August 30, 2003: CAP Adds Surveillance to Its Post-911 Reportoire

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On this date, the Boston Globe reported that the Civil Air Patrol had added aerial surveillance to its mission reportoire.

An excerpt from the Boston Globe:

LAS VEGAS -- For six decades the Civil Air Patrol, the volunteer auxiliary arm of the US Air Force, has been flying search and rescue missions, hunting for lost hikers and downed aircraft. But since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the patrol has been flying security missions, and is using cutting-edge technology to improve its surveillance abilities with an aviation standby -- single engine Cessnas.

The US Department of Defense used Civil Air Patrol services to provide aerial security surveillance over venues at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and the patrol has also been routinely used to fly surveillance and security missions over the nation's harbors, reservoirs, nuclear power plants, military bases, gas pipelines, and other sensitive sites.

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