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Aerospace Education

Receive hands on instruction in aerospace education topics.

Orientation Flights

Provide a way for cadets to get hands on experience in both powered airplanes and gliders!

Character Development

Teaches cadets about core values, morals, and ethics

Dedicated Aircrews

Aircrews are always ready to take flight and assist in search and rescue, photography, damage assessment, and missions in support of Air Force training requirements.

Encampment

A week long training program to instill leadership traits in new cadets.

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Massive Eclipse Mission: 'Teamwork on a Continental Scale'

At least 4,000 Civil Air Patrol members turned out April 8 for what's likely the organization's largest single-day mission ever — assisting NASA by collecting more than a quarter-million data points from the total solar eclipse.In all, som...

92 Cadets Awarded $155K+ in Scholarships; 2023 Recipients Discuss Impact

Ninety-two cadets from 38 wings in all eight Civil Air Patrol regions have been awarded academic, flight, and activity scholarships collectively worth a record $155,585. The total includes:61 academic scholarships with a total value of $123,500...

CAP Training Helps Rhode Island Couple Survive Watery Crash

A pair of experienced Rhode Island Wing members, 1st Lt. Alysia Larson and her husband, Capt. Paul Larson, were about a half-mile from Quonset State Airport in Kingston on March 30 when Lt. Larson added a bit of power to their 1961 Piper Comanche...

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