“What especially makes Civil Air Patrol a strong Total Force partner is how they complement the efforts of the other partners to serve our country. Closely aligning resources to the mission requirements and maintaining operational readiness—even during the COVID pandemic—is something we rely on and CAP delivers."
Source: Maj. Gen. Bryan Radliff, reserve adviser to the commander, First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, in comments made as, for the fourth consecutive fiscal year, Civil Air Patrol has passed the century mark in lives saved, as credited by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. CAP, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, conducts approximately 90% of all search operations within the U.S. as assigned b