<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Hello MN Wing
Pilots,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Last year at
this time we were still over our knees in snow! What a difference a year makes.
This should enable us to get a great jump on our busy flying season.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">By now most
of you should have seen the WMIRS/AMRAD review program. If you missed your squadron’s
presentation of this program send me an email and I will send it to you.
Hopefully this review will help with our data entry process and reduce the
errors we have encountered in the past.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">We have a
new NHQ DOV, Joseph Keller, from North Carolina. He seems excited to get
started and help clean up some of the areas that have been causing us problems.
Some new things we can expect to see:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">The AXIS
training system will be phased out and replaced by a new system called ABSORB.
This should be a much more user-friendly program. The changeover is scheduled to
take place about June 1<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">An ICL
(Interim change letter) will also be coming out shortly that will update some
of the areas of our 70-1 regulation.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">I will send
out more information on these changes as they come out.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">A larger project
that has been initiated by General Phelka is the complete overhaul of WMIRS. A
start over and build a new system type approach. This will obviously take some
time, but at least we or on our way to a user friendly WMIRS 3.0<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Upcoming
events:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">April 19-21 Wing conference at Cragun’s lodge Brainerd MN<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">April
27 Check pilot clinic at Hutchinson
Camp Craig 9am – 4pm<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">May Rollout of this year’s pilots flight clinic <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">A reminder
to our flight instructors, you must complete TSA training and have it uploaded
into your ops quals by April 1 to maintain your flight instructor
qualifications with CAP. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">I have attached this month's edition of the NHQ Stan/Eval newsletter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><a href="https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/CAP_StanEval_Mar_2024_656aa5121f1a3.pdf">CAP_StanEval_Mar_2024_656aa5121f1a3.pdf (gocivilairpatrol.com)</a><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Take care,
Fly Safe,<span></span></span></p><img src="cid:ii_ltrffg980" alt="image.png" width="228" height="55" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a name="m_7264718338770610276__Hlk124700481"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Capt. Greg Bestul, CAP</span></b></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;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">DOV, MN Wing<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;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">612.251.4786<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:gbestul@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%">gbestul@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">
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