2nd Lt. Rob Kurtz, a pilot from Missouri Wing's Gateway Senior Squadron in St Louis, flew Ms. Stephanie Martin, a CAP Education Member (AEM) and Principal of Westhoff Elementary school in O’Fallon, Missouri, on Thursday, March 19, as part of CAP's Teacher Orientation Program (TOP)! Ms. Martin had her students outside...
Kansas and Missouri Wing units combined resources for a recruiting effort at the Midwest Parent Educators Homeschool Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 6-7, 2026 The combined team provided flight simulators for potential cadets and aerospace education materials, including STEM kits, for educators. Participating units: Platte Valley Composite Squadron, Missouri Wing...
Join Missouri Wing in congratulating Cadet Lt. Col. Rhian Fletcher of Missouri Wing's Table Rock Lake Composite Squadron who soloed in a CAP C-172 (G1000) aircraft on March 13! Her CAP instructor was Capt. Anthony Barnum of the same squadron.
Missouri Wing Group III flight line marshalling training and cadet orientation flights took place at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Jefferson City, MO, on February 21st, 2026. 22 members participated and eight cadet orientation flights were also completed. Thank you to all of our members that came out to make this...
On March 7, Missouri Wing held a statewide communications exercise utilizing base stations, ground teams, and airborne repeaters with more than 70 members participating. Raining morning skies cleared enough for the drill to proceed.
Bravo Zulu to Cadet 2nd Lt. Isabella Cates of Missouri Wing's Lake Ozark Regional Composite Squadron! She began her first Cadet Wings private pilot license flight training yesterday with the Jefferson City Flying Service at Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Jefferson City, MO. Cadet Wings is a merit-based program for cadets pursuing a...
Congratulations to the following winning North Central Region units that participated in CyberPatriot 18! And congratulations also to every unit and member that participated in this year’s challenging competitions! (Unless otherwise indicated, all awards are in the All Service Division – comprised of high school students in JROTC, CAP, and...
Support to our communities -- North Central Region's director of finance and Missouri Wing's director of IT, Lt. Col. David Sewell, helped to install a new weather station near a local high school as mentioned in this month's issue of "Rural Missouri" magazine! (Thanks to Capt. Michelle Spurgeon, commander of Missouri...
Great shout-out by First Air Force! "F-15 fighter aircraft from the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing conducted a live-fly exercise, in coordination with the Civil Air Patrol, simulating a Temporary Flight Restriction violation intercept near Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, Feb. 4, 2026. The exercise reinforced the...
Civil Air Patrol Members in California Helping Ensure Super Bowl Airspace Safety For the 25th straight year, Civil Air Patrol is participating in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Exercise FELIX HAWK to support the Command in preparations to ensure the safety and security of airspace around the Super...
