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CONNECTICUT -- Avideo report from Megan Bard of The Day newspaper in New London, Conn., takes a closer look at the operations of Civil Air Patrol's Thames River Composite Squadron, one of 12 CAPsquadrons in Connecticut Wing.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Twenty Civil Air Patrol squadrons were awarded Air Force Association grants Monday. The $250 grants will allow the CAP squadrons to promote aerospace education for hundreds of students across America.

CALIFORNIA -- A group of about 50 Civil Air Patrol cadets from California Wing's Shasta Composite Squadron 126 in Redding, Calif., hosted a Korean War combat veteran Thursday. Jack Kilpatric, who served with the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Regiment, 3rd Battalion, told the cadets he had no fond memories of...

FLORIDA -- Figher pilots will practice over the Greater Miami area from midnight until 2 a.m. Friday as part of exercises to coordinate protection of airspace over Sun Life Stadium for Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7. Pilots from Civil Air Patrol as well as from the U.S. Customs and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The March 2010 issue of Air Space/Smithsonian magazine features two full-length stories with ties to Civil Air Patrol. Both are stories of interest to CAP's 59,000 members. Don't Cross That Line: WouldA Fighter Pilot Shoot DownA Private Airplane? deals with the sensitve subject of homeland security, specifically...

ARIZONA -- Civil Air Patrol provides flight support for the 1.1 million-acre Barry M. Goldwater Range (BMGR) near Luke Air Force Base in southwest Arizona. Officials say CAP aircraft are well suited for surveillance of the federal property,providing excellent observation platforms for the task. They estimate thecost savingsfor two full...

MISSISSIPPI -- Tom Simmons, a captain with Civil Air Patrol's Mississippi Wing, is the latest recipient of the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award by the Federal Aviation Administration in recognition of his 50 years of safe aviation. Simmons lives in Gulfport and flies with the Mississippi Wing's Col. Berta...

CALIFORNIA -- News of Civil Air Patrol's mountaintop rescue of a Twentynine Palms flight instructor and his student pilot is spreading throughout the desert region of Southern California. Here are some print and broadcast news accounts of the rescue: KPSP Local 2 News, kpsplocal2.com (with video) The Desert Sun, mydesert.com...

FLORIDA -- The new executive director/CEO of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, Steve Grossman, fueled his early interest in the skies as a Civil Air Patrol cadet. In an online conversation withthe Financial News Daily Record (jaxdailyrecord.com), he talks about being a CAP cadet fostered his dreams of flying. At an...

CALIFORNIA -- A Civil Air Patrol ground search and rescue team working in a heavy rain reached the site of an aircraft crash in the Joshua Tree National Park late Monday night, in time to rescue a flight instructor and student who were trapped in the wreckage of a small...

OHIO -- A plane crash Monday afternoon claimed four lives, including that of an inventor and his wife. The Civil Air Patrol and other emergency-related agencies were on the scene of the Ohio crash, which occurred at the Lorain County Regional Airport.

NEW JERSEY-- Civil Air Patrol members like Capt. Jennifer Williamsof New Jersey Wing's Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Composite Squadron were among those volunteering to help with earthquake relief efforts at McGuire Air Force Base over the weekend. Williams and her family, as well as other CAP members, were on...

FLORIDA -- Two squadrons from CAP's Florida Wing managed the Haiti Relief Collection Station for the Best Of The Best Networking Group in North Palm Beach over the weekend. Members from the North Palm Beach and Lantana squadrons manned the station, where emergency supplies were collected for the people of...

FLORIDA -- Karen Willis-Barrett, who established a Civil Air Patrol squadron at her middle school in the Tampa area, makes it her mission to help her students thrive. Her education initiatives are chronicled in a recent story posted onlineby tampatrib.com.

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- The Hawk/Lakes Region Squadron took ownership of the latest and greatest in CAP aircraft, a glass cockpit Cessna, Thursday at the Laconia Municipal Airport. CAP pilots from the New Hampshire Wing squadron, including retired U.S. Air Force Col. Bill Moran, were absolutely thrilled with the unit's new...