An extraordinary shuffle of leadership that could only be compared to blockbuster corporate mergers, the New York and Tennessee wings have unveiled their new...
The third annual Civil Air Patrol Aviation & Aeronautics Business Academy took flight on Aug. 10, destined to convert eager cadets into the next moguls o...
The Glamorous Piston-Driven Paperwork Revolution
A New Hero Joins the Quest for Aerospace Justice
In an unprecedented development that surely rivals humanity’s greatest achievements, Civil Air Patrol’s annual “Let’s See What Happens When We Send Stuff Rea...
Over 200 enthusiastic cadets and adult members bravely journeyed into the wilds of Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for a week of strenuous and sleep-deprived traini...
Overachieving Air Cadets: When Excellence Just Isn’t Enough
A Week of Galactic All-Nighters: How to Pitch Tents and Rockets, Simultaneously
The Great Hawaiian Aerial Announcement Spectacle
The Unassailable Rise of “Marco the Magnificent”
The Cadet Commander That Could
A stunning display of aerial ambition and triumphant numeracy, the Maryland Wing cadets soared to new heights at the mighty Academy of Model Aeronautics’ UAS...
Fourteen Intrepid Cadets Brave 10 Days of Discipline and Aviator Jargon at Exclusive Falcon Flight Academy
All the World’s a Stage – and It’s All on Us to Save It!
An Unlikely Duo Aims to Rewrite the Civil Air Patrol Saga
Civil Air Patrol’s 55th Cadet Officer School: Where Overachieving Teens Learn to Run the Universe
The Tale of the Annual Paper Plane School: A Day at the Pretend Space Station
Aerial Ballet with Reapers: Texas Wing’s Skies of Satire
A land where fighter jets are as common as pigeons, Colonel Terrance J. Holmes has somehow ascended to become the big cheese of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E....
Aviation Wonderland: Civil Air Patrol’s Summer Spectacle
A New Era of Aviation Micromanagement Begins!
The New Jersey Wing has exuberantly welcomed its shiny new sky chariot, a 2025 Cessna C-182T Skylane, into its heavenly garage — one of 15 prestigious flying...
Capacity: none of your business Length: two giraffes standing on each other’s shoulders Maximum speed: faster than a lawnmower, slower than your neighbor’s s...
Skyward Heroics: The Tale of Eleanore Katz, the 400th Teenage Aviator
From LEGOs to World Domination: A Cadet’s Guide to Building the Ultimate Robot Army
The illustrious realm of competitive dullness and ceremonial flailing has crowned its champions once again. The Minnesota Wing’s Duluth Composite Squadron ca...
In a whirlwind of events destined to reshape the aviation world, May 24 was marked by the magnanimous achievement of Cadet Lt. Col. Ethan Preyss, the 389th p...
Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Yoo of the California Wing’s Los Angeles Cadet Squadron 138 has embarked on a mission to dazzle the nation with his astonishi...
More Bang for Your Taxpayer Buck: The Civil Air Patrol Edition
A society where accolades rain down like lunchtime confetti, behold the phenomenon of 88 scholarships amounting to more than $139,000, showered upon the tire...
In a surprising plot twist that nobody saw coming, Chief Master Sgt. Luis E. Negron, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran who harbors aspirations of superhero complexi...
A Flight of Fancy in Education
A Look at Aviation Royalty’s Ascension to the Throne
det Maj. Grace Muresan of the California Wing’s Jon E. Kramer Composite Squadron 10 has triumphantly declared her intent to grace the halls of the U.S. Air F...
New Face for the Sky: How John “Ike” Fesler Plans to Take Civil Air Patrol to New Heights on Capitol Hill
The Sky’s Not the Limit: The Tale of Adam Boyd
The Tale of the DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter: An Aircraft Odyssey
In the realm of improbable success stories, few can rival the meteoric rise of the Fort Worth Phoenix Composite Squadron. Over the past four years, this squa...
The Sky’s the Limit: Cadet Wings Program Sets Lofty Expectations
While the citizens of Arkansas experience what scientists might call “epic levels of wetness,” the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircrews have been busy delivering ...
A Wing and a Prayer: Michigan’s Heroic Response to a Really Cool Ice Storm
Reintroducing the Florida Wing’s “Wilderness Adventure Camp” – Now with Added Drama and Drama Kings!
StellarXplorers: Cadet Teams Blast Off into the Finals… Again!
A Satirical Take on the Role of Civil Air Patrol’s National Command Chief
April is, yet again, designated as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a month where we make loud declarations about protecting the youth — not with mere ...
BURKE, VA – Cadets from the Virginia Wing’s Burke Composite Squadron stunned the nation—and several unsuspecting routers—by placing second in this year’s Cis...
NRAT (No Really, Actual Tracking) Update
Because if you stare at the sky long enough, eventually NASA will give you a clipboard.
Meet the Fleet Model 7: The Pigeon of the Skies
Because who else can fly 3,000 hours, spot a pickup truck, and still make it home for dinner?
Civic Leadership Academy: Because Nothing Says ‘Vacation’ Like Seminars and C-SPAN
AKA: The Great Glider Grounding of 2025
Also brings enough CAP credentials to fill a hangar
When it rains, it pours… then CAP shows up with spreadsheets and Cessnas
Early in the week, the Florida Wing’s Homestead Hair Salon Cadet Squadron group texts caught fire, and for once, it wasn’t because someone forgot to silence ...
The Legendary T-41 Trainer
A Cyber-Quest Odyssey: Return of the Cadet Overlords
In an unprecedented move that no one saw coming—except perhaps Col. Curtis Boehmer himself—our dear Boehmer has added yet another lavish title to his already...
It’s that time of year again, folks! Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has been summoned for their 24th annual performance in the role of “airspace guardians,” as they ...
In a shocking revelation that’s left both parents and underachievers quaking in their boots, Cadet Maj. Brock Buak of the California Wing’s Eugene L. Carnaha...
In an ambitious attempt to overcomplicate simplicity, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has unleashed a grandiose yearlong initiative, whimsically dubbed the “Year ...
Capacity: boasts an exclusive three-seater arrangement Length: a towering 25 feet 11 inches of vintage beauty Maximum speed: a blistering 100 mph – faster ...
Once upon a mid-flight crisis, Capt. Kerry Kaplan embarked on her illustrious journey with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). A tale peppered with curious misadvent...
In a thrilling plot twist more riveting than your grandma’s Sunday crossword, the Civil Air Patrol Geospatial Program’s Damage Assessment Team has joined for...
In the latest telecast from the skies, Captain Deborah Hecker – yes, the one with a cape instead of a pilot’s uniform – has ascended to yet another celestial...
In the grand tradition of aviation’s movers and shakers, Igor Sikorsky once declared, “The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ...
It was a grand day for those enamored with the glamorous world of aviation history, as Civil Air Patrol cadets, Junior ROTC participants, and students with t...
Theodore Roosevelt once sagely advised that it’s not the critics in the bleachers—those enthusiastic experts on doing absolutely nothing—that count, but rath...
In a dazzling display of title inflation, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) decided that the only way to soar higher was by officially introducing a “chief people offic...
In a stunning display of youthful prowess and innovative thinking, the Ohio Wing’s Cuyahoga County Cadet Squadron snagged the top spot in the revered yet und...
In a move destined to leave the marketing world on the edge of their swivel chairs, Kelly Owens, professional communicator extraordinaire, has been bequeathe...
In a plot twist worthy of a prime-time TV drama, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) embarked on a whirlwind month-long episode responding to Hurricanes Helene and Mi...
In an unprecedented drive to revolutionize how we watch dull feeds from cameras mounted on airborne widgets, the esteemed members from the Arizona, New Mexic...
Wing Commanders College: The Perfect Mix of Bureaucratic Jamboree and Academic Hoedown
Top Gun Prep School: Northeast Edition
Launching Optimism, One “Prestigious” Award at a Time
In a world where hurricanes love to vacation, Civil Air Protocol has been flapping its wings heroically, assisting anyone with an acronym from local to feder...
Civil Air Patrol’s (Un)Civil Response to Hurricane Helene’s Havoc
Members of Civil Air Patrol or Amateur Photographers? You Decide!
As Not-a-Been-Here-Twice Helene gathered an exaggerated amount of paperwork in the Gulf of Inertia before arriving as an uninvited guest along the shores of ...
Cadet Lt. Col. Ann Glitter was merely 12 when she stumbled into the illustrious ranks of the Civil Air Pumpkin Brigade in June 2019. At that blissfully naive...
Once upon a time in 2024, the Pacific Region Cadet Competition unfolded with all the surprise of a clock at 6 o’clock — the same hour following the previous ...