(Top row)
Lt. Col. Dennis Faver, commander of the new Brunswick County Flight, and cadets conduct an exterior preflight inspection before an orientation flight at Brunswick County Airport.
(Second row, left)
Lt. Cols. Dennis Faver (left) and Jerry West, commander of the Cape Fear Composite Squadron, discuss operations on the Brunswick County Airport ramp.
(Second row, right)
Lt. Col. Dennis Faver and cadets conduct an interior preflight inspection.
(Bottom row)
The Brunswick County Airport fixed base operator. The airport is the new flight’s base.
(Photos by 2nd Lt. Steve McMillan)
2nd Lt. Steve McMillan
Public Affairs Officer
Cape Fear Composite Squadron
North Carolina Wing
New Brunswick County Flight quickly gains members and conducts air operations.
NORTH CAROLINA -- The North Carolina Wing has launched a new unit at Brunswick County Airport, with the Brunswick County Flight’s initial open house netting 12 senior members – many of them pilots, and seven cadets.
In conjunction with the Cape Fear Composite Squadron, the new flight – commanded by Lt. Col. Dennis Faver -- has also conducted ten cadet orientation rides from the airport in the last two weeks.
Retired from the U.S. Army, Faver is a flight instructor for Red Sky Aviation at the airport. The airport director is providing meeting space and ramp services as a courtesy for the new unit.
The impressive community response shows the area’s strong support for Civil Air Patrol and its role in providing positive opportunities for teens in its cadet programs; its search and rescue operations; and the aerospace education programs provided for both teens and adults.
With its airport access, the new flight will be able to provide a tangible role in coordinated ground and aerial search and rescue missions for the North Carolina Wing’s southeast region.