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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two former Civil Air Patrolvolunteers -- Joan Trebtoske Jenks and Jane Doyle -- are among the more than 1,000 members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, being honored today with Congressional Gold Medals for their military service during World War II. Jenks, a native of...

OHIO -- The Civil Air Patrol was part of a multi-agency, multi-state search for a missing plane, which was found Friday night in a wooded area in Union County, near Maryville. The bodies of the pilot and his passenger, both from Indiana,were found in the wreckage.

MASSACHUSETTS -- Steven Bates was recently named the Air Force Community Services Flight Manager of theYear for his business acumen in managing the Hanscom Air Fore Base Aero Club in 2009.Despite an economic slowdown,Batesturned a small loss in fiscal year 2008 into a substantial profit in 2009, thereby earning the...

INDIANA -- Members of the Terre Haute Senior Squadron and the group itself will be honored for outstanding service at the 2010 Indiana Wing Conference in April. Lt. Col. Reginald Paul, the wing's counter-drug officer, has been named Senior Member of the Year; Capt. Adam Springmeyer has been named Safety...

FLORIDA -- Two Civil Air Patrol cyber defense teams from the Burlington Composite Squadron in Burlington, N.C., and Beach Cities Cadet Squadron 107 in Torrance, Calif., captured second and third place respectively at the Air Force Association's CyberPatriot II Championships in Orlando Friday. They finished just shy of first place,...

MICHIGAN -- Marine Cpl. Jacob Turbett died Feb. 13 in Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban. His mother, Sheila Turbett, said he was killed by a single gunshot. Previously, the military-minded Turbett had completed tours of duty in Bangladesh and Iraq and had been stationed in Okinawa, Japan....

ALABAMA -- Col. Lisa Robinson assumed command of Civil Air Patrol's Alabama Wing on Feb. 6. She isthe first female commander of the wing, but her path to success was not without its obstacles. An article in her hometown newspaper, The Clanton Advertiser, chronicles her rise within the Civil Air...

WEST VIRGINIA -- A 14-year-old Civil Air Patrol cadet is being hailed as a hero for his efforts to prevent his 4-year-old cousin from choking on awad of bubble gum. Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Dakota Workman of West Virginia Wing's Boone Composite Squadron told the local newspaper, the Coal Valley...

MICHIGAN -- A renewal agreementwith the Department of the Air Force-National Museum of the United States Air Force will keep a military aircraft on display at the entrance of the Delta County Airport in Escanaba, Mich. The plane, a F-84F, is maintained by Civil Air PatrolLt. Col. Don Poe and...

ILLINOIS -- Former CAP cadet Tonika Johnsonhas authored a children's book, Nikki the Airline Pilot, which tells of her experiences as a black female commercial airline pilot. It was a way to promote aviation education and to encourage children to read, said Johnson, in an interview with her hometown newspaper,...

VIRGINIA -- Apartnership between Civil Air Patrol and Dulles Aviation is beneficial to both. The relationship works well, according to members ofVirginia Wing's Prince William Composite Squadron and owners of the aviation company. Both the Prince William squadron and Dulles Aviation are headquartered at the Manassas Regional Airport.

CONNECTICUT --A story and video in The Day newspaper in New London, Conn., takes a closer look at the operations of Civil Air Patrol'sConnecticut Wing. The multimediareport wasfiled by reporter Megan Bard after sheflew with an aircrew from Connecticut Wing's Thames River Composite Squadron, one of 12 CAPsquadrons in Connecticut...

LOUISIANA -- A vintage plane designed an Air Force One when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office was once used by the Civil Air Patrol in Louisiana. The Aero Commander 680-Military (U-4B), used for President Eisenhower's short trips because it could easier land at small airports, will soon be...

COLORADO -- Civil Air Patrol Capt. Martin Katz is the new dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Katz served as interimdean of thecollegefor the past six months and is eager to help implement a new strategic plan developed in conjunction with top law schools and the...

TENNESSEE -- A Memorandum of Understanding signedWednesday signals a new working partnership between Civil Air Patrol's Tennessee Wing and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. In announcing the partnership, Sheriff Jim Hammond cited the wing's most recent involvement in taking photos of flooding that occurred in Chattanooga and East Ridge, two...