There couldn't have been a better climate to teach teenagers to fly in. "We've had really good weather," said Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Kathy Maxwell. "Usually by now we've had a smoke day or a windy ...

Gretel Kizer watched her 14-year-old son complete his week-long encampment with the Civil Air Patrol. “I cried when I dropped him off, I said, ‘you’re too young to be doing this,'” said Kizer. “And ...

Civil Air Patrol, now celebrating its 60th anniversary, was founded December 1, 1941, to provide general aviation enthusiasts a means to volunteer their time and their own light aircraft in the ...

Local members of the Civil Air Patrol, a national public service organization, debuted a new service plane at McKinney National Airport on July 23.

Students in the Imperial Valley are soaring to new heights through their involvement in the local Civil Air Patrol.

Cadets learn how to work as teams in search-and-rescue operations, how to communicate by radio with Civil Air Patrol airplanes, how to give first aid to victims of an airplane crash, and how to ...

She earned her private pilot’s license in 2022 and became an adult member of the Civil Air Patrol the following year. She says growing up, her dad taught her so much.

Fourteen members of the Lancaster Civil Air Patrol received awards recognizing them for their help responding to a plane crash."We were right here, right on scene, as quick as we could," Cadet ...