Scouts join the CAP Cadets in reciting the Pledge to Allegiance during an educational event Monday at the Los Alamos County Airport. Courtesy/CAP Major Dan Gabel

CAP Major Mark Peters answer questions from Cub Scouts while CAP Cadets watch Monday at the airport. Courtesy/CAP Major Dan Gabel

CAP News: 

Cadet members of the Los Alamos Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hosted the Pinon Elementary School Cub Scout Pack #326 Monday evening at the Los Alamos County Airport.

Twenty Cub Scouts along with family members learned about the programs available through Civil Air Patrol. Major Mark Peters showed Youtube videos about CAP and answered many questions from the scouts. Squadron Commander Lieutenant Bill Wolfe, displayed his flying club’s aircraft.

Aerospace Education displays on rocketry, remote controlled model aircraft and robotics were on display as well as a spaceship simulator.

According to Cubmaster Aric Tibbitts, Pack 326 is comprised of four Dens and their pack meets monthly at Pinon Elementary School in White Rock.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 57,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving more than 80 lives each year. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies.

CAP members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 70 years.

For more information, visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com.

CAP Squadron Commander Lt Bill Wolfe discusses his aircraft with Scouts Monday at the Los Alamos County Airport. Courtesy/CAP Major Dan Gabel