Ground teams conduct search and rescue operations, distibute
relief supplies
Members of the
all-volunteer Civil Air Patrol, the auxiliary of the U.S. Air
Force, are conducting ongoing emergency operations in Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Hundreds of members are supporting Hurricane Katrina relief
operations by carrying out air and ground search and rescue
missions, flying transport flights for city, state and federal
emergency management officials, and shooting aerial
damage-assessment photos using CAP’s
satellite-transmitted digital imaging technology.
To date, CAP members have flown 113 sorties for a total of 318.5
hours of flight time and have contributed 3,192 hours of volunteer
time in support of the hurricane relief effort.
In Louisiana:
On Sept. 6, CAP members flew aerial reconnaissance missions
over Baton Rouge to capture SDIS (satellite digital imaging
system) images of nursing homes;
On Sept. 5, CAP members flew aerial reconnaissance missions
above St. Bernard Parish, the city of Slidell, and New Orleans
nursing homes;
On Sept. 5, CAP members flew transport missions from Gulfport,
Miss., to Baton Rouge, La.; from Lake Charles, La., to Baton Rouge;
and from Dothan, Ala., to Baton Rouge;
On Sept. 4, CAP members conducted aerial surveys of higher
education facilities for the Louisiana Board of Regents;
On Sept. 4, CAP members flew aerial reconnaissance surveys of
potential landing zones for the Air National Guard;
On Sept. 4, CAP members conducted reconnaissance of the
Interstate 10 causeway for the Air National Guard;
On Sept. 4, CAP members transported 23 evacuees in three vans
from downtown New Orleans to Louis Armstrong New Orleans
International Airport;
On Sept. 3, CAP members flew aerial reconnaissance to assess
potential landing zones for the Air National Guard;
On Sept. 3, CAP members conducted aerial reconnaissance of the
Interstate 10 causeway for the Air National Guard;
On Sept. 3, CAP members conducted aerial surveys of higher
education facilities for the Louisiana Board of Regents; and
On Sept. 3, CAP members conducted aerial reconnaissance in
search of evacuees. Seven people were rescued.
In Mississippi:
On Sept. 6, CAP members
captured SDIS aerial images of the Highway 90 bridge;
On Sept. 6, CAP members captured SDIS aerial images of southern
Mississippi airports for the Mississippi Department of
Transportation;
On Sept. 6, CAP members with Mississippi and Florida wing
ground teams based at Pascagoula, Miss., surveyed Jackson
County;
On Sept. 6, CAP members with the Alabama wing ground team based
at Wiggins surveyed Stone County;
On Sept. 6, CAP members with the Texas and Pennsylvania wing
ground teams based at Stennis Space Center, Miss., surveyed Hancock
and Pearl River counties;
On Sept. 5, CAP members flew to Pascagoula and to Stennis Space
Center to transport Mississippi Emergency Management
officials;
On Sept. 5, CAP members flew aerial reconnaissance between
Gulfport, Miss., and Jackson, Miss.;
On Sept. 5, CAP members with Mississippi Wing and Florida Wing
ground teams at Pascagoula surveyed Jackson County;
On Sept. 5, CAP members with the Alabama Wing ground team at
Wiggins surveyed Stone County;
On Sept. 5, CAP members with the Texas Wing ground team at
Stennis Space Center surveyed Hancock County;
On Sept. 5, CAP members with the Pennsylvania Wing ground team
at Stennis Space Center surveyed Pearl River County;
On Sept. 4, CAP members transported satellite phones, maps and
equipment to Pascagoula;
On Sept. 4, CAP transported a CAP pilot from Hattiesburg,
Miss., to Jackson for a high-bird relay;
On Sept. 4, CAP members transported medical supplies to
emergency facilities;
On Sept. 4, CAP members conducted four missing person
surveys;
On Sept. 4, CAP members transported tetanus vaccines to Naval
Air Station New Orleans;
On Sept. 3, CAP members flew high-bird communications support
for ground teams;
On Sept. 3, CAP members flew an aerial survey of an airport to
assist preparation of a forward mission base;
On Sept. 3, CAP members repositioned ARCHER-equipped Gippsland
GA-8 Airvan aircraft following an Army Corps of Engineers
damage-assessment mission; and
On Sept. 3, CAP ground teams conducted local searches.
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