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Denton Civil Air Patrol Squadron Honored at Wing Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2013 Denton Civil Air Patrol Squadron Honored at Wing Conference DENTON, TX — Members of the Nighthawk Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, stationed in Denton, TX, attended the Civil Air Patrol Texas Wing Conference held in Houston on April 13-14, 2013. Texas Wing’s annual conference featured not only training and instruction but also honors at the Wing and Region levels for some of the Squadron’s top achievers. Special guests at the conference included Mr. Gene Krantz, retired NASA Flight Director on...
read moreDenton Civil Air Patrol Squadron Receives New Direction Finder
Denton Civil Air Patrol Squadron Receives New Direction Finder MARCH 23, 2013 DENTON, TX — The Nighthawk Composite Squadron stationed in Denton purchased a new Direction Finding Receiver with a grant provided by the Denton Benefit League. The Direction Finding receiver manufactured by L-Tronics is specifically designed to locate aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), marine Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) carried by hikers, campers, pilots, and others. It can also be used in...
read moreNighthawk Squadron Receives Emergency Management Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 2, 2012 Nighthawk Composite Squadron Receives Emergency Management Award DENTON, TX — The Nighthawk Composite Squadron was honored with an award from the City of Denton Office of Emergency Management. Denton Emergency Management Coordinator Michael Penaluna, presented the award to Nighthawk Composite Squadron commander, Major Steve Robertson following a tabletop exercise held at the Emergency Operations Center for the City of Denton. The award recognizes the Nighthawk Composite Squadron’s outstanding efforts in...
read moreDenton Squadron makes 1-millionth Landing at Denton Airport
August 29, 2012 – Denton Airport recently marked its 1-millionth operation with a commemorative Civil Air Patrol flight and awards ceremony, and we agree that the event was cause for celebration. In our view, the airport could be one of Denton’s most underrated assets. Plus, the airport has probably been even busier than the 1 million operations would indicate. Although the airport opened in the 1940s, the counting of operations didn’t begin until April 2004, when the Federal Aviation Administration began operating the airport’s tower....
read moreDenton Squadron Finds Missing Aircraft in East Texas
July 7, 2012 – KARNACK, TX (KLTV) – Officials are investigating an overnight plane crash that left the pilot dead. Officials say they found the downed plane in a heavily wooded area around 11am Saturday morning about 2 miles south of Karnack in Harrison County. According to DPS troopers, the two engine plane took off from Dekalb, Illinois and was scheduled to land in Brownsville, Texas. Officials say it went down sometime overnight during the storms near Highway 43. “According to the civil air patrol they said he lost his...
read moreCivil Air Patrol Cadets take to the sky over Denton in gliders
MAY 20, 2012 DENTON, TX — Cadets and senior members of the Civil Air Patrol squadrons in Denton and Wichita Falls headed to Bishop Field, just west of Denton, for an the opportunity to fly without power during a Glider Orientation Weekend. On Friday the tow pilots and glider pilots conducted their annual check rides to get ready for the Cadets to arrive on Saturday. When they arrived that Saturday morning, the cadets were given a briefing by the squadron’s Deputy Commander, Lt.Col Bryce Herkert and by 9:15, the gliders began to soar in...
read moreNighthawk Leads SAR Mission for Missing Aircraft
ALBANY — Shackelford County Sheriff’s Department officials on Tuesday identified the remains of two Taylor County residents who died in a plane crash Monday night. Pilot Dale “Scooter” Phillips Jr. and passenger Amy Clay, both of Taylor County, were en route from Abilene to a “destination in Oklahoma” when their plane went down, Sheriff Edward Miller said. According a news release from the Civil Air Patrol, Phillips was flying a Piper Comanche aircraft from Abilene to Norman, Okla. Civil Air Patrol, fire...
read moreSquadron conducts training exercise near lake
Les Cockrell Region Editor, Denton Record Chronicle lcockrell@dentonrc.com Published: 18 March 2012 10:44 PM The Denton Nighthawk Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol recently set up a search-and-rescue exercise near Ray Roberts Lake. The exercise provided an opportunity for Civil Air Patrol members in the region to prepare and attain their ground team qualification, according to an announcement from Austin Peralez, public affairs officer for the Denton Nighthawk Composite Squadron. A search-and-rescue exercise is a quarterly emergency...
read moreMissing plane found in Lake Palestine
Credit: Houston Chronicle JACKSONVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Civil Air Patrol says a small plane has been found in an East Texas Lake and it’s believed to be an aircraft that was reported missing. Lt. Col. Rick Woolfolk says searchers in a boat located a plane around 5 a.m. Thursday in Lake Palestine (PAL’-uhs-teen). The fate of the pilot was not immediately known. KLTV-TV reports the site is near Berryville. Woolfolk says sonar was used to find the submerged plane, in about 20 feet of water. Divers were being dispatched to the scene....
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