Senator Frank Wagner Inducted in

Civil Air Patrol Legislative Squadron

Richmond, 3/9/10

The Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol welcomed Senator Frank Wagner as a member of the Virginia Legislative Squadron at the State Capitol on March 9^th 2010. Membership expresses the senator’s support of the all-volunteer organization, which provides search and rescue and disaster relief missions for the Commonwealth as well as operating a cadet program for youths. Sen. Wagner was also awarded the honorary rank of major and invited to participate in CAP activities, including flying in any of the 12 aircraft based in the Commonwealth.

“We are grateful that Sen. Wagner has taken the time to recognize the important role Civil Air Patrol and other volunteer organizations play in making Virginia a safer and more livable state for its citizens,” said Colonel Dave Carter, commander of the Virginia Wing.

The Virginia Legislative Squadron was chartered this year to provide information to lawmakers and facilitate cooperation between CAP and state agencies for the services CAP provides.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 59,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 68 years.

Contact:

Keith West

Commander,

Virginia Legislative Squadron

804-399-0925