New York Wing Civil Air Patrol

The New York Wing Civil Air Patrol is the highest echelon of the Civil Air Patrol in the state of New York. Headquartered at Westchester County Airport campus in White Plains, New York, the New York Wing (NYWG) has 9 primary subordinate units located throughout the state to help it carry out its missions.

Mission

The missions include providing aerospace education and training for all of its members, teaching leadership skills to New York youth, and performing various domestic emergency services for the United States of America in a noncombatant capacity.

Emergency services

The Civil Air Patrol provides emergency services, which includes performing search and rescue and disaster relief missions; as well as assisting in humanitarian aid assignments. The CAP also provides Air Force support through conducting light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. The Civil Air Patrol also supports counter-drug missions.^[2]

After September 11 attacks in 2001, the New York Wing was activated to support the state by providing some of the first aerial photographs of Ground Zero and by offering support to local agencies.^[3]

Cadet programs

The Civil Air Patrol offers a cadet program for youth aged 12 to 21, which includes aerospace education and opportunities, leadership education and training, formal Air Force style drill and ceremonies training, and Emergency Services training.^[4]

The New York Wing holds an annual Encampment for the cadet members, where for about a week cadets study drill, leadership, and teamwork in a basic training like environment under the mentorship of cadet staff and senior members. The New York Wing also holds a Flight Academy for cadets to learn to fly either a powered aircraft or a glider.^[3]

Aerospace education

The Civil Air Patrol offers aerospace education for CAP members and the general public, including providing training to the members of CAP, and offering workshops for youth throughout the nation through schools and public aviation events.^[5]

Organization

Lt. Col. Dave Sommers (left) delivers uniforms donated by Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station Airmen to Civil Air Patrol members.

U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, New York Air National Guard train Civil Air Patrol cadets on placing litters in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

Cadets with the Leroy R. Grumman Cadet Squadron board an HC-130.

Members of the 9th Suffolk Cadet Squadron, Civil Air Patrol rides aboard an HC-130 with the 106th Rescue Wing.

Senior Airmen Christopher George of the 914 Airlift Wing Raising 6 Organization presents 1st Lt. Tina Warnock of the Civil Air Patrol, TAC Composite Squadron with surplus military uniforms.

Airman assigned to the 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron work alongside civilian agencies to carry a simulated patient, a Civil Air Patrol cadet, to an LC-130 aircraft.

The New York Wing is divided into nine groups across the state, with each squadron being assigned as a component of a group based on its geographical location.^[6]

See also

• New York Air National Guard
• New York Guard
• New York Naval Militia

References

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