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On January 19th, Iowa Wing's Black Hawk County Composite Squadron held their third Red Cross Blood Drive, and exceeded their 30 unit goal by three! Thanks to Cadet Tech Sgt. Kodiaga for serving as the project officer, Cadet Senior Airman McCammon for assisting, and to their adult volunteers (Maj. Green,...

North Central Region is saddened to learn of the passing of Maj. Richard Wenzel of Minnesota Wing's Pipestone Senior Squadron at the age of 72. Maj. Wenzel was an outstanding pilot and an active member of the Pipestone Senior Squadron for almost 43 years. He served in many duty positions...

South Dakota Wing participated in a recent unsuccessful search mission for a missing Sioux tribal member. Rosebud search leadership, their incident commander trainee, and an experienced liaison officer (also an incident commander) expressed their deep appreciation for Civil Air Patrol's support in the missing person search. South Dakota Wing sent...

Please join North Central Region in congratulating Cadet Capt. Tyler Suing of Nebraska Wing's 155th Composite Squadron on being awarded a CAP Cadet Wings scholarship to pursue his dream of flying! Cadet Wings is a merit-based program for cadets pursuing a Private Pilot Certificate (PPC). Cadets complete their training at...

North Central Region Commander Col Thomas Theis and Missouri Wing Commander Col Jennifer Smith invite you to attend the 2026 Civil Air Patrol Missouri Wing and North Central Region Conference and Missouri Wing Change of Command. Conference and Banquet to be held Saturday, March 21, 2026 with social events starting...

Emergency Services is one of the core missions of Civil Air Patrol, and training always starts with the basics. Today, South Dakota Wing held a split ES training day on each end of the state. Drone, ground team, and aircrew training were all on the schedule. Getting members trained and...

Great shout-out by South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing participating with South Dakota Wing in joint intercept training! Article and photos link: https://www.facebook.com/114thFighterWing/posts/pfbid0uYMNe3eER5kq7361q8aUu2MEM7GtkgDgBJdCodYuwnqkEjWwxZuT6h5jWKhzUE9Dl

Great work by cadets of Minnesota Wing's St. Paul Composite Squadron supporting their community in conducting a recent aerospace education event for a local Cub Scout Pack!

Minnesota Wing's annual Blue Moon Chili Cook-Off & Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest was held on Monday, December 29th, 2025! Congratulations to the 4th Annual Wing Wide Chili Cook-Off Winners: 1st – Viking Composite Squadron - Neibert sisters (cadets) 2nd – Ft. Snelling Cadet Squadron – C/MSgt. Chase Piper 3rd –...

On a recent Saturday afternoon, twelve students participated in Iowa Wing's Black Hawk County Composite Squadron's "CAP Friends and Family" Aviation 101 Class, including adult volunteer Taylor Fundermann and Cadet Airman Brighton Smith. The instructors were Major Green, Cadet Sergeant Nagel, and EAA Chapter 227 member Matthew Evers. The four-hour...