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As a registered nurse, Civil Air Patrol member Major Karen Shaw was about to take the last assignment of her 18-month journey as a travel nurse when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the United States. The assignment brought her to Queens, New York placing her at the forefront of...

LEESBURG, Va. (Dec 19, 2020) – On Saturday morning, Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Virginia Wing's Leesburg Composite Squadron (VA-117) placed nearly 600 wreaths on the final resting places of military veterans interned at Leesburg’s Union Cemetery.

LEESBURG, Va. (Dec 01, 2020) – Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Virginia Wing's Leesburg Composite Squadron (VA-117) got to experience the thrill of aviation first-hand as they piloted the CAP’s sophisticated Cessna 182.

Throughout this year, CAP members have truly learned what it means overcome adversity.

Frauke Elber of the Tidewater Soaring Society (TSS) was a guest lecturer for the Newport News Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) Virginia Wing on October 20^th.

Change of Command

The decision was made to hold a private ceremony on Friday, December 18^th that will be viewed by the public on facebook.com/winchestervacap.

Madison Heights resident George “Rusty” Nichols, 90, received a long-overdue honor on Thursday – a replica of the the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in December 2014 in recognition of the organization’s volunteer service during World War II.

For the first time since the Apollo era in the early 1970’s, America is preparing to land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Commanders from across the wing met to set goals for FY21 training and discussed how to improve our programs.