NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Texas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol began preparations Aug. 28, 2017, to provide aerial and ground support for the state of Texas and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as severe weather continued from Hurricane Harvey. Harvey slammed the coast of Texas as a Category 4 hurricane Friday night, Aug. 25, leaving […]
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CAP cadets receive private pilot scholarships
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Five Civil Air Patrol cadets will get the opportunity to learn to fly this summer at Delaware State University, thanks to private pilot scholarships awarded by CAP’s National Advanced Flight Academy program. The NAFA program was created in 2016 as a priority of National Commander Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez, […]
CAP marks 1,000th cell phone mission
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama – Civil Air Patrol’s National Cellular Forensics Team participated in its 1,000th mission March 16, 2017. The mission ended, like hundreds before it, in a “save,” CAP officials said. “The 1,000th cell phone mission has been conducted and it was a success,” said Col. Brian Ready, one of the members […]
Another CAP save
The Civil Air Patrol’s National Radar Analysis and National Cell Phone Forensics teams combined efforts Jan. 30 to lead searchers in south central Alaska to a crashed Cessna 180 and the three people aboard. The three were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew flying along the track provided by the radar analysis team, Lt. […]
CAP helps rescue couple after Cirrus crash
The Civil Air Patrol‘s National Radar Analysis Team guided searchers Jan. 8, 2017, to a Colorado Springs couple and their downed plane in subzero temperatures in a remote area about 32 miles east of Meeker, Colorado. The couple was taken to Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker for treatment of minor injuries. The Air Force Rescue Coordination […]
CAP helps find missing plane in Tennesee mountains
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The Civil Air Patrol, working with the National Park Service, was called up by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center late Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, after an aircraft with three passengers was overdue from its planned arrival at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville. Lt. Col. John Henderson, vice commander of CAP’s National […]
Pilot celebrates 50 years with CAP
Don Carlson, a pilot in Superior, Wisconsin, was recently profiled in the Superior Telegram, due to a rather remarkable achievement: The celebration of 50 years as a member of the local squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. Check it out here.
CAP responds to Hurricane Matthew
Civil Air Patrol wings in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina continue their efforts to help in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. CAP’s Florida Wing flew 10 sorties Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, from operational bases in Tallahassee, Sarasota and Tampa to survey damage caused by Hurricane Matthew. Lt. Col. Luis Garcia, area commander, said the blue-sky […]
Florida, Georgia wings relocate CAP assets in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew
Members of the Florida Wing and their counterparts in other Civil Air Patrol wings along the Atlantic Coast are busy preparing for the impact and potential aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, a Category 3 storm expected to make landfall in the Bahamas on Thursday, Oct. 6, and skirt the Florida coastline on Friday, Oct. 7. “Florida […]