For National Volunteer Week, we salute Lt. Col. James D. Peace, a Texas Wing squadron commander who also serves as Civil Air Patrol’s National Cadet Special Activities coordinator and teaches at a Houston middle school where he fills a number of roles.Volunteer...
Col. Tyler P. Frander became the 32nd commander of Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force in a ceremony April 13 in the main hangar at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.As CAP-USAF commander, Frander is responsible for ensuring CAP — the Air Force auxiliary — is...
Maj. Sian Proctor, the Arizona Wing member who orbited Earth for three days in September as the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft, shared her experience recently with nearly 200 members from the Arizona and California wings.During her half-hour...
For Women’s History Month, CAP.news profiles Col. Rose Hunt, Great Lakes Region commander and former Wisconsin Wing commander.Col. Rose Hunt has a two-word philosophy — along with an ethic that makes a longshoreman’s work habits look like those of a middle...
For Women’s History Month, Civil Air Patrol honors Louise McPhetridge Thaden, an early member of both CAP and “the Ninety-Nines.” Established in 1929 by 99 women pilots, members of the Ninety-Nines Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots, promote...
Col. Virginia M. Nelson will continue her service as Civil Air Patrol’s Pacific Region commander, officially accepting the appointment made last week by Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, CAP’s national commander and CEO.Nelson will be sworn in March 26 at the joint Pacific...
Two Civil Air Patrol pilots participating in a Hawaii Wing tsunami alert training mission March 20 perished in an accident on Kaua’i.“We lost two valued members of our CAP ohana (family) this weekend,” said Col. Chantal Lonergan, Hawaii Wing commander. “Our hearts...
The Colorado Wing’s Air Academy Cadet Squadron team placed third nationally March 20 in the Air Force Association’s National Youth Cyber Defense Competition XIV finals, giving Civil Air Patrol teams 11 top-three finishes in 14 years, including three overall titles.The...
Igor Sikorsky, the Ukrainian-born American pioneer in helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, said it well: “The work of the individual remains the spark that moves mankind forward.”In the 80-year history of Civil Air Patrol, Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, former national...
During Women of Aviation Week, we feature Lt. Col. Rochelle Kimbrell, the former Civil Air Patrol cadet who rejoined the Colorado Wing after a 22-year military career during which she became the U.S. Air Force’s first Black female fighter pilot.For retired...
