Oklahoma Wing, Civil Air Patrol

Clifton Emmett "Cliff" Cushman joined Civil Air Patrol as a cadet in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the mid-1950s. A high school and collegiate track star, Cushman was an NCAA individual and track and field team champion at the University of Kansas. In 1960 he commissioned as a U.S. Air Force second lieutenant and won the silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles in the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Read Clifton's challenge to America's youth below. #CAPcadet #CAPhistory

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Join us in June as squadrons across Oklahoma will begin hosting American Red Cross donation sites. Visit https://okwg.cap.gov/pulse for locations. Operation Pulse Lift: to give citizens and members an opportunity to help save a life.

Last week Civil Air Patrol's Oklahoma Wing joined a multi-state effort to give life, through donations of life-saving blood to the American Red Cross. Read more about the story of our decicated volunteers and their mission to serve. #CivilAirPatrol #CAPMissions

"Our volunteers are showing your creativity and innovation by finding ways to accomplish CAP programs despite challenging and sometimes overwhelming circumstances... CAP volunteers are an amazing group of people."

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There's no better time to join #CivilAirPatrol than during National Volunteer Appreciation Month! For adults looking to join our force of good, follow the steps... below. More information about joining as an adult member can be found here: https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com//active-adul/active-adult

The Civil Air Patrol's National Cell Phone Forensics Team has a major goal: to save as many lives as possible. So far in fiscal year 2021, the Air Force Coordin...ation Center has credited the award-winning team with 53 lives saved. In case you missed it: Two of those lives saved included a missing couple stranded 29 hours in below freezing temperatures earlier this month. Read more about this successful rescue here: https://www.cap.news/stranded-ore-couple-rescued-with-cap-/

"Said General H. H. Arnold, commanding general of the army air forces recenty: 'We are earning our leadership the hard way and we do not intend to relinquish it. That is where our young people come in. The Civil Air Patrol is providing America youth, tens of thousands of them, with indispensible training in avaiation."

Though Civil Air Patrol is known for its flying operations, CAP supports a variety of missions that requires members from all walks of life. Find out more about membership here: okwg.cap.gov/membership Some volunteers are medical professionals, lawyers, paralegals, accountants, computer programmers, and other business professionals and executives. Some are stay-at-home parents and homeschoolers. Join our team today! #CivilAirPatrol

This week, #CivilAirPatrol officially began Year Two of our COVID-19 operations. After providing 365 continuous days in support of America's humanitarian respon...se to the novel coronarvirus pandemic, our members will keep serving wherever is most needed. "These missions are making a big difference in our local communities, our states and our nation. Over 41,000 volunteer days have been logged in our biggest endeavor since World War II. On top of that, volunteers and staff have innovated to conquer pandemic-imposed roadblocks to ensure we get the business of CAP done. -Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, CAP national commander and CEO