The week-long encampment takes place every summer at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. The encampment concludes with an ...

Several children & young adults ages 12-18 graduated from a week-long basic leadership program at the Syracuse Airport Air National Guard Base. (Photo by Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary) ...

2nd Lt Richard Nordell, Assistant Deputy Commander for Cadet Programs shows Shelby and Gary the different types of drones used in the Civil Air Patrol. The drones are part of the aerospace program ...

The Civil Air Patrol’s was founded Dec. 1, 1941, during the earliest days of World War II to mobilize the nation's civilian aviation resources for national defense service.

The Civil Air Patrol is an assisting department of the Air Force. Students between the ages of 12 and 17 can join the patrol as cadets. "While being in civil air patrol, not only did I get to help ...

A member of the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program in Westchester has achieved the program's highest honor at just 15 years old. Arielle Nickerson, of Mamaroneck, has recently been awarded the ...

Thursday night the Civil Air Patrol brought together this year’s cadets to show off what they’ve learned and to get the public interested in the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.