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Civil Air Patrol

American  

noun

  1. a voluntary organization performing emergency services, as assisting the U.S. Air Force on search missions, and offering aerospace-education and youth programs: founded 1941. CAP


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The department’s search and rescue units were on foot and in four-wheel-drive vehicles assisting the Marine and Civil Air Patrol teams specializing in mountain searches, he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Flyovers by the Civil Air Patrol found 1,692 structures destroyed — almost all of them residential.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department showed the extent of the loss, said Mahina Martin, a spokesperson for Maui County.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Colonel Peter Bowden, commander of the Ohio Wing, wrote on Facebook that Rowe had "touched the lives of thousands of his fellow Civil Air Patrol members".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

I told him I'd heard that the Civil Air Patrol in Wisconsin and other states was starting a sky search.

From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)

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