Air Force Now - Civil Air Patrol

Air Force Now - Civil Air Patrol Search and Rescue on exercise mission Teacher outside school to camera. Man working in laboratory gets phone call from Air force rescue. Woman civilian on radio telephone. Sign Civil Air Patrol Colourado Wing. Aircraft hangar CAP volunteers w/ USAF liaison officer. CAP on mission - four trucks drive off to airfield. Small private monoplanes take off on search mission. Air to air plane in flight. Radio communications between truck and aircraft re search. Pikes Peak radio controller speaking to search planes. Walking search party with directional hand held radar. Plane finds “ crashed “ aircraft. Walking search party directed by aircraft to spot. Walking search party finds “ survivors “ - speaks on walkie talkie to coordinate with police and ambulance services. Teacher to camera says if it wasn’t for CAP he wouldn’t be alive. Military Propaganda; 1980s;