Sen Harkin Opposed to Air Force Takeover
By Erin Walsh | USA Today The brewing battle between the Air Force and the Civil Air Patrol has spread from Maxwell Air Force Base to Capitol Hill, pitting a Montgomery House member against a…
Abuse of Authority
Civil Air Patrol Improperly Spent Federal Funding
By Bryant Jordan | Air Force Times The Air Force plans to ask Congress for significantly more control over its civilian auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol, following an audit that questioned tens of millions of…
Former CAP Employee Sues NHQ for Sexual Harassment
By Stan Bailey | Birmingham News MONTGOMERY – A former Civil Air Patrol employee, Lori Swanson should not have been fired for refusing to sign an employee handbook, a former National Commander of the organization…
Civil Air Patrol Fires Christopher C. Shaw
By AuxBeacon News Aggregator Christopher C. Shaw, Civil Air Patrol’s Chief of Multimedia Productions, has been terminated from employment with Civil Air Patrol as of August 28th 1998. Christopher C. Shaw began his employment with…
Civil Air Patrol Cruise Ship Conference Scandal
By AuxBeacon News Contributor [Editor’s Note: We would to thank our new friend down in Florida Wing that sent us copies of Gator Capers and Florida Facts newsletters. The CAP National Commander, Maj Gen Paul…
Operation Drop-In Backlash
By Joseph E. Burnside & Doug Ritter | AVweb News No longer is the CAP’s central focus on its role as the auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force, but increasingly, it is on new activities…
The Cadet Taylor Fealy Rape Scandal
By Skip Munger | AuxBeacon News Contributor [Editor’s Note: The Pineda Chronicles has been a long time coming. That’s in part because the Broward County, Florida, Clerk of the Circuit Court took over a year-and-a-half…
Civil Air Patrol’s Col. Thomas Handley Testifies Regarding Arrests vs Convictions
by CAP Arrestor | AuxBeacon News Contributor [Editor’s Note: A current CAP member has a message for those ignoring the problems in Washington Wing.] AuxBeacon Readers and CAP Members: With regard to the mess currently…
Air Attack Charged: Castro Reports Two Americans Killed
by Reading Eagle | AuxBeacon News Contributor Air Attack Charged Castro Reports Two Americans Killed In Cuban Tragedy Havana, Feb. 19 (AP) — Fidel Castro demanded again last night that the United States halt the…
David Ferrie Appointed Aide to National Commander Civil Air Patrol
by AuxBeacon News Aggregator | AuxBeacon News NATIONAL HEADQUARTERSCIVIL AIR PATROLAuxiliary of the United StatesAir ForceEllington Air Force Base Texas 21 January 1960 SUBJECT: Appointment of Aide TO: Captain David W. Ferrie 482707New Orleans Cadet…
CAP Illinois Wing Fraud Case
By Wayne Thomas | Chicago Daily Tribune 9 June 1949 Air Force and Federal investigators in Springfield are seeking $50,000 or more in state and private funds allegedly misused over a period of 2 1/2…