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Civil Air Patrol, America's Air Force auxiliary, building the nation's finest force of citizen volunteers serving America.
Volunteers Serving America’s Communities, Saving Lives, and Shaping Futures.
Always prepared, members of the Civil Air Patrol perform emergency services for federal, state and local agencies as the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and as a nonprofit organization.
CAP’s modern-day fleet of mostly Cessna aircraft is large and more versatile than ever. Its agile collection of drones is growing, too.
Hurricane Katrina put a forward spin on how CAP and others in emergency services handle disaster response.
Citizen scientists from eight CAP squadrons in the New Orleans area come together to meet this latest NASA challenge.