<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello MN Wing pilots,<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wanted to bring you up to date on a couple of mission
related items.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First, the winter operations mission has used up all funding
and will not be able to be replenished for this year. I appreciate the great
interest and participation in this mission. For next year we will work on
increasing the funding for this mission to prevent it from running out of
funding before the end date of the mission. Maybe next year we will have a “real”
winter with snow and everything!<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Second, we have just recently opened the Glass cockpit
training mission 24-T-4466. This is for initial training and familiarization with
advanced avionics, including the G1000, GTN650 and GTN400.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another funded flying mission is 24-T-3349 the unit-based ES
exercise, so if you come up with an ES scenario and get it approved through Chief
Vance you could use this mission for some funded flying.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The last funded mission I wanted to bring up is the quarterly
A12 proficiency mission. With all the low clouds and fog, we have had very few
sorties flown on this mission this quarter. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to make a suggestion for the use of the
proficiency mission this quarter, if possible, use this quarter’s proficiency
mission to do a night flight and get current flying at night. This seems to be
when a lot of actual missions come about, so it would be great if we had
current pilots for night flying. Another item to add to the sortie, especially
for those squadrons that don’t operate out of a tower controlled airport, is to
fly to and from a tower controlled airport, and get flight following from ATC
to keep sharp of your ATC communication procedures.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly a few guidelines on entering sorties for funded missions
in WMIRS. To prevent the unnecessary blocking of funding, especially as a mission
nears its completion. We have come up with the following scheduling guidelines:<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Flights can be scheduled on the wing website at
any time, however a sortie for a funded mission should not be entered into WMIRS
more than 5 days in advance of the flight.<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Once a sortie has been entered into WMIRS the
date can only be changed due to weather or mechanical cancellations. Any other
change to date must be approved by the wing DO or DOV.<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>If a sortie cannot be flown for any reason, it
should be cancelled. A new sortie can be entered with a new date if funding remains.<span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">This should make us most efficient with the use of our funded missions.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">Take Care,and fly safe,</p><img src="cid:ii_ls7xrfo30" alt="image.png" width="263" height="63" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Capt. Greg Bestul, CAP</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DOV, MN Wing <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">612.251.4786<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="mailto:gbestul@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">gbestul@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(4,66,122)">U.S. Air Force Auxiliary</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">
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