During Women of Aviation Week, we feature Kathryn Christmas, a former CAP cadet who’s regimental commander at The Citadel and preparing for her career as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.In May, Cadet Col. Kathryn Christmas will address The Citadel’s Class of 2022 for...
Ninety cadets from 33 wings have achieved academic and flight scholarships worth a combined total of $155,700 in 2022.Twenty cadets were recommended for acceptance to the U.S. Air Force Preparatory School in Colorado Springs.In all, 63 academic...
In observation of Women of Aviation Week, Civil Air Patrol honors Cecil “Teddy” Kenyon, who flew for CAP during World War II after becoming one of the first members of “the Ninety-Nines.” Established in 1929 by 99 women pilots, members of the Ninety-Nines Inc.,...
Registration is underway for Civil Air Patrol’s second National High-Altitude Balloon Challenge, with entry open to one cadet team from a cadet or composite squadron to compete in developing as many experiments as will fit into a 50-milliliter capsule weighing no more...
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen, the Civil Air Patrol alumnus who brought candy and comfort to deprived German children as “Uncle Wiggly Wings” during the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift, died Feb. 16 at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah, after a short illness....
Today Barb Clevenger of Mesa, Arizona, donated the 10,000th unit of blood collected during Civil Air Patrol’s Operation Pulse Lift mission, with the milestone occurring at an emergency blood center at the Arizona Wing’s local Falcon Composite Squadron...
Civil Air Patrol’s roster in next month’s national finals for CyberPatriot XIV looks unusually familiar – all three teams from the 2021 championship round are back from the Colorado Wing’s Air Academy Cadet Squadron, California Wing’s Fullerton...
Civil Air Patrol is participating for the 22nd straight year in an exercise to help the U.S. Air Force ensure the safety and security of airspace around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and Super Bowl LVI, set for Feb. 13.To help train Air Force fighter aircrews...
-Chief Master Sgt. Todd H. Parsons of the Mid-Atlantic Region will be the organization’s next national command chief.Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, CAP’s national commander and CEO, announced the appointment Feb. 1. A ceremony marking the changing of responsibility will...
In response to a first-time “National Blood Crisis” declared last week by the American Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol has stepped up its historic blood collection efforts.Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, CAP’s national commander and CEO, is leading the effort — giving blood...
