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Civil Air Patrol airplanes

The Arizona Wing has 16 single-engine airplanes assigned for use in search and rescue, cadet orientation flights, and other missions.

Air-to-ground video capabilities

Civil Air Patrol uses a range of airborne advanced technologies for operational missions, including the ability to send live video from CAP aircraft to search and rescue teams on the ground.

Orientation Flights

All CAP cadets are eligible for five orientation flights that introduce aviation principles and offer hands-on experience flying a CAP airplane.

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training

Civil Air Patrol operates a growing fleet of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), commonly called drones, with more than 2,250 aircraft. CAP’s sUAS fleet can be used in poor weather conditions or situations and locations where it might be impractical or unsafe to operate manned aircraft.

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STEM Takes Flight: Florida College Academy Hosts National ACE Program Launch

The sky was the limit at Florida College Academy (FCA) in Temple Terrace, where students helped Civil Air Patrol launch another exciting year of the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) program, CAP’s national K–8 STEM initiative.Each October, th...

Operations Team Adds Emergency Services, sUAS Managers

In a restructuring of Civil Air Patrol’s National Headquarters Operations team, Chief Master Sgt. Mark Lahan — a U.S. Army veteran with extensive small Unmanned Aircraft System and communications experience — has been named as the organization’s firs...

New Jersey Cadet Teams Capture 1st, 3rd in Northeast Region Competition

New Jersey Wing cadet teams captured first and third in the Northeast Region Cadet Competition, with their Vermont Wing counterparts placing second.The Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Composite Squadron, second a year ago, moved up to first. The Capital Compos...

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