More than 3,400 participating locations, including Garden Memorial Park in Brea, honor late military personnel in conjunction with Arlington on Wreaths Across America Day.
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Civil Air Patrol squadrons at Fullerton Airport celebrated their remobilization on July 17 after being partially shuttered for more than a year under a nationwide stand-down order.
This year, the 60,000-member nonprofit organization is celebrating its 80th anniversary serving as the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
During the pandemic, Fullerton-based squadrons continued emergency services on behalf of federal, state, and county agencies. Civil Air Patrol flight crews have piloted a Cessna 172 single-engine plane to search for downed aviators, said Maj. Jeff Goeggel, public affairs officer for Fullerton Composite Squadron 56. They’ve also flown photographers for over neighborhoods that burned down in a Northern California wildfire and acted as lost pilots intercepted by U.S. Air Force fighter pilots during training exercises.