Milwaukee, WI - Cadet MSgt Joshua Gonwa completed a solo flight Thursday, June 26th with flight instructor Craig Larsen of Gran Aire Aviation. Gonwa, 16, serves as the squadron's Cadet Supply Officer and Color Guard Commander. He is the son of Jim and Geri Gonwa of Menomonee Falls, WI.

Baraboo, WI - At the morning Sauk County Emergency Management team meeting, Wisconsin Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was given a round of applause for its outstanding participation in the county's relief efforts. Volunteer units removed debris from basements and public places since the start of the relief operation on Friday, June 13. So far, Wisconsin Wing CAP members have contributed a total of 411 personnel with 4,521 man hours, supporting the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Lt Col Michael Curry, the CAP agency liaison officer, gave extensive safety briefings to ensure no mishaps in the field. After receiving rubber boots, gloves, and other safety gear, teams were loaded on buses destined for work sites in Rock Springs and North Freedom. Other areas the CAP teams assisted were Reedsburg, Baraboo, Lake Delton, Devil's Lake State Park, and La Valle. The local American Red Cross supplied lunches and dinners for all volunteers.

OSHKOSH, WI – Following completion of his training, C/SMSgt Michael Vriezen flew N98887 on a cross country ferry flight with Flight Instructor Capt John Thompson, returning the aircraft to its home base in Madison. 

C/SMSgt Vriezen completed a week’s training program thru Civil Air Patrol (CAP) at Whittman Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he learned to fly.  He was one of seventeen student pilots at the flight academy and took instruction from Flight Instructor Lt Col Lavern Syring. 

Ground and flight instruction with certified flight instructors for the past week prepared the student pilots to take the controls of the aircraft and fly by themselves for their first solo flight.  Weather was a large factor in flight training the past week, preventing several students, including Vriezen, from flying each day as planned.

Vriezen is the son of David and LuAnn Vriezen of Waterloo, Wisconsin and has been in Civil Air Patrol, the official Auxiliary of the United States Air Force, for several years.  He and his father, Capt David Vriezen, are members of the 153rd Madison Composite Squadron where he is Basic Flight Commander in the Cadet Squadron.

Baraboo, WI - Fifty members of the Wisconsin Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) assisted the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Sauk County Emergency Management in flood relief efforts this past weekend.  Civil Air Patrol members were on site all day Saturday, with many members having already arrived Friday to set up.

Civil Air Patrol officers acted as crew leaders for citizen volunteers who helped with the flood clean up effort, providing logistical support to the DNR Command post, and flying photo reconnaissance missions over flooded areas.

The CAP volunteers traveled from all parts of the state to assist in the recovery efforts.

Volunteer efforts will continue to be managed by the DNR through the weekend during the recovery stage until further notice. The reporting location for the volunteer relief effort is at 1531 Draper Street at the Baraboo Middle School.