NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – Sixty Civil Air Patrol cadets will gain an inside look at aerospace operations through CAP’s two Air Force Space Command Familiarization Courses, set for Saturday through July 31at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and July 31-Aug. 8 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
The 33 cadets from 17 wings enrolled in the Florida course will receive behind-the-scenes at Patrick AFB, as well as briefings and guest speakers on various aspects of America’s missions and roles in space. Cadets will get to meet the many talented men and women from NASA and the 45th Space Wing who support the business of space launch and exploration.
"This is an outstanding opportunity for some of our future leaders to gain unprecedented access into the space lift operations and support of our key East Coast spaceport,” said Maj. Paul Dickinson, director of the Florida course. “These cadets will experience a glimpse of the space world in this one week that few get the opportunity to do in a lifetime.”
Participants in the Florida course will also visit the Range Operations Control Center, where all launches from Cape Canaveral are controlled and tracked, and historic launch sites from the Mercury and Apollo programs. In addition, cadets may visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where they will observe elements of the space shuttle processing facilities, as well as Cape Canaveral, where they will tour launch facilities and historic landmarks.
The Colorado course, in which 27 cadets from 19 wings are enrolled, will include orientation tours of North America Aerospace Defense Command – NORAD – and intercontinental ballistic missile sites at Peterson AFB, giving the cadets the opportunity to meet the men and women at the heart of day-to-day space operations.
The cadets also will visit the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, where future Air Force leaders study and train.
Cadet Roster – Colorado
Arizona Wing
- Tucson Composite Squadron 105 – Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Zachary P. Henesy.
Arkansas Wing
- 120th Composite Squadron ¬– Cadet Capt. Davis L. Spurlock.
California Wing
- Beach Cities Cadet Squadron 107 – Cadet 2nd Lt. Mark R. Lupfer.
Colorado Wing
- Air Academy Composite Squadron – Cadet Staff Sgt. Nathan P. Rife.
Georgia Wing
- Central Fellowship Christian Academy Cadet Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Matthew A. Newell.
- Rome Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Michael B. Chickvary.
Indiana Wing
- Valparaiso Cadet Squadron – Cadet Capt. Samuel Price.
Massachusetts Wing
- Hanscom Composite Squadron – Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Eric T. Leitzke.
- Pilgrim Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Connor M. O’Dwyer.
Michigan Wing
- Oakland Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Ashley M. Thornton.
New Mexico Wing
- Eagle Cadet Squadron – Cadet 1st Lt. Robert L. Timmis III.
New York Wing
- Canandaigua Composite Squadron – Cadet Master Sgt. Margaret M. Walter.
Maryland Wing
- Bowie Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Jonathan S. Williams.
Missouri Wing
- Northland Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Kelly K. Fuller.
- Springfield Regional Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Lauren R. Faulkner.
New Jersey Wing
- Curtiss-Wright Composite Squadron – Cadet Staff Sgt. Andrew I. Knapp.
- Jack Schweiker Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Nicholas Birbilis.
North Carolina Wing
- Apex Cadet Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Ryan S. Beaver.
- Asheville Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Greene..
Ohio Wing
- Youngstown ARS Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Joseph P. Spletzer.
Oklahoma Wing
- Broken Arrow Composite Squadron – Cadet Master Sgt. Korey Deubler.
Pennsylvania Wing
- Somerset County Composite Squadron 1502 – Cadet 2nd Lt. Emily Fabyanic.
Texas Wing
- Addison Eagles Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. James A. Gulliksen.
- Crusader Composite Squadron – Cadet Maj. Robert H. Severance IV.
- Frisco Cadet Squadron – Cadet Capt. Brandon G. Maso.
- Thunderbolt Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Emily K. Crouse.
Wisconsin Wing
- Walco Composite Squadron – Cadet Staff Sgt. Joseph S. Geldermann.
Cadet Roster -- Florida
Alabama Wing
- Redstone Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Sarah A. Folse.
California Wing
- Palm Springs Composite Squadron 11 – Cadet 2nd Lt. Ricardo A. Villalta.
Florida Wing
- Orlando Cadet Squadron – Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Matthew G. Allen.
Indiana Wing
- Rivercity Cadet Squadron – Cadet Capt. Aaron McNabb Evans. Haubstadt.
Kentucky Wing
- Campbell County Composite Squadron – Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Stephanie F. Bridges.
Maryland Wing
- Annapolis Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Anne C. Sisk.
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase Composite Squadron – Cadet Capts. Kristen S. Santos and Victor S. Santos.
- Frederick Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Kathleen P. Crockett and Cadet 2nd Lt. Noah Meyers.
Massachusetts Wing
- Hanscom Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kaitlyn B. McSweeney.
Michigan Wing
- Selfridge Cadet Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Amanda R. Shields.
Minnesota Wing
- St. Paul Composite Squadron – Cadet 1st Lt. Nicholas W. Demuse.
Pennsylvania Wing
- Capital City Composite Squadron 302 – Cadet 2nd Lt. Alan W. Leach.
New Hampshire Wing
- Concord Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Andrew D. Sackett.
New Jersey Wing
- Atlantic County Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Adam D. Tarantino.
- Picatinny Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Edmont Caffarra.
New York Wing
- Putnam County Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Sean D. Feldman.
Oregon Wing
- Columbia Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Matthew J. Brookshire.
- Washington County Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Teresa J. Gray.
Tennessee Wing
- Berry Field Composite Squadron 56 – Cadet 2nd Lt. Jordan M. Green.
- Kingsport Composite Squadron – Cadet Capt. Gabriel A. Sanchez-Vinas.
- Murfreesboro Composite Squadron – Cadet 1st Lt. Jared P. Ver Mulm.
Texas Wing
- South Fort Worth Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Moriah G. Efries.
- Tyler Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Jesse D. Carr.
Utah Wing
- Cache Valley Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Kelsi M. Christensen.
Virginia Wing
- Fredericksburg Composite Squadron – Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Joseph D. Tharp.
- Leesburg Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Rebecca E. Shermer and Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Nicholas R. Shermer.
- Newport News Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lts. Daniel Lee Guinn and Kaleb C. Wagar.
Washington Wing
- Mount Rainer Composite Squadron – Cadet Master Sgt. Nathan D. Rojas.
- Northshore Composite Squadron – Cadet 2nd Lt. Danielle Baxtermoore.
