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(From left) A.D. Hill III, Lt. Col. Jay Manley and sheriff’s Sgt. DuWayne Nitschke decide on their upcoming flight’s route.
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Lt. Col. Jay Manley, A.D. Hill III and sheriff’s Sgt. DuWayne Nitschke prepare to board the CAP Cessna 182.
(Photos by Lt. Col. Troy Krabbenhoft)
Lt. Col. Troy Krabbenhoft
Public Affairs Officer
North Dakota Wing
NORTH DAKOTA – Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the local sheriff’s office got an aerial perspective on flood-damaged Cass County this week, thanks to the local Civil Air Patrol squadron’s commander.
When Lt. Col. Jay Manley, Red River Valley Senior Squadron commander, flew over the county, his passengers were A.D. Hill III of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who serves as an operations and planning specialist for FEMA, and Sgt. DuWayne Nitschke of the Cass County Sheriff’s office.
“We were able to get a really good overhead view of the amount of water in the county, and some of the spots that we are going to have to pay particular attention to when the water rises for the second crest,” Nitschke said.
Hill added, “The flight was exactly what we wanted. We were able to see everything we wanted to see, and it was really positive to have the pilot’s prospective and knowledge of the area and information from previous flights flown.”
“The flight worked out perfectly,” he said.