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 ...

Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, federally funded, 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation and serves as the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. Founded Dec. 1, 1941, to mobilize the ...

The combined efforts are what made the operations the largest ever Civil Air Patrol exercise. “It was bumpy up there,” said Captain Jeremy Skalicky, a pilot from the Magic City Composite Squadron.

DENVER — A Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado has killed the aircraft’s pilot and an aerial photographer, authorities say.. The crash that occurred in Larimer County on Saturday killed ...

Two people are dead and another is injured after a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed Saturday in northern Colorado. The Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, said the aircraft -- a ...

The survivor of the Nov. 23 crash of a Civil Air Patrol plane told investigators that the lead-up and subsequent plane crash "happened within seconds," according to a newly released report.

The Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, operates hundreds of aircraft and has around 65,000 volunteers nationwide, including young cadets, according to the organization ...