The Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol (abbreviated MAWG), commonly referred to as "Mass Wing", is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its headquarters is located at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. MA Wing reports to Northeast Region CAP, which reports to CAP National Headquarters.
Emergency services Training for all Emergency Services functions is based on the Incident Command System. The most basic qualifications require certification in the ICS-100 course available online.
Members of the wing assisted in the search for John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane crash site. A few Massachusetts Wing members aided with Incident Command at the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster. More recently, several Massachusetts Wing members participated as members of CAP's Geospatial Team by performing damage assessments after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
In April 2020, members of the Massachusetts Wing began assisting the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by helping to load and unload trucks, inventorying personal protective equipment and other needed medical supplies, and assembling orders of those items for delivery to local municipalities around the state.
Squadrons There are currently 11 local area Squadrons in the Massachusetts Wing.
Beverly Composite Squadron MA-019 Boston Cadet Squadron MA-002 Bridgewater State University Squadron MA-005 Coastal Patrol 18 Composite Squadron MA-044 Essex County Composite Squadron MA-070 Brigadier General Arthur J. Pierce Squadron MA-013 Goddard Cadet Squadron MA-007 Hanscom Composite Squadron MA-043 Pilgrim Composite Squadron MA-071 Westover Composite Squadron MA-015 Worcester Cadet Squadron MA-022 References
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Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol