Members and units from across all seven states of North Central Region participated in the annual Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, December 14, 2024, recognizing the service and sacrifices of veterans and their families. Bravo Zulu to our members for again participating in this worthy annual event! This year,...
Cadet Col. Zackery M. Leath of the North Dakota Wing has joined the less than one-half of 1% of Civil Air Patrol cadets receiving the organization’s top cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award. A member of the 119th ANG Cadet Squadron in Fargo, Leath joined CAP in 2019...
Missouri Wing's Warrensburg Composite Squadron deputy commander Capt. Jared Del Orfano, himself a WWII CAP reenactor, made great presentations to Lee's Summit Composite Squadron, Warrensburg Composite Squadron, and Sedalia Flight cadets about CAP's WWII role -- and brought out several artifacts for the cadets to look at including a kapok...
Civil Air Patrol is often a family affair -- and a great one at that with many families serving their communities in every unit across North Central Region! Join North Central Region in congratulating Iowa Wing's Butville family in a father and son promotion! IAWG's Black Hawk County Composite Squadron...
Approximately fifty members and guests attended the change of command for South Dakota Wing on December 7, 2024, at the state capitol in Pierre, South Dakota. Col. Kevin Pegelow assumed command from Col. Michael Marek. Representing the North Central Region for the event was Col. Tom Theis, NCR Commander, and...
The heart of Civil Air Patrol, and our units, are our adult volunteer members. Here is a great story of Senior Master Sergeant Doug Bergsnev of Minnesota Wing's Crow Wing Composite Squadron giving back to his community! https://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/local/retired-naval-senior-chief-gives-back-to-brainerd-area-community?fbclid=IwY2xjawHmTGBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHW7CEvznTDk5T1_zt2XXiUApYMYSVV1vRVun24dqv8mgYZxSgQdDAVgUSg_aem_xUYeUe8U289rhrAsAukfWQ
Cadets of Missouri Wing's Wentzville Composite Squadron assisted the Legacy of Patriots' annual Veteran’s Christmas Event at Delmar Gardens South Skilled Nursing Facility in St. Louis, MO, where they handed-out Christmas stockings and talked with veterans! Photo link: https://www.facebook.com/ncrcap/posts/pfbid032f3dmeTYaXw83RepR6E5sRhStpPZBLX6DhFUTNW3BYB9Z2irLN6e54QfxxREDgVFl
Twenty cadets and eight adult members of Missouri Wing's Lake Ozark Regional Composite Squadron recently took part in an outstanding training opportunity in collaboration with the Missouri National Guard – including: orientation flights, tour of a MONG UH-73 Lakota helicopter and facilities, use of the CAP flight simulator STEM kit,...
South Dakota Wing members conducted a centralized Search and Rescue exercise recently in Pierre, SD -- involving missing persons and aircraft searches, and a disaster response to massive flooding (all simulated). The successful exercise brought members from across the state to one centralized mission base.
CAP volunteer Avery Long, of Missouri Wing's Laclede County Composite Squadron, has evolved full circle from a cadet experiencing his first orientation flight (bottom photo) to a pilot now providing orientation flights to cadets (top photo) -- embodying his devotion to cultivating future aerospace leaders!
