The Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol during a Southeast Minnesota Composite Civil Air Patrol Squadron emergency services training on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Whitewater State Park in Altura, Minn.

Currently, crews must mount rescue hoists to the exterior of the state’s other helicopters – a process that can slow down response time.

By WCCO Staff September 28, 2022 / 4:00 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota There are many ways to help-out during a disaster. But one you maybe have never heard of is called the Civil Air Patrol.

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) -- Flight lessons, for free? Four teens in the Civil Air Patrol are getting that chance because one instructor wanted to give back. The only thing the students have to pay ...

The Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) trained emergency personnel in search and rescue exercises at Rush River County Park in Henderson on Saturday. News Weather Watch Live Traffic Sports.

MANKATO — Members from 13 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol squadrons, including Crow Wing County Composite Squadron, will train with local municipal, county, and state emergency personnel in a ...

They participate in emergency response, including search-and-rescue operations. The local organization is formally known as the Civil Air Patrol Southeast Minnesota Composite Squadron No. 047.

PIERZ — Pierz Healy High School junior Nordica Dodge was one of four Minnesota Civil Air Patrol cadets to receive the Outstanding Cadet of the Year award at the April 14 Air and Space Forces ...

A Civil Air Patrol plane engaged in the search for a plane missing in Northeastern Minnesota departs Duluth International Airport on Sunday, June 10, 2012. (2012 file / News Tribune) ...

The Minnesota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol announced Friday that a new training facility will be named for members William and Colette Craig, who were killed in a car crash earlier this month. &#82… ...