The Oregon Wing of the Civil Air Patrol will be conducting a statewide emergency services training exercise that involves members and aircraft in Aurora, Medford and Bend.

They will be practicing for such natural disasters as floods, earthquakes and windstorms.

They will be training for a variety of search and rescue incidents.

Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.  It's a non-profit organization with 61-thousand members nationwide.

It performs 90 percent of the country's land search and rescue missions.