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FLORIDA -- A crew from the ABC News affiliate in Panama City, News 13, went to Tyndall Air Force Base Tuesday to visit with members from 1st Air Force and Civil Air Patrol to view an in-air demonstration of some new digital imagery equipment. During emergencies these kits, known as...

MISSOURI -- Col. Erica Williams became the commander of Missouri Wing recently, becoming the first woman to succeed her father as a wing commander. Williams’ father, Col. Emmitt Williams, served as Missouri Wing commander in the 1990s. He now serves as vice commander of CAP’s North Central Region. Learn more...

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- At a special presentation on Jan 13, Civil Air Patrol Cadet Col. Alecia Hagman from New Hampshire Wing’s Seacoast Composite Squadron was presented with her Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award. This award is the highest award a cadet can earn in Civil Air Patrol.

PENNSYLVANIA -- Saturday’s rain showers did not stop members of the Civil Air Patrol to participate in the Pennsylvania Wing Winter Weekend in Friedens. The event was held at a farm near the Somerset County Airport and hosted by Somerset County Composite Squadron 1502. Click here to learn more about the...

NEW JERSEY -- UNICO District X, which includes 11 chapters in Union, Somerset and Middlesex counties, will present the UNICO Americanism Award for distinguished service to Dr. Ann Walko of Scotch Plains and Anna Hoffman of Whitehouse Station. The UNICO District X Americanism Award is given as a lifetime achievement to those who have...

TEXAS -- Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday preparing to protect the skies around Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Exercise Amalgam Virgo 11-05A, a NORAD air defense exercise, was held Wednesday in the greater Arlington area to allow interagency partners...

MINNESOTA -- Northern Wisconsin astronaut Jeffrey Williams, appearing in Duluth at the annual Civil Air Patrol banquet, says the future of space travel is up in the air. Click here to hear Williams’ comments about the space program.

ARIZONA -- Lake Havasu City firefighters chopped and sawed the city’s first Civil Air Patrol headquarters into history Sunday during a training mission at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport organized between the fire department, CAP representatives and other aviation officials. “It’s like saying goodbye to an old friend,” said Maj....

GEORGIA -- Several Coweta County organizations were recipients of big checks from Sam's Club, as part of opening events for the new store at Fischer Crossings near Sharpsburg. The eight recipients received a total of $25,000 in grant awards at a ceremony held last Wednesday. Receiving grants of $2,500 were...

MICHIGAN -- The Women In Defense Michigan Chapter (WID-Michigan), led by CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, recently presented the Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund with a $10,000 check to assist the nonprofit organization in its efforts to provide financial support to those who serve and protect the country,...

MINNESOTA -- The rich tradition of Civil Air Patrol was honored at an awards banquet Thursday night at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. The banquet recognized the men and women of the Minnesota Wing’s Duluth Composite Squadron. Special guests included aviation heroes like Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer and astronaut Jeff...

MINNESOTA -- Pilot and former Richfield police Sgt. Tom Fitzhenry has flying in his past, starting in 1967 with the Civil Air Patrol as a cadet. After joining the Navy in 1970, he didn't fly for decades, until a powered parachute caught his eye about five years ago at the...

LOUISIANA -- When Jonathan Balint of Civil Air Patrol's Pontchartrain Composite Squadron received the Gen. Ira Eaker Award and was promoted to cadet lieutenant colonel in CAP's cadet program, the Kenner resident joined an elite group. “Only 2 percent of the cadets ever achieve this rank and receive the Eaker...

ALASKA -- Seventeen teenagers in Healy are about to embark on a grand adventure. The high schoolers are members of the new Civil Air Patrol squadron in Healy — thanks to a new leadership program and a multitude of community partnerships.

KENTUCKY -- Simon Kenton High School junior Stephanie Bridges is doing all she can to get into the U.S. Air Force Academy and become an astronaut. Bridges is a Civil Air Patrol cadet officer in the Kentucky Wing’s Campbell County Composite Squadron and is becoming cadet commander of the unit...

OHIO -- Meigs Adams of Hudson is one the 100 Ohio women in air and space honored recently by the International Women's Air & Space Museum at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. “I was surprised by the honor,” Adams said. “I guess all those hours in the air counted for...

ALABAMA -- The Tuscaloosa Regional Airport’s main terminal buzzed with activity Saturday as members of the Tuscaloosa squadron of the Civil Air Patrol got hands-on training in what is one of the group’s most important duties. For eight hours, five small airplanes came and went from the airport runway as part...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A column in The Washington Post, written by Derrick T. Dortch, recommends Civil Air Patrol – the U.S. Air Force auxiliary – as one of three examples of good government-related opportunities for volunteer-minded individuals. Click here to read more about what Dortch, the Post’s federal jobs expert, says...

MISSISSIPPI -- Renown sculptor Samuel Gore, a former squadron commander in Civil Air Patrol’s Mississippi Wing, says he is counting on his experiences with the U.S. Air Force auxiliary in his latest artwork – the Veterans Tribute monument for his hometown of Clinton. Named “Fallen Comrade,” the monument pays homage...

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS -- “Stephen Force” of the Airspeed Podcast and Airspeed Media Network interviews Lt. Col. John Desmarais, Civil Air Patrol’s interim national director of operations. The main topic of the nearly 50-minute Airspeed Online conversation centers around CAP’s National Emergency Services Academy at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. Force is...

CALIFORNIA -- One year after his horrific crash in the mountains of Joshua Tree National Park, Rocky Harvey is hopeful to fly again soon – thanks to members of CAP’s California Wing who braved adverse conditions who rescued him. Read about Harvey’s rescue and his rehabilitation efforts since the crash...

MISSISSIPPI -- Sixteen-year-old Colton Lucas and three other Madison County teenagers spent six rigorous days -- leaving mid-morning on Christmas for a 10-hour drive -- at a Civil Air Patrol encampment in Texas with about 125 other cadets from several states for training. Read more about their experience in their...

IOWA -- Lt. Col. Steven T. Wall of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command was the keynote speaker at the Davenport Composite Squadron dining out on Jan. 15. The event, designed to promote “camaraderie and [the] celebration of all the hard work these young people and their parents to for our...

WEST VIRGINIA -- Cadet 1st Lt. Faith Galford of the Greenbrier Composite Squadron will likely never forget visiting the Caldwell Livestock Market with her father, Lowell, on June 26, 2009. That was the day she helped save the life of Joseph Fur, according to an American Red Cross Certificate of...

MONTANA -- The weather is dry, warming up and the river is flowing in the Twin Bridges area. The flooding has settled down...  But the work for some residents has not, including a group of cadets from the Montana Civil Air Patrol in Butte, who volunteered their Saturday to make...