Announcements

A rocketry team of cadets from Civil Air Patrol Brackett Composite Squadron 64 in La Verne, California, placed 12th at the 2024 National Finals of the American Rocketry Challenge, known as the world's largest rocket contest. The finals were held in May at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. More...

The CAPF Diversity Scholarship is up to $1,000 for Cadets and Senior Members to support CAP associated costs for activities, programs, courses, uniforms and associated travel that could really make a difference in providing greater access to cadets and senior members to participate in CAP opportunities. The deadline has been...

Teacher Appreciation Week was held earlier this month. Civil Air Patrol celebrates our Aerospace Education Officers and Aerospace Education Members. These volunteers and teachers continue to shape futures of hundreds of thousands of youth each year by bringing engaging and inspiring STEM education (and the careers it leads to) to...

Registration for the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program opens August 1 for the 2023-2024 school year. ACE is CAP's grade-specific K-6 STEM program. Last year's participation in the program set records with 97,911 students! We hope you join us this year! Here's what educators need to know. Who is...

Story by Ginny Smith/Photos by Capt. Bob Roberts, Susan Mallett Walking where astronauts have walked was one of the highlights for 75 Civil Air Patrol members from all eight regions and 28 wings, who gathered on the Florida Space Coast earlier this summer for the 2023 Civil Air Patrol National...

Teacher Appreciation Week was held earlier this month. Civil Air Patrol celebrates our Aerospace Education Officers and Aerospace Education Members. These volunteers and teachers continue to shape futures of hundreds of thousands of youth each year by bringing engaging and inspiring STEM education (and the careers it leads to) to...

Registration Open Through May 22 Civil Air Patrol's Aerospace Education directorate is launching the third annual National High-Altitude Balloon Challenge for cadets. Team registration is open through May 22. The event began in 2021 as the first national cadet STEM competition. In the event, cadets design science experiments to test...

Registration for the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program has opened for the 2022-2023 school year. ACE is CAP's grade-specific K-6 STEM program. Here's what educators need to know. Who is eligible for the ACE Program? All CAP Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) that work with young learners (K-6) and want...

Spots remain available for this summer’s Civil Air Patrol National Cadet Engineering Technology Academy (E-Tech), set for June 26 through July 2 on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. Lt. Col. Robert Gilbert, the activity director, said the academy has extended...

As the school year comes to a close and in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week, the CAP National Headquarters Aerospace Education team thanks the Aerospace Education Members and Aerospace Education Officers and other senior members who helped administer the program. Participation in ACE, which is a K-6 STEM program,...