Hawaii Wing training mission focuses on GPS procedures

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(From left) Cols. Herb Kaneshige and Stanley Fernandez, both former Hawaii Wing commanders; Lt. Col. Ron Victorino, incident commander for the Port Allen Airport training mission and wing vice commander; State Rep. Roland Sagum; and Col. Roger Caires, wing commander.
 

Capt. Susan C. Caires
Public Affairs Officer
Kauai Composite Squadron
Hawaii Wing

HAWAII – All nine Hawaii Wing aircraft and 60 members were involved when the wing conducted a training mission July 17 at the Port Allen Airport on the south shore of Kauai.

Classroom instruction in the Inter-Island Helicopter facilities covered operation of the new VHF radio system and GPS search procedures. Outside the classroom, cadets provided ramp control under senior members’ supervision.

Making staggered departures from the airport, aircrews flew the Kauai tsunami warning route along the island’s north shore and tested their GPS skills in locating a vessel three miles out in the Pacific.  . 

State Rep. Roland Sagum rode on a demonstration flight and observed the training session. Sagum was presented with a certificate of appreciation during the initial briefing.

In the interest of safety, the state Department of Transportation’s Airports Division supported the training mission by providing a fire unit.