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As part of the Transfer of Authority ceremony held today to recognize the realignment of the Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force – or CAP-USAF – from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command, Lt. Gen. William Etter, commander of Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) did a symbolic “patch swap” replacing the Air Education and Training Command and Air University patches for the new ACC and 1 AF patches on the uniform of CAP-USAF commander, Col. Mike Tynismaa.


CAP Ceremony

As part of the Transfer of Authority ceremony held today to recognize the realignment of the Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force – or CAP-USAF – from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command, Lt. Gen. William Etter, commander of Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) did a symbolic “patch swap” replacing the Air Education and Training Command and Air University patches for the new ACC and 1 AF patches on the uniform of CAP-USAF commander, Col. Mike Tynismaa.

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Civil Air Patrol mission pilot Capt. Richard Farmer, a member of the Florida Wing’s Marco Island Senior Squadron, briefs WPTV reporter Charlie Keegan on safety procedures for a NORAD intercept exercise over south Florida. Photo by CAP Lt. Col. Jeff Carlson
Civil Air Patrol mission pilot Capt. Richard Farmer, a member of the Florida Wing’s Marco Island Senior Squadron, briefs WPTV reporter Charlie Keegan on safety procedures for a NORAD intercept exercise over south Florida. Photo by CAP Lt. Col. Jeff Carlson
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Civil Air Patrol National Command CAP Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez (left) is greeted by Lt. Gen. William Etter, commander of Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) and Canadian Brig. Gen. Paul Ormsby, CONR deputy commander. Vazquez visited Tyndall AFB to take part in the Transfer of Authority ceremony held to recognize the realignment of the Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force – or CAP-USAF – from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Solomon Cook)
A Transfer of Authority ceremony held to recognize the realignment of the Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force – or CAP-USAF – from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command began with the arrival of a CAP C-182 Cessna carrying CAP’s National Commander CAP Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez and the CAP-USAF commander, Col. Mike Tynismaa. The aircraft landed and approached Tyndall Air Force Base’s base operations, rolling through a ceremonial greeting of fire trucks pumping arching water sprays high over the aircraft.
SrA Solomon Cook
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