
attention to landing and exiting the runway. After exiting the runway and crossing
the hold short line the landing checklist should be com-

pleted. At this point flaps

should be retracted.

One of the most

Lets help the Clark County

Squadron become the safest
flying squadron in the Nevada Wing. Fly Safe!!

common landing
incidents are blown or
flattened tires.

Go to the meeting! (Continued from page 2)

Wanting to get a CAP form signed? Go to the meeting. Waiting too long for that promotion request to be approved? Go to the meeting. Looking for a skill evaluator trainer (SET) to sign off on
a SQTR? Go to the meeting!
Commander Manley and his staff have made a commitment by taking time off from their busy
schedules to make themselves available for meetings. There is no better or faster way to do business than face-to-face, even in the age of smartphones. So much is going on at meetings big
plans such as upcoming SAR exercises are first announced there. Missing out on a meeting is missing out on a great opportunity. So, go to the meeting!

Lt Andrew Larson (right) receives

Wings Safety Officer of 2013.

The meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month at 1830 hours at North Las Vegas
Terminal. Aircrew can satisfy the safety currency requirement for ES missions and SAR exercises
simply by going to the 2nd Thursday meeting. Training usually takes place on 4th Thursdays.

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SAR Exercise (Continued from page 3)

The newly certified aircrew can
now participate in any ES mission.
We need to put our availability in
WMU, so we can help out in emergencies isnt it the reason we
join CAP? Everyone needs to allot
a large window of time each
week, so when an emergency does
occur an aircrew could be quickly
assembled. As emergencies dont
make appointment or give headsup, we all need to be generous
with our time as much as possible.
Col Vallone (second from left) helps his trainees Maj Collins (left)
and Col Driehorst (third) complete paperwork during their postflight debrief, while Capt Ross plans his flight on February 9, 2014.

Those who couldnt participate this

time missed out on a great opportunity, but there will be others in
the future, so watch for announcement. However, CAP is subject to
the budgetary constraints of the
Federal Government, so SAR exercises could be few and far be-

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tween, with those already approved and scheduled subject to

cancellation, even at the last minute like in late 2013. That is why
its vitally important that an opportunity to participate in a SAR exercise be seized and made the most
of as it arises. The value of a SAR
exercise cannot be overestimated.
This SAR exercise could not happen
without the courage and wisdom of
Commander Dan Manley and the
hard work and dedication of his
command staff, especially Vice
Commander and MP/CFII extraordinaire Lt Col Joe Vallone, Major
Brian Blount, Lt Col Charlie King
and Lt Col Earle Rosenfield. They
deserve our heartfelt gratitude
and congratulations for another
flawless operations.