
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, November 25, 1993                   TAG: 9311250004
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: A12   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
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AIR PATROL STORY CONTINUES IN THIS SPACE

Because of a production process error, the last part of a story about the Civil Air Patrol was omitted from some of today's Neighbors editions. That part of the story follows.

Glass, who was once commander of the Roanoke Squadron, watched Anderson grow up in the program and helped guide him along the way.

"He was a very good cadet," Glass said. "He was a high achiever. It's nice to see one of our young troops make good."

In 1979, Anderson graduated from Virginia Tech before going on to graduate school in Missouri. He has continued to work with the Civil Air Patrol, winning dozens of awards and decorations along the way.

Today, Anderson is a colonel on active duty with the Air Force. He is based in Hampton, where he lives with his wife and three children.

As commander of the Virginia Wing, Jackson is responsible for 35 units, consisting of 1,100 members, 400 of whom are cadets. He joined the Civil Air Patrol in 1983, when his son, who is now on active duty with the Navy, became interested in the organization. Jackson works for a petroleum marketing firm.

Glass, who works for General Electric in Salem, joined in 1962. He came to Roanoke looking for a flying organization to join, and found the Civil Air Patrol.

Jackson said his duties require about 25 hours of his time each week; Glass said his duties take 16 to 20 hours. Most of the work is done on nights and weekends, they said, because most missions tend to start in the evenings. During an operation, squadrons may fly 16 two-hour sorties a day.

The flying, Jackson said, is "low, slow and dirty," and a special certification is required to fly in the mountains of Western Virginia.

The biggest change the two men have seen in the organization has been in the technology and in the training they are able to offer.

"There is an increased level of professionalism," Glass said. "We're much better at it than we used to be."

"It's become a science, now," Jackson agreed.

With Anderson's election as national commander, Glass said, "the torch has been passed."

Anderson, he said, belongs to a new breed. "We expect a lot of great things from him."

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by CNB