Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol

The Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol (abbreviated INWG) is the highest echelon of the Civil Air Patrol in the state of Indiana. Its headquarters is located in Terre Haute, Indiana.^[2] The Indiana Wing involves 1100 adult and youth volunteers organized into five group headquarters, a legislative squadron, and 27 subordinate squadrons located throughout the state, including 2 School Enrichment Programs. Civil Air Patrol's largest cadet squadron, the Anderson Preparatory Academy Cadet Squadron (GLR-IN-803), is located in Anderson, Indiana.^[3]

Missions

Indiana Wing performs Civil Air Patrol's three congressionally assigned key missions:^[4] emergency services, which includes search and rescue (by air and ground) and disaster relief operations; aerospace education for youth and the general public; and cadet programs for teenage youth.

Indiana Wing support's Civil Air Patrol's Emergency Services missions by flying ten Civil Air Patrol aircraft and operating fifteen vans and two mission support trailers.^[5] The Wing operates 13 high frequency (HF) base radios, and 15 very high frequency (VHF) repeaters and 125 VHF base and mobile radios. Indiana Wing is involved in search and rescue,^[6] disaster relief, and counterdrug operations.^[7]

Indiana Wing offers the CAP Cadet Program^[8] in a number of communities across the state, and provides a free orientation flight program that has involved more than 250 cadets in recent years.^[9]

Support for CAP's Aerospace Education mission includes outreach to schools, education for cadets, and participation in local aviation events.^[10] Additionally, Indiana Wing maintains a hot air balloon for aviation education and community outreach.

Organizational structure

Indiana Wing is organized into a wing headquarters unit, four group headquarters overseeing squadrons, and a legislative squadron. In addition, the Anderson Preparatory Academy Cadet Squadron reports directly to the wing headquarters.

The four group headquarters are aligned with Indiana's Department of Homeland Security districts^[11] and have oversight for the squadrons within those districts.

• Indiana Group I: IDHS Districts 1, 2, and 4
• Indiana Group III: IDHS Districts 3 and 6.
• Indiana Group V: IDHS District V.
• Indiana Group XII: IDHS Districts 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Past Wing Commanders

Civil Air Patrol Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Bryce Bookwalter instructs a squad of Indiana CAP cadets in the use of equipment used to locate aircraft ELT signal devices, during a ground team training exercise.

Members of the local Civil Air Patrol prepare to conduct an exercise with the Grissom emergency management team and members of the 434th Communications Squadron.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets negotiate the conditioning course at Camp Atterbury.

Spaatz Award Recipients

Carl A. Spaatz ribbon

The General Carl A. Spaatz Award is the highest award in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program. The award honors General Carl A. Spaatz, who was the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and the second National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol.

First awarded in 1964, only 0.5% of CAP cadets ever earn the Spaatz award. Indiana Wing ranks 18th among the 50 U.S. states in the number of Spaatz awards earned. Award recipients from Indiana include:

A member of the local Civil Air Patrol operates a radio direction finder during an exercise with the Grissom emergency management team and members of the 434th Communications Squadron in Kokomo, Indiana.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets train with direction finding equipment used to locate aircraft distress beacons referred to as ELTs.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets work together to overcome a wall at the conditioning course at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.

References

External links

• indiana-wing.org official site

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