North Central Region CyberPatriot 18 Competition Success!

Congratulations to the following winning North Central Region units that participated in CyberPatriot 18! And congratulations also to every unit and member that participated in this year's challenging competitions! (Unless otherwise indicated, all awards are in the All Service Division - comprised of high school students in JROTC, CAP, and Naval Sea Cadet Corps programs.)

CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created by the Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or another computer, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. It is an annual competition for teams of middle and high school students now in its 18th year. https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/home

Iowa Wing
Osage Flight: 2nd Place State Award, 1st Place Gold Tier Award
Black Hawk County Composite Squadron: 3rd Place State Award, 1st Place Silver Tier Award

Kansas Wing
New Century Composite Squadron: 1st Place State Award
Konza Composite Squadron: 2nd Place State Award, 1st Place Gold Tier Award

Minnesota Wing
North Hennepin Composite Squadron #2: 4th Place Semifinal Silver Tier Award, 1st Place Silver Tier Award
St. Cloud Composite Squadron: 1st Place State Award
Ft. Snelling Cadet Squadron: 2nd Place State Award
Wright County Flight: 3rd Place State Award
North Hennepin Composite Squadron #1: 1st Place Gold Tier Award
Anoka County Composite Squadron: 2nd Place Gold Tier Award
130th Composite Squadron: 3rd Place Gold Tier Award
St. Croix Composite Squadron: 2nd Place Silver Tier Award
St. Paul Composite Squadron: 1st Place State Award, Middle School Division

Missouri Wing
Platte Valley/Lee's Summit Composite Squadrons: 1st Place State Award
Lake Ozark Regional Composite Squadron: 1st Place Silver Tier Award
Platte Valley/Lee's Summit Composite Squadrons: 3rd Place State Award, Middle School Division

Nebraska Wing
Gen. Curtis LeMay Offutt Composite Squadron: 3rd Place State Award, 2nd Place Gold Tier Award
Omaha Composite Squadron Alpha Team: 1st Place Silver Tier Award
Omaha Composite Squadron Bravo Team: 2nd Place Silver Tier Award

North Dakota Wing
119 ANG Cadet Squadron: 1^st Place State Award, Middle School Division

South Dakota Wing
Big Sioux Composite Squadron: 1st Place State Award
Rushmore Composite Squadron: 2nd Place State Award
Sioux Falls Composite Squadron: 3rd Place State Award, 1st Place Gold Tier Award
Sioux Falls Composite Squadron: 1st Place State Award, Middle School Division