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91 CAP Academic, Flight Scholarships Worth Total of $154,570 Awarded

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June

2019

Civil Air Patrol’s 2019 scholarship finalists have been notified that they’ve been chosen to receive 91 awards collectively worth $154,570. Each year, CAP provides financial assistance to select, … Read more
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National Cell Phone Forensics Team: 5 days, 3 saves, 2 finds

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June

2019

Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team participated in two searches over a five-day period that resulted in three saves and two finds, as credited by the Air Force Rescue Coordination … Read more
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NFL Alumni, CAP Partner to Promote Physical Fitness

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June

2019

Civil Air Patrol and the National Football League Alumni have joined forces to enhance current leadership development opportunities and physical training programs nationwide. Both organizations value … Read more

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Ga. Cadet Honored with CAP Silver Medal of Valor for Saving Motorist

A Georgia Wing cadet who saved the life of a trapped motorist in 2018 was honored Saturday with the Silver Medal of Valor, the highest decoration awarded by the organization. Cadet 2nd Lt. Nathaniel Justin Oakes, a member of the Peachtree City …

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National Commander Honors Top Air Force Academy Graduates

Forty-five years after his own graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Civil Air Patrol National Commander Maj. Gen. Mark Smith was on hand Tuesday to congratulate two 2019 graduates. “Of all the Civil Air Patrol cadets who are part of the …

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Minn. Unit's High-Altitude Balloon Reaches 95,000 Ft.

The sky was the limit when a Southeast Minnesota Composite Squadron team launched a high-altitude balloon that climbed 95,000 feet – some 18 miles – before being recovered 88 miles away after a flight lasting about 4½ hours. The squadron members …

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Wing News

N.H. Cadet Honored with Spaatz Award

Cadet Col. David M. Brackett of the Seacoast Composite Squadron is the 20th New Hampshire Wing cadet to receive Civil Air Patrol’s highest cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award – achieved by less than one-half of 1% of all cadets. A CAP …

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S.C. Member Passes FEMA Torch to Cadet

In a lighthearted ceremony at the South Carolina Wing’s Greenville Composite Squadron headquarters June 3, Capt. Nelson Irey, squadron emergency services officer and a former Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency responder, passed the torch …

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La. Wing Provides Flooding Assessment Photo Flights for State

Louisiana Wing aircrews have provided about 500 photos of the Morganza Floodway in the Atchafalaya River basin to damage assessment staff for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP). The flights are being …

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