Lt Col Michael Marek, current South Dakota Wing Public Affairs Officer, has been selected as the new South Dakota Wing Commander. A change-of-command ceremony will take place on December 1st, Civil Air Patrol's 80th anniversary.
A 58-year-old man and his 13-year-old daughter, who survived a crash of their small, single-engine plane, were found in heavily wooded state game lands in northeastern Pennsylvania thanks to the combined efforts of Civil Air Patrol’s National Radar Analysis Team and National Cell Phone Forensics Team. After departing from Pocono...
Missouri Wing's Medical Officer, Lt Col (Dr.) David A. Miller, was recognized as the 2021 Missouri Family Physician of the Year by the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians during their annual Fall Conference at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Missouri, November 12-13. A practicing physician for more than 30 years...
On November 6, 2021, members of the Topeka Eagle Composite Squadron and Kansas Wing participated in a Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) in St Marys, Kansas. Events included analyzing a grass airfield for operations, preparing a helicopter landing zone, and a search for a 'missing aircraft' emergency beacon. Kansas Wing...
On November 5, 2021, members of Iowa Wing's Des Moines Composite Squadron again braved the chilly elements and presented the Colors of our Great Nation and State along side the members of the American Legion Post #403 of Van Meter, Iowa. The Color Guard was commanded by C/CMSgt Nathanael Curtis,...
Saturday, November 6, was a beautiful day to fly. And fly they did out at Chadron Nebraska Regional Airport. Reporting to the Flight Clinic, were twelve pilots and eight planes, from both the Nebraska and Colorado Wings. They made forty-two orientation flights. With several cadets making their first flights ever...
National American Indian Heritage Month The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states...
Two cadets from the South Dakota Wing's Big Sioux Composite Squadron are using their CyberPatriot training and experience to help bring needed cyber science and STEM educational opportunities to smaller middle and high school groups as well as those in rural areas. As reported in the Air Force Association CyberPatriot...
Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron's color guard carried the flags in the parade to kick off this year's Harvest Fest in Harlan, Iowa, on Saturday, October 23, 2021. Members of the squadron also manned a booth for community members to learn more about Civil Air Patrol. www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/1421387464929509
Civil Air Patrol received three major awards for the second straight year from the International Association of Emergency Managers, which recognized the organization's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, earthquakes, hurricanes and wildfires. The 2021 IAEM-USA Uniformed Services Auxiliary Emergency Manager of the Year is John Desmarais, CAP’s director of operations....
