When Jeri Truesdell took prospective pilots up in the air for the first time, she would tell them to sit back and feel the strength of the engine on takeoff.

A member of the Reading-based Civil Air Patrol unit has been posthumously awarded the CAP Congressional Gold Medal for his service during World War II. Paul I. Reed, a member of Reading Squadron ...

Joan "Johnnie" Pantanelli, who served in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II, became a pilot and passed on her love of flying to scores of young people, died on Jan. 14.

Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation has received an Award of Excellence from the Tennessee ...

Cadet Colonel Evelyn Rouland of the St. Mary’s Composite Squadron became the first cadet in over a decade from her unit to earn the Civil Air Patrol Spaatz Award, the highest honor in the Civil Air ...

Founded in 1941 just days before the United States was propelled into World War II, the Civil Air Patrol brought together civilian pilots to help spot German submarines near the nation’s coasts.

Some 3,308 PBYs—“PB” for patrol bomber while “Y” represented Consolidated, the manufacturer—were built during World War II, the most of any flying boat.