Articles tagged with 'wing' | Civil Air Patrol

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...

Cadet Col. Zurich Begin is the Ohio Wing’s newest recipient of the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor, after a presentation by one of his Spaatz-achieving predecessors— Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, CAP national commander.Beg...

The South Dakota Wing participated in the effort to find a Mustang horse that broke free from a wilderness camp May 2 in Wind Cave National Park, searching from aircraft and  photography drones as well as on the ground.“The incident was an unusual si...

Delaware Wing cadets took on the twin challenges of designing and building a habitat on Mars and constructing a planetary rover on a limited budget during the wing’s recent Aerospace Education Day. The Mars Habitat Challenge tasked cadets with design...

Cadets from the New York Wing’s Westchester Cadet Squadron put their aviation and aerospace knowledge to work in helping local Girl Scouts from Troop 1165 earn their Aviation Day patch. The event was sponsored by  the Greater New York Chapter of the ...

The Idaho Wing’s Coeur d’Alene Composite Squadron mounted a solid performance in the recent QRPX HF military radio competition, placing in the top 15% – 36th – of the 250 military and auxiliary stations participating.Using call sign Q240, the 22-memb...

A Wisconsin Wing cadet stepped up after she and her two younger sisters spotted some negative graffiti in a nearby square while they were waiting for a field trip at Wausau’s Grand Theater.Upon finding out that the show was cancelled, Cadet Tech. Sgt...

A Florida Wing cadet drew praise from local police after noticing and reporting a suspected theft when a vendor removing items from a Sun ‘n Fun air show booth and hangar refused to acknowledge upon being asked to show identification.Cadet Airman Bas...

Three times proved to be the charm this year for the Tri-Wing Encampment, with organizers opting for a three-weekend Type B format rather than the more common Type A full-week approach.In all, 67 cadets from not only the Delaware, Maryland, and Natio...

The Arizona Wing recently became the first in Civil Air Patrol to undergo a new in-depth operational evaluation process, announced in January, featuring a combination of U.S. Air Force evaluators and CAP observers.  Selected “emphasis” wings will und...

The California Wing’s Fullerton Composite Squadron 56 added a second-place finish in the Cisco Network Academy Challenge to its record of success – including three straight national finals and five in six years – in the CyberPatriot National Youth Cy...

The Alabama Wing’s Redstone Composite Squadron combined forces with the locally based SARTEC K-9 Unit for a joint agency field training exercise simulating a missing person.Two teams, each led by a search dog with its handler, worked with Redstone ca...

Col. Brian C. Howard is the new Nevada Wing commander, succeeding Col. Deborah Pierce in a ceremony March 3 at Civil Air Patrol’s Winter Command Council meeting in Washington, D.C.  Howard previously served as the Henderson Composite Squadron’s offic...

Lt. Col. Jennifer L. Smith has been selected as the next Missouri Wing commander, succeeding Col. Thomas Martin, wing commander since May 2019, in a change of command ceremony at the wing conference later this month. Smith, the wing’s vice commander ...

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) principles came alive for 121 cadets from the North and South Carolina wings through hands-on learning exercises during a workshop at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Charlotte, North Carolina...

Capt. Andrew Aceves of the Louisiana Wing’s St. Tammany Composite Squadron received his Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor Feb. 21 in the nation’s capital from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Since joining the...

Cadets from the Wisconsin Wing's Walco Composite Squadron took their first flights during two days of weekend orientation ridesMilwaukee Senior Squadron 10 provided the aircraft and pilots for the activity.“We are looking to eventually acquire our ow...

Col.-select R. Brian Williams has been named the next commander of Civil Air Patrol’s Alabama Wing after a 30-year career in the U.S. Army.Williams joined CAP as a cadet in 1981 and cites his experience in the organization as life-changing in terms o...

By mid-morning nearly a half-inch of rain had fallen. The sky and forecast agreed – correctly, it turned out – that more was on the way.The Civil Air Patrol members visiting Gettysburg National Military Park were soaked as they stood on Oak Ridge and...

Judd Dukes, a veteran of D-day, celebrated his 96th birthday three  days early with the Capitol City Composite Squadron during a visit Jan. 30 that featured his recollections of the Normandy invasion and other wartime experiences.Dukes spoke with the...

California Wing members responded in the air and on the ground after torrential rainstorms drenched their state in January.Beginning Jan. 12,  11 Civil Air Patrol aircraft carried out 65 flights. In all, 125 members participated, and 1,500 photos wer...

Cadets in the Iowa Wing’s ’s Des Moines Composite Squadron recently received a personal tour and up-close view of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone from the 132nd Wing of the Iowa Air National Guard. The cadets were escorted to the flight line for a...

The South Dakota Wing is assisting Feeding South Dakota and other agencies in their efforts to feed residents snowed in for over a week because of winter storms. Three members of the Pierre Composite Squadron pitched in at Feeding South Dakota's loca...

Members of the Texas Wing’s Pegasus Composite Squadron received a first-hand perspective on test piloting and on space flight when retired U.S. Air Force Col. Sidney M. Gutierrez discussed his years in the military and in NASA, including 20 days and ...

Members of the New Jersey Wing Cadet Advisory Council did it their way last month, planning and hosting a cadet conference and ball that drew more than 200 participants to J.P. Stevens High School in Edison.The advisory council lived up to its motto,...

Members of the Vermont Wing’s Bennington Composite Squadron stepped up recently to help repair vandals’ damage to gravesites at a local historic cemetery.More than 200 historical markers dating back to before the Revolutionary War were overturned or ...

Retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Robert Nester, for whom one of the Indiana Wing’s four school-based squadrons is named, was honored Oct. 8 at the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame Honors Banquet in Carmel along with his fellow 2022 inductees int...

Lt. Col. Juan Rodríguez has been named Puerto Rico Wing commander after years of serving in diverse leadership roles within the organization.Rodriguez will succeed Col. Edgardo Torres, commander since December 2018, at the wing conference Dec. 3 in M...

Cadets from the Ohio Wing’s Wright-Patterson Composite Squadron served as the color guard Sept. 24 for the National Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, during which Civil Air Patrol pioneer Lt. ...