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June 14, 2011

Legislation Would Recognize CAP Subchasers

Pilots Recall Dangerous World War II Service

Time, instead of a German submarine, is now the enemy of Civil Air Patrol volunteers from World War II.

High Retention Cited As Primary Cause For Cuts

The Navy is cutting its aviation bonuses due to high retention of flight officers, according to official documents.

Abraham Lincoln Was First President To Get A Balloon Demonstration

The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support critical to operations in Afghanistan got its start 150 years ago in June, when a balloonist showed then-President Abraham Lincoln how a gas-filled balloon could help the Union Army prevail in the Civil War.