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NORTH DAKOTA -- High above the flooding in the Red River Valley, the North Dakota Civil Air Patrol is giving rides to a variety of state and federal government agencies. When they’re up, they are looking for washed out roads, bridges that have been swamped or have debris against them....

GEORGIA -- Cadet Airman 1st Class Mark E. Zeagler, a senior at Prince Avenue Christian School, is one of two Athens-area teens to receive appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun said Thursday. Zeagler, of Watkinsville, is a varsity athlete at PACS and serves as a...

TEXAS -- Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Lake Houston area Marauder Composite Squadron raised enough money to equip several U.S. Army and Marine Corps combat units with special protective helmet pads. The units, an Army scout platoon, an Army engineer platoon and a Marine infantry platoon, are all serving...

ALABAMA -- Astronaut Doug Wheelock visited with local students Wednesday and asked them to dream big. Wheelock has spent 178 days in space throughout his NASA career and during his most recent trip assumed command of the International Space Station. “I was just an ordinary kid,” he told Hayneville Road...

PENNSYLVANIA -- John Van Horn could have spent World War II working on radar, but instead he was recommended for a secret project of another sort. As the Upper St. Clair resident told Civil Air Patrol members, cadets and their parents in West Mifflin Tuesday, it would be a far...

OKLAHOMA -- The Civil Air Patrol is once again looking for missing persons. Although that’s part of the volunteer CAP’s mission, this time the search isn’t for missing aircraft or lost loved ones. The search is on for missing CAP members from World War II. “What we’re trying to do...

VIRGINIA -- The Air Force Association announces the 18 recipients of the Civil Air Patrol Educator Grant, an education initiative funded by AFA and managed by CAP National Headquarters. The CAP Educator Grants are each up to $250, and provided to teachers who are members of either the AFA or...

MARYLAND -- Volunteers with Civil Air Patrol found a body in Patapsco Valley State Park’s Hilltop section — that of a partially decomposed corpse of a man dressed in layered clothing — during a search for a missing teenager, Phylicia Barnes. Maryland State Police said they did not suspect foul...

IOWA -- As a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Lt. Col. Sharon Sanford is used to helping people in their times of need. “We’ll be here as long as they need us,” Sanford said. But watching the storm unfold on TV from her home in Norfolk, Neb., Sanford could see her in-laws...

TENNESSEE -- Civil Air Patrol’s Cleveland Composite Squadron launched in 1986 and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary July 7. Members of the unit are using the special occasion to actively seek new members. “We’re currently rebuilding,” said Capt. Diane VanderVeen, the squadron’s commander. Read more about their efforts in...

WISCONSIN -- The Wisconsin Wing recognized Cindy Byers with the Civil Air Patrol Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to CAP’s aerospace education mission. Lt. Col. Harvey Moss, the wing’s deputy chief of staff for missions, presented the award to Byers during a Rosholt School District assembly where students and...

ALABAMA -- Spring is here, and with it comes the threat of severe weather. Terrible storms can strike at any moment, but Civil Air Patrol is ready to respond. And when that time comes, it usually starts at Maxwell Air Force Base. When a disaster occurs, emergency calls come through...

MISSOURI -- Emergency responders, public service mangers, Red Cross, local political leaders and state emergency management representatives came together Wednesday for the last meeting of the Saline County Emergency Planning Coalition before a planned exercise on May 18. The exercise, which will include the Missouri Wing of Civil Air Patrol,...

TENNESSEE -- The Chattanooga Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol was invited to participate in this year’s full scale exercise at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. Squadron Commander Capt. Mark Landrum and four other senior members took nine of their cadets to the airport to assist in the exercise, primarily by playing...

SOUTH DAKOTA -- Flooding rivers aren’t the only concern when it comes to spring in northeastern South Dakota. Ice is still causing concern on Lake Kampeska near Watertown. Civil Air Patrol’s Sioux Falls Composite Squadron flew over northeastern South Dakota, capturing photos of the flooded regions, snow cover and ice...

Investigators now say a group of Boy Scouts actually helped lead them to the missing plane's crash site. A troop was camping near the crash site on March 27, when the plane disappeared, and told authorities they heard a low flying aircraft. After searching for five days, local authorities found the missing...

Civil Air Patrol's Missouri Wing located the plane that went missing last Sunday in southeast Missouri. The persons onboard the Piper Lance did not survive. CAP spokesperson Lt. Col. David Miller said the plane was located in an area approximately 8 miles southeast of Ironton in Madison County, after a...

MISSOURI -- Five days after a single-engine aircraft bound for Wisconsin disappeared from radar over Ripley County, searchers have expanded their efforts to include the Farmington area. At least three Civil Air Patrol planes were expected to resume the search today when fog lifted. "We're moving a little further north based on possible...

PENNSYLVANIA -- Every year, the Mercer County Civil Air Patrol invites friends and family to check out all the hard work cadets have put in on various projects during the year. The Mercer County Composite Squadron held its Open House event at the National Guard Armory in Hermitage on Wednesday....

TENNESSEE -- “Sir, I accept command.” With these words, command of Tennessee Wing of Civil Air Patrol passed from Col. Barry Melton of Cleveland to Col. Bill Lane of Gray in a change of command ceremony in Nashville. Southeast Region Commander Col. James Rushing presided over the ceremony. During the...

CALIFORNIA -- Nine Modesto-area teens are the newest cadets of the U.S. Air Force auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol. The cadets, now members of the Lt. Col. Arthur King Composite Squadron, completed a five-week orientation that included training in leadership, physical fitness, aerospace education and character-building activities. But the highlight of...

MISSOURI -- Members of the Missouri Wing of Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force auxiliary, continued their air and ground search today, looking for an overdue aircraft that disappeared from radar around the Fairdealing and Naylor areas on Sunday. Three aircraft and one ground team searched Thursday morning. Fog delayed the...

NEVADA -- Fox5 News KVUU-TV in Las Vegas flew along with members of Civil Air Patrol’s Nevada Wing recently as they trained to find fallen aircraft and lost hikers in the Las Vegas Valley desert. Click here to see the Fox5 video.  

FLORIDA -- As Charlie Gregoire pulls back on the yoke to initiate a stall/spin, a momentary “uh oh” runs through the mind. Seatbelts are not fastened. Too late. The nose pitches down violently as the spin rotation begins. Thankfully, that’s when the comfort and safety of sitting in a simulator...

GEORGIA -- David Mitchell of Peachtree City has assumed command of the Peachtree City Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol. Lt. Col. Mitchell was raised in Columbus, Ohio, and it was there he fell in love with flying. Entering CAP as a cadet in 1968, he soloed at age 16....