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Civil Air Patrol vital piece of American airpower for 76 years
Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Andrew Yingst, Mississippi Wing’s Golden Triangle Composite Squadron Deputy Commander for Cadets, directs a group of cadets on a group carry lesson Nov. 16, 2017, at the Chapel Annex on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Yingst, a former Air Force C-130 Hercules pilot and currently a 14th STUS T-6 simulator instructor on Columbus AFB, is a senior staff member of the GTC Squadron and runs the cadet program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross)

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