Iowa Wing Civil Air Patrol

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Iowa Wing Civil Air Patrol
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Iowa Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Command staff
Commander US-O6 insignia.svg Col Michael McClanahan
Vice Commander US-O4 insignia.svg Maj James McLaughlin
Chief of Staff US-O4 insignia.svg Maj Alexander Paul
Command NCO CAP-OR-9.svg CMSgt Paul Wallace
Current statistics
Cadets156
Seniors205
Total Membership361
Website iawg.cap.gov
Statistics as of 2022

The Iowa Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Iowa and is part of CAP's North Central Region. The Iowa Wing headquarters is located in West Des Moines, Iowa. [1] The Iowa Wing consists of over 360 cadet and adult members at 9 locations across the state of Iowa. They operate a total of 7 single-engine aircraft and 1 glider, which flew a total of 975 flight hours in 2022. [2]

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Mission

The Iowa Wing performs the three missions of Civil Air Patrol: providing emergency services; providing a cadet program for youth; and offering aerospace education for both CAP members and the general public. [3]

Emergency services

Image taken by the Iowa Wing of homes pushed against a railroad bridge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after the Iowa Flood of 2008. CAP Aerial Survey Cedar Rapids 2008 Flood.png
Image taken by the Iowa Wing of homes pushed against a railroad bridge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after the Iowa Flood of 2008.

Civil Air Patrol conducts emergency service missions, including: inland search and rescue missions, disaster relief missions including aerial surveillance missions, and air evacuation of the sick and injured. Civil Air Patrol maintains a network of radio stations to maintain communications during an emergency. Civil Air Patrol has also conducted homeland security missions by providing airborne reconnaissance of critical infrastructure. [5]

Notable Emergency Services Missions

In June 1942, a squadron located in Sioux City, Iowa warned local residents of a coming flood, due to rising waters in the Missouri River, by painting "FLOOD" on the bottom of their aircraft and flying overhead. [6]

In June 2008, the Iowa Wing provided aerial surveillance in the aftermath of the Iowa flood of 2008, where 80 of Iowa's 99 counties were federally declared disaster areas due to the extent of the damage. The Iowa Wing conducted 16 sorties, totaling 31.6 flight hours, supporting the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service. The Wing gathered approximately 1,800 aerial photographs of the damage caused by the flood. They notably flew then-Iowa U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D) and Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R) on survey missions over: Ankeny, Mason City, Charles City, Nashua, Waverly, and Des Moines. Then-Iowa U.S. Representative Steve King (R) also participated in a CAP aerial survey mission with the Iowa Wing. [7]

In August 2020, the Iowa Wing provided aerial surveillance in the aftermath of the August 2020 Midwest derecho. The derecho severely damaged several parts of Iowa, most notably Cedar Rapids. Starting on 14 August, over the course of 36 hours, the CAP Wings of: Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois conducted 37 sorties and gathered approximately 3,500 aerial photographs of the damage caused by the derecho. [8]

In March 2022, the Iowa Wing provided disaster relief in the aftermath of an EF-4 tornado touching down in Madison County, Iowa. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds issued a state disaster declaration for Madison County. The disaster resulted in 6 deaths and was the costliest tornado in the United States in 2022, with $220 million in damages. [9] [10] [11]

In May 2022, the Iowa Wing, along with the Michigan Wing, Missouri Wing, and Minnesota Wing, took part in a wing-wide search and rescue exercise (SAREX) at Iowa City Airport. The exercise involved aircrew, ground teams, and drone teams and was conducted in conjunction with the Johnson County emergency management director.

In December 2022, the Iowa Wing was recognized for its participation in Operation Pulse Lift, CAP's humanitarian blood-donation mission in twelve states; launched to assist the American Red Cross in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By 13 December 2022, Operation Pulse Lift had lasted 1,000 days and had resulted in the collection and transport of 17,416 units of blood by CAP. [12]

Cadet programs

Civil Air Patrol offers a cadet program which provides leadership training, technical education, scholarships and career education to youth aged 12 to 21. The program includes CAP encampments and access to glider and powered aircraft flights. [13] The Iowa Wing encampment is generally held in the summer at Camp Dodge in Johnston. [14] The North Central Region Encampment has also historically been held at Camp Dodge. [15]

Iowa Wing cadets also participate in National Wreaths Across America Day, an annual nationwide event in December for placing wreaths on veteran's graves in military cemeteries. [16]

Notable Iowa Wing Cadet Program Accomplishments

In December 2021, the Osage Flight of the Iowa Wing won the All Divisions 1st Place State Award, Gold Tier, in the 14th National Cyber Patriot Competition, a cyber defense competition held annually by the Air & Space Forces Association where the Civil Air Patrol, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, and United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps compete. [17]

Aerospace education

Civil Air Patrol provides aerospace education to both its members and the general public. Teachers may receive educational materials through the CAP's Aerospace Education Membership program. [18]

History

World War Two

The Iowa Wing was established on 1 December 1941, as part of the newly formed Civil Air Patrol. Six days later, after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, it was called into service to support the home-front following the start of American involvement in World War Two. By 27 January 1942, the Iowa Wing had 575 members. [19]

Missions involved surveying fields in Iowa for abandoned tractors and scrap piles that could be repurposed, along with simulating bombing runs on maneuvering ground troops using quarter pound bags of flour with the then-active Iowa State Guard. [20] Scrap survey missions also involved letter dropping campaigns in order to garner local support and donations of scrap, which are noted in historical documents to have had considerably positive results in Iowa. Simulations of bombing runs using bags of flour are also noted to have drawn large crowds of spectating locals. [21]

The Iowa Wing was also involved in anti-saboteur exercises for local authorities. This included conducting air interception drills, red teaming, and assisting authorities with inspections on explosives storage. [22]

Organization

The Iowa Wing does not utilize CAP's optional "Group" structure. Instead, all squadrons report to the Iowa Wing directly.

Civil Air Patrol members frequently have the opportunity to visit Air Force facilities and experience flights in the service branch's planes and helicopters. Air Force interaction.jpg
Civil Air Patrol members frequently have the opportunity to visit Air Force facilities and experience flights in the service branch's planes and helicopters.
Active Squadrons of the Iowa Wing [23]
DesignationSquadron NameLocationNotes
NCR-IA-001Iowa Wing Headquarters West Des Moines Active 1942–Present
NCR-IA-002Des Moines Composite Squadron Des Moines Active 1942–Present
NCR-IA-003Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron Atlantic Previously known as the Red Oak Optimist Composite Squadron

Active 2010–Present

NCR-IA-004Black Hawk Country Composite Squadron Waterloo Previously known as the Waterloo Composite Squadron & Black Hawk Composite Squadron.

Active 1942–2005; 2020–Present

NCR-IA-005Burlington Flight Burlington Previously known as the Burlington Composite Squadron.

Active 1942-???; 2020–Present

NCR-IA-041Davenport Composite Squadron Davenport Active 1942–Present
NCR-IA-043Dubuque Composite Squadron Dubuque Active 1942–Present
NCR-IA-129Cedar Rapids Composite Squadron Cedar Rapids Split into East Iowa Cadet Squadron and Cedar Rapids Senior Squadron in 1976. Those two units were then merged back into a Composite Squadron in 2012.

Active 1942–1976; 2012–Present

NCR-IA-130Osage Flight Osage Active 2020–Present
NCR-IA-999Iowa State Legislative Squadron Des Moines Active 1942–Present

Former Units

Charter numbers were not assigned to squadrons in CAP until 1955. Prior to 1955, units used numbers based on Region, Wing, and Group. Iowa was the second Wing under the seventh Region. Groups were the third number and squadrons were assigned a number after the hyphen. Flights did not receive their own unit numbers. Instead, flights acted as detachments of squadrons who held unit numbers. Squadrons sometimes moved locations without changing their unit number. Other times, unit numbers were reused following a previous unit with the same squadron number being deactivated. Some of these units may have continued under different names after being assigned individual charter numbers after 1955. [24]

Former Squadrons of the Iowa Wing Before 1955
Squadron NumberKnown LocationsKnown FlightsKnown Active Years
Squadron 721-1 Des Moines A flight in Decorah was attached to this unit.Activated 1942
Squadron 721-3A flight in Clermont & a flight in Washington were attached to this unit.Activated 1942, 1943, 1949, & 1951
Squadron 721-4-Activated 1942, 1943
Squadron 722-1-Activated 1942, 1945
Squadron 722-2 Oxford -Activated 1942
Squadron 722-6 Washington A flight in Morning Sun was attached to this unitActivated 1942
Squadron 723-?-Activated 1942, 1952
Squadron 723-?-Activated 1942, 1946, 1951
Squadron 723-2 Mason City -Activated 1942
Squadron 723-3-Activated 1942, 1943, 1651, 1954
Squadron 723-8A flight in Rock Rapids (1946) & a flight in Orange City (1943) were attached to this unit.Activated 1943.
Squadron 723-14-Activated 1942, 1943
Squadron 724-?-Activated 1943, 1945
Squadron 724-1 Waterloo A flight in Wesley was attached to this unit.Activated 1942
Squadron 724-2 Dubuque A flight in Estherville (1942) & a flight in Dyersville (1943) were attached to this unit.Activated 1942
Squadron 724-3 Marion -Activated 1942
Squadron 724-4 Marshalltown -Activated 1942
Squadron 724-6 Oelwein -Activated 1943
Squadron 724-8 Cedar Falls -Activated 1943
Squadron 725-1 Davenport -Activated 1942
Squadron 725-2-Activated 1942, 1949
Squadron 725-3 (All-Girls Squadron) Davenport -Activated 1945
Squadron 725-6A flight in Manchester (1953) was attached to this unit.Activated 1942, 1943
Former Squadrons of the Iowa Wing After 1955
DesignationSquadron NameLocationNotes
NCR-IA-007Northwest Iowa Composite Squadron Fort Dodge Active 2004 - sometime after 2014
NCR-IA-029Ottumwa Composite Squadron Ottumwa Active 1942 - 1982
NCR-IA-032Iowa Group II Headquarters???Active ???-???
NCR-IA-033Iowa Group III Headquarters???Active ???-???
NCR-IA-033Sheldon Composite Squadron Sheldon Active 2008-2010 (Reused Charter Number from Former Iowa Group III HQ)
NCR-IA-035Iowa Group IV Headquarters???Active ???-1970
NCR-IA-044Sioux City Composite Squadron Sioux City Active 1942-1971
NCR-IA-048Maquoketa Composite Squadron Maquoketa Active ???-1971
NCR-IA-049Des Moines Senior Squadron Des Moines Active ???-1970
NCR-IA-051Cedar Rapids Senior Squadron Cedar Rapids Active 1976-2012
NCR-IA-052Ames Composite Squadron Ames Active 1942-1973
NCR-IA-053Iowa City Composite Squadron Iowa City Active 1973-1980
NCR-IA-057Council Bluffs Cadet Squadron Council Bluffs Active 1953-1973
NCR-IA-058Burke Composite Squadron Atlantic Previously known as the Atlantic Composite Squadron

Active ???-???

NCR-IA-062Ankeny Composite Squadron Ankeny Active ???-1970
NCR-IA-063Carter Lake Composite Squadron Carter Lake Active ???-1970
NCR-IA-064Delaware County Composite Squadron???Active ???-???
NCR-IA-065Ames-Boone Composite Squadron Boone Previously known as the Boone Composite Squadron

Active 1969-1984

NCR-IA-066Morning Sun Composite Squadron Morning Sun Active 1970-1975
NCR-IA-067Estherville Composite Squadron Estherville Previously known as the Iowa Lakes Composite Squadron

Active 1971-1997

NCR-IA-068Muscatine Composite Squadron Muscatine Active 1971-???
NCR-IA-069Council Bluffs Composite Squadron Council Bluffs Active 1971-???
NCR-IA-070Fairfield Composite Squadron Fairfield Active 1971-???
NCR-IA-071Webster City Composite Squadron Webster City Active 1972-???
NCR-IA-072Group IV Headquarters???Active 1972-???
NCR-IA-072Des Moines Metro Cadet Squadron Des Moines Reused charter number from Former Group IV HQ.

Active 2006-2014

NCR-IA-073West Iowa Senior Squadron Audubon Previously known as Audubon Composite Squadron

Active ???-???

NCR-IA-074Iowa City Senior Squadron Iowa City Active 1972-1973
NCR-IA-074Motor Rescue Squadron???Active 1975-1979
NCR-IA-075Indianola Composite Squadron Indianola Active 1976-1980
NCR-IA-076Sioux City Composite Squadron Sioux City Active 1976-1977
NCR-IA-077Nishna Valley Composite Squadron???Active 1975-???
NCR-IA-078East Iowa Cadet Squadron Cedar Rapids Previously known as Cedar Rapids Cadet Squadron

Active 1976-2012

NCR-IA-079North Iowa Composite Squadron???Active 1976-1994
NCR-IA-080Fort Madison Composite Squadron Fort Madison Active 1976-???
NCR-IA-081Burlington Cadet Squadron Burlington Previously known as the Hawkeye Cadet Squadron

Active 1977-1982

NCR-IA-082Darrell Lerch Composite Squadron Anamosa Also known as the Anamosa Repair Squadron

Active 1979-1993

NCR-IA-083Des Moines Senior Squadron Des Moines Active 1984-1998
NCR-IA-084Northwest Iowa Composite Flight???Previously known as Northwest Iowa Composite Squadron

Active 1984–1986; 2001-2003

NCR-IA-085Waverly Composite Squadron Waverly Active 1984-1993
NCR-IA-086Atlantic Trojan Cadet Squadron Atlantic Active 1985-???
NCR-IA-087Southeast Iowa Composite Squadron Oskaloosa Active 1986-2003
NCR-IA-088Siouxland Composite Squadron???Active 1988-1990
NCR-IA-088Buffalo Ridge Composite Squadron???Reused charter number from former Siouxland Composite Squadron

Previously known as the Sac County Composite Squadron Active 1993-2001

NCR-IA-089Pocahontas Composite Squadron Pocahontas Active 1993-1998
NCR-IA-090South Central Iowa Composite Flight???Previously known as the Decatur County Composite Squadron

Active 1998-2002

NCR-IA-091Central Iowa Composite Squadron Ames Active 1999-2008
NCR-IA-092Washington-Brinton Cadet Squadron Washington Active 2001-2006
NCR-IA-103Hawkeye Composite Squadron Iowa City Active 2003-2006
NCR-IA-131Ames Flight Ames Active 2020–2023
NCR-IAR-01Iowa State University ROTC Squadron Ames Active ???-2003
NCR-IAR-02University of Iowa ROTC Squadron Iowa City Active ???-2003

Aircraft

Current inventory

The Iowa Wing currently possesses 7 powered aircraft, as well as 1 glider and a handful of drones. [25]

AircraftOriginIn service
Cessna 172 United States 4
Cessna 182 United States 3

Accidents

On March 13, 1971, A Civil Air Patrol Beechcraft A45 with the tail code N9716Z, assigned to the Iowa Wing, clipped a power-line and crashed while conducting flood surveillance over Boone, Iowa. Investigations found that the pilot-in-command had attempted operation with known deficiencies in equipment. A waiver was issued to release the aircraft for flight with a heavily crazed windshield which, combined with a haze in the area, greatly obstructed the pilot's vision. The pilot, then-Iowa Wing Acting Commander Lt Col Robert A. Graybill, and an unidentified passenger serving as an observer were both fatally injured in the crash. [26] [27]

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N6211E Wreckage

On March 22, 2003, a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182R with the tail code N6211E, assigned to the Iowa Wing's Des Moines Composite Squadron, [28] was destroyed during takeoff and climb out from White Pigeon Airport (ICAO 7IA1) near North English, Iowa. The aircraft was on an instructional training flight that started at Ankeny Regional Airport, manned by Certified Flight Instructor Chaplain (Major) Christie Battle and Private Pilot Second Lieutenant James Johnson. [29] The National Transportation Safety Board reported the cause of the accident was determined to be the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. The instructor's improper decision to attempt to takeoff from a short, grass taxiway instead of departing from a proper runway aligned with the prevailing winds; the short, grass taxiway itself; the crosswind, trees, and transmission wires all contributed to the accident. Maj Battle was pronounced dead at the scene, while 2nd Lt Johnson sustained serious injuries. [30] [31]

Under Title I §29A.43 of the Code of Iowa, employers in Iowa are required to grant a leave of absence to their employees who are members of Civil Air Patrol when these employees are called to fulfill a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers are forbidden by state law from punishing an employee in any way for being a member of Civil Air Patrol or for taking a leave of absence for a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers cannot require their employee to use vacation time or sick leave to cover the employee's leave of absence, and may not reduce the employee's bonus or other employment benefits relating to the employee's particular employment. [32]

List of commanders

The Iowa Wing has had 32 wing commanders from 1941 to 2024. [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

No.CommanderTerm
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTerm length
1
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Major
Daniel F. Hunter
1 December 19412 March 19442 years, 92 days
2
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Colonel
Don C. Johnston
2 March 194420 February 19483 years, 355 days
3
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Colonel
Willard O. Fuller
20 February 194810 January 19501 year, 324 days
4
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Colonel
Harold E. McKinney
10 January 195021 December 19555 years, 345 days
5
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Colonel
Robert J. Wade
21 December 195529 May 19582 years, 159 days
6
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Colonel
Hal D. Rogers
29 May 195817 February 19645 years, 264 days
7
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Lieutenant Colonel
Edward J. Whistler
17 February 19641 September 19651 year, 196 days
8
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Colonel
Allen E. Towne
1 September 19658 February 19682 years, 160 days
9
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Colonel
William B. Cass
8 February 19685 December 19702 years, 300 days
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Lieutenant Colonel
Robert A. Graybill
Acting
5 December 197013 March 197198 days
10
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Colonel
William R. Gold
13 March 197117 May 19721 year, 65 days
11
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Colonel
William B. Cass
17 May 19721 June 19753 years, 15 days
13
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Colonel
Patrica J. Gigstad
1 June 197522 August 19794 years, 82 days
14
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Colonel
Donald M. Bailey
22 August 197931 December 19812 years, 131 days
15
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Lieutenant Colonel
Evan R. Winters
31 December 198113 November 1982317 days
16
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Colonel
James L. Black
13 November 19829 November 19852 years, 361 days
17
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Colonel
Phyllis A. Dolin
9 November 198522 August 1986286 days
18
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Colonel
Eugene C. Kellogg
5 September 19861 July 19881 year, 300 days
19
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Colonel
Ramona J. Shaver
1 July 198814 Nov 19924 years, 136 days
20
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Colonel
Lawrence D. Toigo
14 Nov 199223 November 19964 years, 9 days
21
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Colonel
Sheila J. Waldorf
23 November 199615 August 19981 year, 265 days
23
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Colonel
John F. Lalla
15 August 19981 January 20001 year, 139 days
24
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Colonel
Rex E. Glasgow
1 January 200015 June 20022 years, 165 days
25
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Colonel
Russell E. Smith
15 June 200212 November 20031 year, 150 days
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Major
Gerald P. Lowry
Acting
12 November 200319 January 200468 days
26
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Colonel
Ralph F. Tomlinson
19 January 200426 January 20084 years, 7 days
27
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Colonel
Ronald S. Scheitzach
26 January 200812 January 20134 years, 352 days
28
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Colonel
Michael Mouw
12 January 20134 September 20141 year, 235 days
29
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Colonel
Anita S. Elliot
4 September 201413 November 20173 years, 70 days
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Major
Ron Mutchler
Acting
13 November 20177 April 2018145 days
30
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Colonel
Joseph M. Hackett
7 April 201825 May 20202 years, 48 days
31
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Colonel
Jonathan W. Lartigue
25 May 20201 June 20244 years, 7 days
32
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Colonel
Michael "Sean" McClanahan
1 June 2024Incumbent70 days

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