/ Published June 20, 2009
Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz (left) and Capt. John Barringer, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, step to a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
Capt. John Barringer, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, cleans the windscreen of a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, conducts preflight checks on a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz (left) and Capt. John Barringer, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, conduct preflight checks in a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore. during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, takes off in a C-182 Cessna from Astoria, Ore. during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, Astoria, Ore., pilots a C-182 Cessna during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)
The view from a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 during Amalgam Dart 2009. Amalgam Dart 2009 is a field test of the Department of Defense's ability to rapidly deploy a total air integrated defense system in the U.S. in order to deter, detect and defeat airborne threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)