Civil Air Patrol Starts Support Program

Week of February 04, 2008

The Air Force and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) have begun testing a new pilot program called Volunteer Support to the Air Force, which will provide greater opportunities for citizens. Randolph AFB along with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are the only two bases testing the new program. The CAP, the official auxiliary of the Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with nearly 57,000 members nationwide that performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by Air Force Rescue Coordination Center officials. Visit the CAP website to learn more.