Thunderbolt Cadet Squadron NEWS

14 Cadets and three senior members of Thunderbolt Cadet Squadron marched in Natick's July 4th Parade. The Parade got under way almost 1/2 hour late due to a bridge dedication ceremony. The Parade was well attended by residents, from the start at Building 19, to the finish at St. Joseph's Church, a four and half mile route. The weather was perfect for enjoying the parade. Thunderbolt also used a CAP 12 pack van borrowed from Worcester Squadron in the parade.

THUNDERBOLT MEMBERS EARN FIND RIBBONS

Mission Number 98M1476. Thunderbolt Squadron's ground team was called 9 July 1998 for an ELT mission. AFRCC (Air Force Rescue Coordination Center) activated the Massachusetts Wing after picking up an ELT signal via satellite in the Dedham/Norwood Area. LtCol George Riethof was assigned as Mission Coordinator for Massachusetts Wing. The air crew was piloted by Major Dick Enright and the mission observer was Captain Richard Thayer from Brockton Composite Squadron. They flew a CAP owned Cessna 182. Ground teams from Hanscom and Thunderbolt were dispatched. The plane picked up the signal over Norfolk Airport. Thunderbolt's ground team was lead by 1LT Andrew Leblanc and included 1LT Joseph Horrigan, Cadet LtCol Dawn Horrigan, Cadet MSGT Joseph Hughes and Cadet SSGT Chris Fallon. The ground team was assembled in Dedham and dispatched to Norfolk Airport. The team located the signal from an ELT mounted in a plane in a hanger and shut it off. 1LT Horrigan, SSGT Hughes and SSGT Fallon earned their first find ribbon for the mission.

THUNDERBOLT MEMBERS GO TO MASS WING ENCAMPMENT

1LT Patrick Horrigan, 2LT Tom Janisko and TFO Sabrina Bolduc are in Sandwich Mass at Otis Air Reserve Base for Massachusetts Wing Summer Encampment from Sunday 19 July through Sunday 26 July. All three are serving as TAC officers, helping supervise cadet squadrons. Cadet MSGT Joe Hughes is also there as a member of the Corps of Cadets along with over 140 cadets from all over Massachusetts and New Hampshire. MSGT Hughes, Thunderbolt's Cadet First Sergeant, is fulfilling a key requirement towards earning his Mitchell Award.

THUNDERBOLT CADET GOES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

Thunderbolt's Cadet Commander, C/LtCOL Dawn Horrigan was selected for the 1998 IACE (International Air Cadet Exchange) and will represent the US and Mass Wing of CAP. She left Boston's Logan Airport on 20 July for Detroit where she meet up with other IACE members from the US and boarded a Northwest Airline's flight for London's Healthrow Airport. She will spend approximatly 21 days in the UK with IACE Cadets from around the world touring airbases and other sights in the UK.

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