Civil Air Patrol honored with World Peace Prize

摘要

The Civil Air Patrol hasreceived the World Peace Prize from a missionary organiza-tionthathasrecognizedcontributionsto the cause of peace since 1989. The CAP received the Roving Ambassador for Peace Award from the World Peace Corps Mission in a ceremony at theCapitol building in Washington, D.C. The CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, and iscredited with saving 113 lives in fiscal year 2010.