The Auxiliary Beacon
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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 Really High Day" unfolded with three balloons that courageously ventured into the clouds on…
Over 200 enthusiastic cadets and adult members bravely journeyed into the wilds of Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for a week of strenuous and sleep-deprived training at the esteemed National Emergency Services Academy. They emerged, slightly delirious but…
Overachieving Air Cadets: When Excellence Just Isn't Enough In a shocking twist of predictable events, the Arizona Wing's cadet teams have once again managed to outdo themselves, claiming the top two spots at this year’s Southwest…
A Week of Galactic All-Nighters: How to Pitch Tents and Rockets, Simultaneously Once upon a time, in the far-off land of California, a band of eighty starry-eyed cadets decided the best way to spend their summer…
The Unassailable Rise of "Marco the Magnificent" In a tale that seems ripped straight from the pages of a leadership anthology, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Terrance J. “Marco” McCaffrey has ascended from humble combat pilot…
The Great Hawaiian Aerial Announcement Spectacle In what can only be described as an audacious symphony of aviation and loudspeakers, the Hawaii Wing embarked on a grand spectacle of airborne alerts on July 29 following whispers…
The Cadet Commander That Could In an era where leaders are a dime a dozen, Col. John Rhoades, the man who climbed the ranks from a humble Civil Air Patrol cadet to a Navy intelligence czar,…
A stunning display of aerial ambition and triumphant numeracy, the Maryland Wing cadets soared to new heights at the mighty Academy of Model Aeronautics’ UAS4STEM, clinching victory in the Beginners division amidst the gentle breezes of…
Fourteen Intrepid Cadets Brave 10 Days of Discipline and Aviator Jargon at Exclusive Falcon Flight Academy In an unprecedented display of enthusiasm for spending summer vacation enveloped in aviation manuals, fourteen cadets from the far reaches…
All the World's a Stage -- and It's All on Us to Save It! In an audacious display of national optimism, over 100 members of the Civil Air Patrol have descended upon Nacogdoches, Texas, for the…
An Unlikely Duo Aims to Rewrite the Civil Air Patrol Saga Civil Air Patrol (CAP), that esteemed bastion of airborne do-gooders synonymous with the U.S. Air Force, has decided to inject their marketing department with sweet,…
The Tale of the Annual Paper Plane School: A Day at the Pretend Space Station In the shadow of the colossal monuments to aviation history, a merry band of Civil Air Patrol aerospace education officers embarked…
Civil Air Patrol's 55th Cadet Officer School: Where Overachieving Teens Learn to Run the Universe In a world where teenagers usually discover themselves at the mall or via social media, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has…
Aviation Wonderland: Civil Air Patrol's Summer Spectacle Imagine Christmas, but without the snow, presents, or caroling. Instead, envision it mid-July, with buzzing engines and an invisible mistletoe hanging over the airfields. Welcome to the Civil Air…
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. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. This pinnacle…
Aerial Ballet with Reapers: Texas Wing's Skies of Satire In an unprecedented display of modern aerial choreography, aircraft and flight crews from the Texas Wing have tapped their finest performance skills to assist the Texas Air…
A New Era of Aviation Micromanagement Begins! Introducing the latest episode in the ongoing saga of Air Safety and Boundary-Pushing Delegation: Col. Dennis R. Bissell, formerly lord of the skies (a.k.a. the North Carolina Wing), has…
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 machines joining CAP’s illustrious single-engine club this year. Bearing…
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 sports car Cruise speed: leisurely enough to watch the clouds but quick enough…
Skyward Heroics: The Tale of Eleanore Katz, the 400th Teenage Aviator Cadet Lt. Col. Head-in-the-Clouds Katz, a virtuoso of the aeronautical arts, has been unanimously declared the 400th prodigy to triumph in the grand Cadet Wings…
