14 February 2009

CAP: CAP Member is Air Force Air Traffic Controller of the Year


EGLIN AFB - Senior Airman Justin R. McElvaney, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, was recently awarded Air Traffic Controller of the Year and has the distinction of being the youngest fully qualified air traffic controller ever certified at Eglin. He has also been selected as Airman of the Quarter for the 45th Test Wing, an award that he has won several times.

According to a news release, in addition to his U.S. Air Force career, McElvaney is a captain in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and serves as the Florida Wings' Group I Cadet Programs Officer. He was recently awarded the Florida Wing Cadet Program Officer of the Year. Capt. McElvaney now serves as a Search and Rescue Mission Pilot for CAP and flies regularly on CAP fire patrols over the 464,000 acre Eglin Range.
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