Civil Air Patrol Debuts Small Unmanned Aerial Systems as Search and Rescue Tool in South Dakota
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news:
Civil Air Patrol's first two searches using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) are in the books after a pair of South Dakota Wing missions.
The wing began deploying drones with a missing-person search in Custer State Park in Custer County, on the state's western border, after a 22-year-old South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was last seen at his Rapid City residence . . .
Civil Air Patrol's first two searches using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) are in the books after a pair of South Dakota Wing missions.
The wing began deploying drones with a missing-person search in Custer State Park in Custer County, on the state's western border, after a 22-year-old South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was last seen at his Rapid City residence . . .