CADET PROGRAMS For Nearly 60 years, CAP has provided America's youth with exciting and challenging opportunities through the Cadet Program.  Tens of thousands of young people, ages 12 (or 6th graders) to 21, have participated at the local, state and national level. You, too, can experience the wonder of aviation and space by joining our cadet team and becoming a member of CAP, the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. Civil Air Patrol builds strong citizens for the future by providing leadership training, technical education, scholarships and career education. Thousands of young people have their first orientation flights through the cadet program, and hundreds have soloed in gliders and powered aircraft. Tens of thousands have attended CAP encampments throughout the nation. At a national encampment, CAP cadets gather from throughout the nation. They may learn techniques for search and rescue and disaster relief. They may sample possible career choices by studying with a university engineering or technology department. They may learn teamwork and leadership through competitions in problem-solving and physical endurance.

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