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2019 Great Start Cadets And Cadre

Cadet Great Start is a comprehensive introduction to CAP for new cadets. It transforms a cohort of ordinary youth into cadet airmen in 5 short weeks, while giving cadet NCOs and officers opportunities to apply their leadership skills.

Great Training And Mentoring Opportunities

Senior Members meet to discuss, safety, operations and to receive training on a variety of fields and topics

Making New Friends

A once shy Cadet Guerra approached a female, military pilot who had just landed a training flight at the airport. She struck up a conversation and then asked for an interview. Her subsequent article, “Women in Aviation: CH53E,” was published in the inaugural issue of the “Bama Express” (the Official Publication of Alabama Wing, Civil Air Patrol), Winter 2019.

Encampment Life

Cadet Jeremiah Green prepares his bunk for room inspections at Summer Encampment

A Visit From History

Cadets and Senior Members alike were thrilled to see a B17 land at Brookley Downtown Airport

Celebrating Achievements Of Our Members

The ceremony table, preparing to celebrate our Great Start graduates, promoting cadets and the achievements of our Senior Members

Milestones Along The Way

Cadet Jerrett Green promotes to 2nd Lieutenant and is presented his Mitchell Award by Col Brett Lewis

#TotalForce

CAP is the official Auxiliary of the United States Air Force

Cross-Organizational Training

Members who choose to train in Emergency Services are provided great training opportunities with community First Responders, local, state and national emergency management teams, and military personnel.

Passing The Torch

Cadets in formation, ready to render a "First Salute" to a new Commander

Experience Aviation First Hand

Cadets experience up to 5 flights each in both glider and powered aircraft

Before The Release

An amazing view from a CAP glider of the tow plane just before release on a Glider Orientation Flight

STEM And Drones... Just Part Of The Fun

Civil Air Patrol Aerospace/STEM Education Programs bring over 40 free fun and engaging products and programs to our members in squadrons and classrooms throughout the nation. We serve adults and youth in pre-K through 12th grades.

A Final Salute

A solemn day as our members come together to bid a "Final Salute" to Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder

Accepting Delivery Of A New CAP Plane

Maj Gilbert Wright accepts delivery of a new Cessna 182 aircraft into the Alabama Wing fleet

2017 Flight Scholarship Recipients

Several cadets were awarded Squadron flight scholarships that assisted in their pursuit toward a Private Pilot License

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Multiple CAP Wings Respond to Midwest Floods: 'It Escapes Description'

In the wake of historic rains and flooding that walloped a portion of the nation’s heartland late last month, Civil Air Patrol members took to the skies in a massive relief effort that also included online examination from afar of the devastati...

ACE Program Exceeds 100,000 Students in 16th Year; National Awardees Named

Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) program for kindergarten-through-sixth-grade youth and educators marked its 16th year by exceeding 100,000 students for the 2023-2024 school year.The milestone figure raised to more than 638...

Silvered Wings 19: Cessna 150D (1964)

Cessna 150D (1964) N4423UCapacity: two or moreLength: 23 feet 11 inchesMaximum speed: 125 mphCruise speed: 94 mphRange: 480 milesService ceiling: 12,650 feetThe Cessna 150 is a two-seat...

Emergency Services