CAP's aerospace education efforts focus on two different audiences: volunteer CAP members and the general public. The programs ensure that all CAP members (seniors and cadets) have an appreciation for and knowledge of aerospace issues.
While there are many youth oriented programs in America today, CAP's cadet program is unique in that it uses aviation as a cornerstone. Thousands of young people from 12 years through age 21 are introduced to aviation through CAP's cadet program.
Growing from its World War II experience, the Civil Air Patrol has continued to save lives and alleviate human suffering through a myriad of emergency-services and operational missions.
Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Services, Air Force Support, Counterdrug
Squadron 35 sets sail for the Panama Canal! Michael Freed, Joe Spahr, Ed Anhalt, Steve Huss and Nikki Vaughn plus Karen Freed, Cheryl Anhalt and Monica Huss.
9-10th grade educators, take note! FREE registration is OPEN! (11th and 12th grade educators, your grades will be included in the follow-on years!) CAP Cadet Programs cadets, tell your teachers! ~CAP helps AOPA classrooms by providing additional curriculum, as well as flight simulators and other STEM Kits.
youcanfly.aopa.org/high-school/high-school-curriculum
AOPA: your freedom to fly
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Check out these photos of the Civil Air Patrol through the years. Happy Birthday!
CAP taps federal funds for training
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The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) announced a funding initiative with the U.S. Air Force to encourage youth to enter military, commercial, or additional aviation careers in the face of a pilot shortage that is expected to affect the future of air travel.United States Air Force
Building the nation's finest force of Citizen Airmen since 1941.
Happy 77th Birthday to America's Air Force auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol!
United States Air Force
Building the nation's finest force of Citizen Airmen since 1941.
Happy 77th Birthday to America's Air Force auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol!
#Sqdn138 #Sq138CAP1 December marks the 77th Anniversary of Civil Air Patrol. This is always an appropriate time to honor our proud heritage. Each Civil Air Patrol member today --- officer or cadet, long-time member or brand new --- stands in a long blue line, a line that stretches back eight decades to the founding of Civil Air Patrol. That long line stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from North to South, and includes members who volunteered for Coastal Patrol and Tow Target missions, as well as many more mundane missions. Since 1941, each of us have supported our community, state and nation in countless ways, both large and small.
Gill Robb Wilson stood at the head of this same line. His autobiography, “I Walked with Giants”, closes with this paragraph: “As for my own part in conceiving and founding CAP, I can only note that I had unique opportunity to foresee coming events and was in a responsible position to do something about it. If I did play some part it was because I was surrounded by giants of great spirit who gave me their confidence and upheld my hands. To have walked proudly with them is all the credit I need or want…. It was those who succeeded me who hewed out the greater destiny of Civil Air Patrol.”
All of us should take pride in our heritage, and help continue that long blue line for many years to come.
Happy 77th Anniversary!
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Civil Air Patrol - California Wing
Attention Cadets! The Youth Aviation Initiative is taking applications!
Civil Air Patrol's National Capital Wing
Civil Air Patrol’s "CadetInvest" program will annually award 50-60 cadets funding to obtain their private pilot certificate. You can learn more by watching the videos at the link below. Applications are being accepted now through Jan. 15.
