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MISSOURI -- The recent catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan have brought the problems faced by mankind into much sharper focus. Governments, corporations and individuals have responded to these horrific events with offers of billions in aid. Many Americans may feel their own small gifts, though well meaning and sincere,...

KANSAS -- Ron Hall of Duncan Aviation – a former Civil Air Patrol cadet in the Kansas Wing – has received the 2011 AEA Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed on an Aircraft Electronics Association member. He was presented with the award during the opening session of the 54th...

NORTH CAROLINA -- Civil Air Patrol Cadet Col. Joel Woods of Winston Salem has always done things a little differently than most kids his age. He got behind the controls of an airplane before getting behind the wheel of a car. He’s been home-schooled all 12 years of his educational...

ALASKA -- Searchers say a 45-year-old pilot has been found alive, four days after he took off from Anchorage's Lake Hood floatplane port without filing a flight plan. John Burick, a special agent with the U.S. Forest Service, was found by searchers shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday at the site...

SOUTH DAKOTA -- It has three missions: develop cadets, educate people on importance of aviation and space and perform life-saving humanitarian issues. “Community service and involvement is a key part of our mission,” said 1st Lt. David Small, commander of the Lookout Mountain Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol in...

ARIZONA -- When Arizona State Rep. Jerry Weiers introduced his then 12-year-old daughter to the Civil Air Patrol cadet program in 1996, his vision of building a permanent meeting place for the program in the state was born. Since then he has used every opportunity to urge community leaders, CAP...

NEW YORK -- The Colonel Francis S. Gabreski Squadron Color Guard team of Patchogue recently won the Long Island Group cadet competition – its sixth win in nine years of competition. The victory earned Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Aysha Ozyilimaz, Cadet Staff Sgt. Lauren Lindgren, Cadet Airman Chau Le and...

ARIZONA -- The woman responsible for passage of Yuma's first milk ordinance and who fought throughout her life to improve health conditions was inducted into Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in Phoenix. The program paid tribute posthumously to Helene Thomas Bennett, 1901-1988, and four other women for their significant roles...

TEXAS -- How can you make a difference with just a picture frame and an alarm clock? Christal Theriot, a 17-year-old senior at Clear Horizons Early College High School at San Jacinto College South in Houston, will find out when she begins her military officer training at the United States...

COLORADO -- A full-sized sailplane, similar to a glider, will be on display in the courtyard of the Hotel Colorado for the annual Colorado Wing Conference. About 200 teen and adult wing members are expected to attend the all-day conference April 9 at the hotel in Glenwood Springs, where they...

MONTANA -- As search and rescue teams face deteriorating weather conditions in Montana's Big Sky area, authorities plan to continue a scaled-down search for a former Winter Haven, Fla., resident who is missing after an overnight ski trip to Lone Mountain. Bradley "Brad" Gardner, 24, son of Dr. Mary and...

ARIZONA -- The National Park Service is continuing to search approximately 600 square miles of rugged backcountry for a possible downed airplane in Grand Canyon National Park. The mystery of the airplane lost in the Grand Canyon began almost a week ago. Civil Air Patrol is assisting with the park...

NEW YORK -- The next decision to make about the U.S. Air Force's new KC-46A refueling tanker: its name. Maybe a bird, as the Air Force has picked many times before — Falcon, Raptor, Eagle. Or perhaps a mythological character: Hercules, after all, was a Greek hero — brave, strong and...

ILLINOIS -- Cadet Master Sgt. Margaret Lippold, 18, wants to be in the U.S. Air Force someday. So when she was 15 she joined the Civil Air Patrol. “Its an Air Force auxiliary,” said Lippold, who lives in Ottawa and is a member of the Illinois Valley Composite Squadron based...

MICHIGAN -- This was Cadet 2nd Lt. Ashley Thornton's first year as a Miss Clawson Pageant contestant, but she treated it as an extension of the Junior Miss Clawson Pageant competition in which she competed for four straight years. The Junior Miss experience, coupled with the advanced level of discipline...

HAWAII -- Before the waves from an 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan reached Hawaii shores, eight Civil Air Patrol Cessnas launched for a nighttime mission March 10 to warn people along the islands’ coastline. A story on AOPA Online details the actions taken by CAP's Hawaii Wing, as well as that of the...

MINNESOTA -- Twenty-four students in Richard Kielty’s aviation class, at Princeton High School, had a rare opportunity to see airplanes up close and personal. Col. Tom Theis, a retired wing commander in the U.S. Air Force and now a member of Civil Air Patrol, organized a field trip for the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members were honored at a Civil Air Patrol banquet recently on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. The six USAF Honor Guard members work hand-in-hand with the Civil Air Patrol to train National Capital Wing cadets on military expectations and drill components.

Maj. Paul Marsteller looks at the lay of the land while 2nd Lt. Steven St. Clair studies a map during the Civil Air Patrol Currahee Composite Squadron’s search for the Vandiver family cemetery near Tallulah Falls on Saturday. The group of nine Civil Air Patrol teenage cadets, several CAP officers...

SOUTH CAROLINA -- A local group of Civil Air Patrol cadets recently marched off with the first-place award in a statewide color guard competition. Master Sgt. Colton Delaplane, Airman 1st Class Cameron Wilder, Airman Noah Eudy and Tech Sgt. Zach Wilson of the South Carolina Wing’s Lowcountry Composite Squadron won...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command is advising residents in the Washington area of some upcoming military training flights,  scheduled Thursday morning between midnight and 3 a.m. The flights are part of Exercise Falcon Virgo, designed to hone the military's aircraft intercept and identification operations and test...

KANSAS -- The National Volunteer Fire Council has announced the winners of its four national awards, which include Cadet 1st Lt. Brendan Finley-Davis of Civil Air Patrol’s Kansas Wing, the NVFC's Junior Firefighter of the Year. A member of the Micky Axton Composite Squadron in Chanute, Finley-Davis and the other...

MARYLAND -- As part of an invitation-only pre-opening Fallston megastore event Tuesday, Wal-Mart representatives presented $12,500 in grants to a number of organizations, including the Civil Air Patrol Honor Guard and the Maryland Wing Honor Guard.

SOUTH DAKOTA -- The search for a missing resident of the North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon is over. Lisbon Police Chief Jeanette Persons says 78-year-old Leon Weight has been found dead near Aberdeen in South Dakota. Extensive air and ground searches had been conducted and members of Civil Air...

NORTH DAKOTA -- About 800 motorists were rescued in a blizzard this weekend that left vehicles stranded, roads closed and knocked out power. But because of the cooperation of multiple agencies and various individuals, businesses and organizations, no lives were lost. “The cooperation between all the agencies was huge,” said...