How the Air Force is playing a key role in the fight against COVID-19

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.

"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. COVID-19 has created the need for the agency's largest mobilization since its founding. As of early this month, C.A.P. pilots flew more than 649 sorties in its small aircraft, mostly single-engine Cessnas, delivering more than 7,200 vials of coronavirus vaccines to hard-to-reach places. The C.A.P. can rely on 560 airplanes and 60,000 volunteers for the effort.