Originally Posted by OnceAnEagle

Agreed, I've never heard "Air Power" in CAP. I say that's a hold-over to the hollywood ramboness that sometimes permeates CAP from time to time, as well as a hold over from the old Army days in our roots.

But it is indeed the Air Force saying. Both works... we say "Hoorah" from time to time.

On the Search and Rescue thing... it's "Operations" now. We've branched out of the search and rescue thing to include more counterdrug and 'homeland security' missions. The way a unit (or even a wing) works depends on it's location. For example, here in Central New York (USA) we do no SAR outside the random ELT mission. However, in Pennsylvania, CAP is state funded and their primary SAR agency.

Just depends on where you are and how involved you want to be.