Articles tagged with 'wing' | Civil Air Patrol

New commanders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District conducted an aerial survey of Willamette Valley dams and reservoirs during a flight provided Sept. 15 by Civil Air Patrol’s Oregon Wing.CAP Col. Brian Bishop served as mission pilo...

A Mississippi Wing aircrew guided rescuers from the U.S. Coast Guard to a man and girl in the water Aug. 27 after their boat capsized 3 miles southwest of Cat IslandLt. Col. Daniel Watson, pilot, and Capt. Mitchell Tyndall, observer, were flying a ro...

Renewing an annual Labor Day weekend mission, six aircraft from the Arizona Wing flew overhead on the lookout for possible problems as boaters on Lake Havasu enjoyed the holiday.Working in support of the Lake Havasu Police Department and Mohave Count...

Cadets from the Louisiana Wing’s Pontchartrain Composite Squadron did the honors for the National World War II Museum’s video of the Missing Man Table ceremony commemorating POW/MIA Day on Sept. 15. Cadet Staff Sgt. Benjamin Felton Joseph, Cadet Airm...

Members from nine Kentucky Wing squadrons stepped up this summer to support the Armed Services Blood Program’s blood drives during U.S. Army ROTC cadet summer training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.In all, 85 members supported 12 blood drives conducted duri...

Asheville Composite Squadron members toured the HondaJet research facility and assembly center in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 16 in a follow-up to HondaJet’s earlier visit to the squadron’s Asheville Regional Airport base to display the compa...

Cadet Col. Sebastian Miskimmin received Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor in a setting as close to home as possible – his parents’ bac yard in Covington, Louisiana.Miskimmin was presented with the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award during a farewell party as...

Col. Aaron Angelini, a Civil Air Patrol member with more than 20 years of leadership, finance, and management skills, took command of the Indiana Wing in a ceremony Aug. 12  in Indianapolis.  “I am looking forward to working with Indiana Wing volunte...

Civil Air Patrol’s hot-air balloon “Imagination” returned to New York for the first time since before the pandemic as New York Wing members continued their long history of providing support for Broome County’s Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally.First Lt...

For the fourth time in the past decade, the West Virginia Wing assisted the West Virginia National Guard in its military and interagency support for the Boy Scouts of America’s National Jamboree, held July 19-28 at the Summit Bechtel Family National ...

A Colorado Wing aircrew located three missing campers and guided ground searchers to the trio July 30, the day after they were reported missing from a group of five camping in the Tom Bennet Campground area near Pingree Park.The wing was assigned to ...

Cadet Col. Paul Southwick of the Maine Wing’s Waterville Composite Squadron has received the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, making him the wing’s 16th cadet to earn the pinnacle honor."This achievement has been my goal since I began my cadet career in CA...

Increased collaboration was the focus when officials with the Alabama Wing and the Alabama National Guard met recently.Cols. Brian Williams, Alabama Wing commander; Todd Wheeler, Alabama National Guard chief of plans; and Joshua Cloud, Alabama Nation...

Cadet Col. Evan Regan of the New York Wing received Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor this month at the encampment where he served as cadet commander.Regan received the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award at Hancock Field National Guard Base, site of the New ...

Col. Andrew Selph is the new commander of the New Mexico Wing and its more than 650 members.Selph, who succeeds Col. Annette Peters, was sworn in July 22 during a hangar ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base.A Civil Air Patrol member since joining as a...

The Arizona Wing’s educator member ranks have grown by more than 70% — to 225  from 131— after the aerospace education team wrapped up a series of six presentations to teachers completing a professional continuing education program offered by Grand C...

Pilot training has reached new heights for the New Mexico Wing’s Albuquerque Senior Squadron II, thanks to an upgraded flight simulator that offers familiarization with the G1000 glass cockpit avionics suite. That means members can be introduced to a...

A flight on a C-130 from the Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing added a special touch to the New York Wing’s Basic Leadership Encampment for about 40 cadets.In addition to the C-130 trek, the cadets took in  KC-135 tanker, an A-10 Thunderbolt II...

Col.-select Michael Willis has been named the next commander of the Georgia Wingafter serving in diverse Civil Air Patrol leadership roles for a combined total of 30 years.  Willis will formally succeed Col. Jeff Garrett, wing commander since 2019, i...

Central Mississippi Composite Squadron cadets made the 165-mile trek from Jackson to the Gulf Coast to take in Keesler Air Force Base’s Thunder over the Sound Air & Space Show, featuring a full day of attractions in the air and on the ground .In addi...

The 10 Maine Wing squadrons gathered June 10 for a search and rescue training exercise simulating a lost person scenario.In all, 52 members from across the state convened for the training, hosted by the Sanford Composite Squadron. Representatives fro...

He's now an officer in the U.S. Air Force, but before he wrapped up his Civil Air Patrol cadet career as a Massachusetts Wing member 2nd Lt. Luke Pongratz achieved CAP’s top cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award.The former Hanscom Composite Squa...

Eleven North Carolina Wing pilots trained to fly over mountainous terrain as the Asheville Composite Squadron again hosted the wing’s 17th Mountain Fury weekend June 2-4 at Asheville Regional Airport.Each pilot received four hours of classroom traini...

The California Wing is working to bolster spiritual support for members by recruiting more chaplains, especially from underrepresented groups – an effort launched last month with an opening focus on the Jewish community.Chaplain (Maj.) Dovid Grossman...

Rocket science was the theme for the day when 22 cadets and one adult member of the Georgia Wing’s Gwinnett County Composite Squadron launched the high-power projectiles they’d assembled as part of Civil Air Patrol’s rocketry program, marking the cul...

Cadet Col. Gary G.K. Petro is the Montana Wing’s 17th recipient of the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor.The Flathead Composite Squadron member joined CAP in February 2019. He earned his private pilot certificate last Sep...

With the June 1 advent of hurricane season approaching, the Alabama Wing participated in the state Emergency Management Agency’s annual hurricane response exercise off the Alabama Gulf Coast.Members from across the wing performed numerous roles durin...

The North Carolina Wing has expanded its small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) mission capabilities after receiving 10 military-grade Teal 2 drones provided the state Division of Emergency Management.“The North Carolina Wing drone program grew by leaps...

Cadets once more took the lead when more than 100 Michigan Wing members participated May 19-21 in the annual youth-led Operation Wolverine search and rescue exercise.For Operation Wolverine, cadets fill the leadership roles typically held by adult me...

Cadets and adult members from the Georgia and South Carolina wings teamed up the weekend of May 13-14 to help ensure the Augusta Air Show, held for the first time in more than a decade, ran smoothly at Augusta Regional Airport.In all, 41 members – 28...