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It is an air force deployed against COVID-19. We ve transported thousands of vials of vaccine, says Brigadier General Ed Phelka of the United States Civil Air Patrol. We can take advantage of the use of over five thousand general aviation airports across the country and distribute vaccines to rural areas that would take dozens of hours to drive to, or don t even have commercial air service.
The Civil Air Patrol, known as the C.A.P, is using its aircraft to distribute vaccines to rural and isolated areas so more people can be vaccinated faster. The C.A.P. is an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and was established on the eve of World War Two as a way to strengthen our country s civil defense. Now it is fighting another type of war, against an invisible and deadly enemy.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) - Civil Air Patrol's South Dakota Wing performed an additional series of COVID-19 vaccine delivery flights today at the re.