CAP facts
Civil Air Patrol members are expected to live by these four distinct foundational pillars.
What is respect, integrity, volunteer service, and excellence in all we do (The core values)?
Civil Air Patrol Founded on...
What is... December 1st, 1941?
Earning this first milestone award promotes a cadet to the grade of Cadet Staff Sergeant and honors 2 pioneers of powered aircraft.
What is the Wright Brothers Award?
Civil Air Patrol is built entirely upon these three distinct mission areas.
What is Aerospace education, cadet programs, and emergency services?
This U.S. Army Air Corps Major General served as Civil Air Patrol's first national commander.
Who is Major General John F. Curry?
Named after the pioneer of military aviation, this milestone award marks the completion of Phase II and promotes a cadet to Cadet Second Lieutenant.
What is the Billy Mitchell Award?
This Civil Air Patrol activity is unique to Texas Wing and currently includes 3 cadet schools.
What is CTEP (Cadet Training and Education Program)?
Mobilized heavily during the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing today, this award-winning operation stands as Civil Air Patrol's largest and longest-running domestic humanitarian disaster relief mission since World War II.
What is Operation Pulse Lift?
This award represents Phase III completion, promoting the recipient to Cadet Captain, and is named after an aerospace pioneer.
What is the Amelia Earhart Award?
To fulfill its disaster relief role under the Emergency Services mission area, CAP frequently provides this critical, bird's-eye resource to agencies like FEMA after hurricanes or floods.
What is aerial photography?
President Harry S. Truman signed Public Law 476 in 1946, which incorporated CAP as a benevolent, non-profit organization, and later designated it as the official auxiliary of this military branch.
What is the United States Air Force?
Earning this highest milestone award allows a cadet to be promoted to Cadet Colonel, a distinction achieved by less than one percent of all cadets.
What is the Carl A. Spaatz Award?
This Civil Air Patrol Colonel serves as the current Commander of the Texas Wing, overseeing thousands of cadets and senior members across the Lone Star State.
Who is Colonel Donald A. Gulliksen?
Civil Air Patrol attacked 57 U boats during WW2. However, this many out of the 57 are credited as heavily damaged or sunk
What is 2?
This intermediate award bridges the gap between the Earhart and Spaatz awards, honoring the commander of the Eighth Air Force during World War II.
What is the General Ira C. Eaker Award?