Arkansas Civil Air Patrol issued the following announcement on Mar. 8.
Members of the Texas Wing's Abilene Composite Squadron gathered recently to train in urban direction finding using emergency locator beacons.
While the technology was developed for aircraft, the locator beacons are also carried on boats and are even small enough for hikers to carry in backpacks. The squadron uses direction finding tools capable of tracking emergency distress beacons.
The squadron also focused on building its younger members’ leadership skills.
“While we were targeting our training on emergency services,” said Lt. Col. Jed Taylor, Abilene squadron commander, “developing cadets is an integral part of our program.”
For this training session Cadet 2nd Lt, Christopher Potter was ground team leader, responsible for determining the unit’s actions.
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Source: Arkansas Civil Air Patrol
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