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At age 82 he became a substitute teacher and later developed a solar course for students at Wimberley High School.ĭave was an accomplished pilot and earned a Private Pilot rating and later added Instrument privileges to his license. Dave received the Disaster Relief Ribbon with Device for his participation in the Blanco River Flooding and Hurricane Harvey.ĭave was a Project Engineer at Lockheed and spent almost 30 years with Lockheed. Dave was also the driving force responsible for obtaining our current squadron building and even having an airplane to fly. He was the Squadron Commander from 2000 to 2008 and he was also the Group VIII Deputy Commander for two years.
Badel joined the David Lee “Tex” Hill squadron (TX-435) in San Marcos in 1997 and held many positions such as Mission Check Pilot, Cadet Orientation Pilot, Maintenance Officer, and Counter Drug Officer. Dave Badal passed away on Octoat the age of 84. Rich Ferguson Recognized for 50 years of Volunteer ServiceĬAP Lt. His dedication and unconditional support for all activities, and especially for the cadet program, has made him a role model for all of us in the squadron." Read More about Lt. Ferguson is the welcome face for all parents, soon to be cadets, and senior volunteers at our squadron and has been a pillar for our squadron in the past decade. He now serves also as Administrative and Personnel Officer for the San Marcos squadron and also for Texas Wing, Group V. He became the Deputy Commander for Cadets, helping in many of the cadet training programs and contributed significantly to cadet and senior member training in emergency services, among other duties. In 2008, he transferred to the CAP David Lee "Tex" Hill Composite Squadron in San Marcos. In 2001, Rich retired from the Air Force Reserve and the 433rd Airlift Wing as Operations Group Commander with the rank of Colonel. Rich relocated to the CAP Kelly Composite Squadron, Texas Wing, in San Antonio in 1985 when he transferred to Kelly AFB where he served as a C-5 evaluator pilot and Director of Operations at squadron and Wing levels.
Rich resumed his membership in CAP as a senior member in October 1976, while assigned as a C-5 instructor/evaluator pilot at Travis AFB, California. When Rich turned 21, he let his CAP membership lapse as he turned his attention to attending AFROTC at San Diego State University to become an Air Force pilot. He also received a CAP sponsored scholarship that allowed him to obtain his solo pilot rating. Rich was the Squadron Cadet Commander for many years, earning the Ira Eaker Award. At his second encampment in 1965, he served as the Cadet Wing Adjutant, with rank of Cadet Lt. At Rich’s first encampment in 1963, he was awarded the Outstanding Male Cadet Noncommissioned Officer trophy. Growing up, his father was Commandant of Cadets at the squadron in Tulare, California, then Squadron 83 Commander in San Diego, California, and then Group 3 Commander, California Wing. Rich Ferguson was presented with the Field Grade Officer of the Year award and he was also recognized for 50 years of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) volunteer service at an end-of-year ceremony for the CAP David Lee "Tex" Hill Composite Squadron of San Marcos, Texas. For this event, we mixed up crews from different squadrons to make sure all our teams can work together.” Read More about Group V SAREX These are missions that CAP has been called on to perform in the past. Don Jones said of the event, “It is important that we simulate real-world events such as hurricanes and flooding, in addition to downed aircraft in our training. Training in search techniques, air-to-ground communications, and safety were provided. The CAP building for the San Marcos squadron served as command and communications center for the ground teams. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) donated meeting space for a air command center in their historic hangar at the San Marcos Airport to launch the air sorties. Five CAP airplanes participated in the air sorties. Group V of the Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol, is made up of nine squadrons from San Marcos, Austin, San Antonio, Randolph AFB, Georgetown, Temple, and Kerrville and all squadrons participated in the SAREX. Over 60 cadets and seniors from squadrons in south-central Texas flew 19 air sorties and 3 ground sorties and practiced search and rescue (SAREX) techniques such as searching for simulated downed aircraft and evaluating simulated flood and hurricane damage. On Saturday, February 19, cadets and senior members from Civil Air Patrol (CAP) squadrons met for a large-scale training event at the San Marcos airport.