Air Force — Social Media — Volunteer Management » Civil Air Patrol http://whatthewhonow.com Notes From the Field? Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:47:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol Jumps Into Action with Tsunami Warnings http://whatthewhonow.com/2010/02/27/hawaii-wing-of-the-civil-air-patrol-jumps-into-action/ http://whatthewhonow.com/2010/02/27/hawaii-wing-of-the-civil-air-patrol-jumps-into-action/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:50:55 +0000 scottfmurphy http://whatthewhonow.com/?p=720 Hawaii_Wing_Cessna_in_preflight_75F3E19E3E86BToday at 0600 local Hawaii time, the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol – the Civilian Auxiliary of the Air Force – launched 9 Cessna aircraft to initiate tsunami warnings for the islands of Hawaii.

This is a critical mission for the Hawaii wing, they are tasked with being ready to launch within 1 hour of being alerted and according to an article on the Civil Air Patrol media site, they were able to meet that goal.  Hawaii Wing Commander Col. Roger Caires said “I am proud of our members, they again met the standard of being ready to launch within one hour.”

Hawaii News Now posted this article with a really good video of Civil Air Patrol crews in action.

As more information comes in regarding the Civil Air Patrol response, I will keep you updated.

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