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Colonel Mike Beason, the SD Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Director of sUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial Systems), has another job when he’s not volunteering with CAP.

Congratulations to Col Mark Lahan, Kansas Wing commander, on his outstanding recognition by the International Association of Emergency Managers as the Uniformed Services Auxiliary Emergency Manager of the Year! IAEM-USA, the nation’s largest emergency management professional association, is a nonprofit professional organization representing more than 5,000 emergency management and homeland...

South Dakota is the latest state with a life saved credited to CAP support. The CAP “Save” is for a cell phone forensics mission during which the wing was not activated.

Congratulations to the following North Central Region units on earning the Aerospace Education Achievement Award for fiscal year 2022! Their active and successful involvement helps accomplish CAP's AE mission and promote an interest in aerospace, aviation, and STEM. Kansas Wing KS-055 Heartland Cadet Squadron KS-092 Smoky Hill Composite Squadron KS-125...

On 23 Oct 2022, approximately 170 cadets graduated from the 2022 Minnesota Leadership Academy. Held at the Minnesota National Guard’s Camp Ripley, this year's class was the largest in recent memory, if not the largest ever. Congratulations to all who participated and staffed this successful event! First Day Overview Photo...

Check out the amazing accomplishments of our squadrons and wing!

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South Dakota Wing held a day-long operational mission training exercise on Saturday, Nov 5.  The training, conducted at multiple locations around the state, featured airborne search and photography skills, ground search, air-to-ground coordination, aerial drone photography, and related mission management skills.

Recently, Missouri Wing's Gateway Senior Squadron hosted students from the Hancock High Schools Aero 101 class for a tour in aviation at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. They started with a 30 minute small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) demo by 2d Lt Ben Creen, who talked...

Maj. Ulrich Roedder, of Minnesota Wing's 130th Composite Squadron, passed away at his home on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at the age of 74. Maj. Roedder had been a member of Civil Air Patrol since 1999. Over the years he contributed to the 130th Composite Squadron in countless ways. He...

Civil Air Patrol National Vice Commander, Brigadier General Regena Aye, presented the Spaatz Award to three Minnesota Wing Members -- Captain Katherine Hage, Captain Chloe Thomas, and Cadet Colonel Richard Sylak --- during the recent Minnesota Leadership Academy. (Both Captains Hage and Thomas have transitioned out of the CAP cadet...