CAP Major Heffron works to help other cadets achieve their goals

Civil Air Patrol Major Jake Heffron, left, who recently received his certified flight instructor rating, with his mentor, Civil Air Patrol Major Tom Pfingsten. Heffron wants to help other youth attain their goals.

Story by Heike Dodge

Like many young boys back in 1997, 11-year-old Jake Heffron, a resident of Morrison County, had an interest in the military, aviation and survival. With his older brother already in Civil Air Patrol (CAP), it seemed natural for Heffron to also join, and he still remembers his first flight in a small airplane on an orientation flight through CAP.

  
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