- [Mark] Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary
of the United State Air Force.
And it's got three basic missions:
emergency services, cadet programs,
and aerospace education.
So what we're doin' today is we are focusing
on two of those particular missions,
cadet programs and aerospace education.
The cadets have the opportunity to go on orientation flights
in a Cessna 182.
And what we're tryin' to do is combine that
with tours of some of the air traffic control facilities.
What that's gonna do is it's gonna help
grow the relationship between the Tucson community
and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as a whole,
in addition to just grooming tomorrow's leaders,
our future airmen.
- [Alana] Today was a big orientation flight for cadets.
A lot of 'em, it's their first flight up in the plane
so it's a big opportunity for them.
I loved every second of it.
It's really fun, and it's interesting, and cool,
being up in the plane, flying it yourself,
and learning all of the technical instruments
that goes into flying a plane.
It's been a lot of fun, super interesting, a lot to learn;
behind the scenes on how to fly
and all of the other jobs that are offered.
Cadets get to learn a lot today.
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