dwex@wxlvax.UUCP (06/20/83)
Can anyone tell me the locations of any CAP squadrons in the Bridgeport area of Connecticut and in the St. Louis area (specificall Washington University)? Thanks David Wexelblat (...decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!dwex)
cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams) (03/29/84)
There have been many requests for CAP information since my last article. I don't have a list of local squadrons available, but you can get that information from CAP National Headquarters, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The phone contact is 205-293-7593, the Public Affairs office of CAP. For you New Jersey types on the net, the New Jersey Wing Headquarters is at McGuire AFB, 609-723-8200. They, too, should be able to help. If you want any additional information, please let me know. Jeff Williams AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL ihnp4!cfiaime
WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2.ARPA (04/03/84)
From: William Daul OAD / TYMSHARE / McDonnell Douglas <WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2.ARPA> Anyone have any info on where/who to contact in the San Francisco Bay Area? Thanks, --Bi<<
wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (01/24/86)
> > Obviously, programs like the CAP are designed to feed people into the > > military aviation community, but these are, themselves, run in a > > military manner. (In the first place, it looks like ssc-vax isn't getting some of net.aviation... anyone know why?) Hurhhghm, back on subject: CAP might be designed that way, and may have originally worked that way (mid 1960s or earlier) but in my experience it doesn't work that way. The Air Force might like to think that, but... In my eight years as a cadet, about ten of my buddies entered the military (about 75% of my buddies, as a matter of fact). Only three went into the Air Force. Only one of the ten actually was assigned to flying duty, and that was as an observer in a Navy P-3. The CAP cadet program does tend to retain those interested in a military manner, and, for the most part, the Air Force is not a military operation. Oh, they salute, but that's about all. Even the blue uniform was designed to resemble a business suit. The majority of my friends chose the Army or Marines. I personally knew only one person from CAP who ever became a military pilot. But then, my experience in this category is limited to the mid '70s, during the AF pilot glut. For all the AF blue uniform CAP wears, they seem to funnel people away from the Air Force, instead of to... Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Is the Phantom good?! Man, ya can take that sucker down to the muthafuggin treetops, where all ya can see is gook ret'nas, lay a ton of goddamn napalm on 'em, pullin' so many Gees your belt is 'n ankle bracelet, an' all ya've left behind is a pile of crispy critters, an' the muthafuggin Army pukes standin' right next to 'em ain't even singed!" "What the Captain means is that he finds the F-4 an extremely effective close-support weapon..."