Civil Air Patrol recognizes National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, with a question-and-answer session with Senior Member Bianca Vasquez of the Hawaii Wing’s Maui Composite Squadron.Thanks to her experiences in the Hawaii Wing, especially...
Puerto Rico Wing members and their CIvil Air Patrol colleagues from three other wings are responding in the air and on the ground to catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Fiona.Members are flying damage assessment photography missions over affected areas,...
Col. Jason R. Hess received a surprise on his 47th birthday — a call from Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, Civil Air Patrol national commander/CEO, informing him he was his choice to command CAP’s Rocky Mountain Region.Phelka appointed Hess region commander Sept. 23 after...
New Cadet Col. Ian Cheshire of the Oregon Wing’s Medford Composite Squadron has followed in his two older brothers’ footsteps by achieving Civil Air Patrol’s top cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award.Potentially, that leaves two to go. The three Spaatz...
Now in its second week of training this month in Columbus, Indiana, Civil Air Patrol’s U.S. Air Force Rated Preparatory Program (AF-RPP) gives CAP instructor pilots the unique opportunity to help train active-duty officers and enlisted members aspiring to fly.“This is...
In triumph, World Series winners soak themselves in champagne. Super Bowl champs go to Disney World.But when aviators achieve, their reactions are a bit more understated.On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were too busy trying to keep warm against the...
For the young members of the Florida Wing’s 89th MacDill Aviation Cadet Squadron, Lt. Col. David Panzera brings a valuable added dimension to Civil Air Patrol activities For the young members – including one vivid lesson from his days flying in Antarctica, a far cry...
Lt. Col. Seth D. Hudson has been appointed Civil Air Patrol’s new national historian, according to Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, national commander/CEO.Hudson, an 18-year CAP veteran and Southwest Region member, succeeds Col. Frank Blazich Jr., now CAP’s national...
During a blood donation center event Sept. 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, a U.S. Air Force basic trainee donated the 15,000th unit of blood collected in Civil Air Patrol’s three-year Operation Pulse Lift mission. Beginning in April 2017 as a...
