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The Minnesota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is currently coordinating the search mission for a missing single-engine aircraft.

According to 1st Lt. George Supan, squadron public information officer, the mission base for the search operation was located Saturday at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport.

The CAP has several aircraft from Minnesota and North Dakota along with ground teams searching for the missing aircraft, which has a yellow and black paint scheme.

The missing plane left Airlake Airport near Lakeville and Farmington, and was headed for Hallock, Minn., when it was reported missing Friday night, Supan said in a phone interview.

The Civil Air Patrol was alerted Saturday morning, Supan said, and CAP ground teams were dispatched to search the route looking for the aircraft.  The search for the missing plane was continuing Saturday afternoon.

The current area of search is between the cities of Wadena and Hallock, Supan reported. If anyone in the area between Staples and Hallock has seen anything they should contact their local Sheriff’s office.

CAP aircraft and ground team members from 23 state squadrons are visiting Blaine-Anoka County Airport this weekend for search and rescue training.

Supan said the search for the missing plane was not part of the training, which started at 7 a.m.

The Minnesota Wing of the CAP  will relocate its mission base to Brainerd "very early" Sunday morning to continue the aircraft search, Supan said late Saturday afternoon.

The CAP is the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. It is a non-profit organization with more than 1,200 members in Minnesota. CAP performs the search and rescue missions as tasked by the U.S. Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.

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