New York Wing Civil Air Patrol is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of New York. Headquartered at Hancock Field ANGB in Syracuse, New York, New York Wing (NYWG) has 8 primary subordinate units located throughout the state to help it carry out its missions.
Missions 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 Civil Air Patrol provides emergency services, which includes performing search and rescue and disaster relief missions; as well as assisting in humanitarian aid assignments. CAP also provides Air Force support through conducting light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. Civil Air Patrol also supports counter-drug missions.
After September 11 attacks in 2001, 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.
Cadet Programs 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.
New York Wing holds an annual Encampment for the cadet members, eight days where cadets study drill, leadership, and teamwork in a basic training like environment under the mentorship of cadet staff and senior members. New York Wing also holds a Flight Academy for cadets to learn to fly either a powered aircraft or a glider.
Aerospace Education 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.
Organization
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. + Squadrons of New York Wing Group Designation Squadron Name LocationNotesWestern NY GroupNY020Southtowns Cadet SquadronAthol SpringsNY022Buffalo Composite Squadron #1BuffaloNY116Niagara Falls Composite SquadronNiagara Falls Air Reserve StationNY173TAK Composite SquadronTonawandaNY343Niagara Frontier Senior SquadronBuffalo Niagara International AirportNY351Dunkirk Concord Composite SquadronDunkirkNY402Jamestown Composite SquadronJamestownFinger Lakes GroupNY253Batavia Composite SquadronBataviaNY212Canandaigua Composite SquadronCanandaiguaNY354Condor Composite SquadronPerryNY273Rochester Composite SquadronRochesterNY412Rochester Senior SquadronRochesterNY111Newark Composite SquadronNewarkNY283Twin Tiers Cadet SquadronHorseheadsCentral NY GroupNY135Lt Col William A. Shafer Cadet SquadronSyracuseNY156Mohawk-Griffiss Senior SquadronRomeNY162Utica Cadet SquadronRomeNY189Tri-County FlightSidneyNY292Southern Tier Composite SquadronBinghamtonNY406Fort Drum Composite SquadronFort DrumNY408F.R. Sussey Composite SquadronFultonMid-Eastern GroupNY361Albany Senior SquadronLathamNY415Capt Luke C. Wullenwaber Composite SquadronBallston LakeNY802Mont Pleasant Middle School Cadet SquadronSchenectadyNY388James P. O'Connor Composite SquadronPlattsburghNY416Orion Composite SquadronSchuylervilleNY073Schenectady Composite SquadronScotiaNY392Vedder Composite SquadronLathamNY390Vanguard Composite SquadronDurhamCatskill Mountain GroupNY030Orange County Cadet SquadronNewburghNY072Rockland Cadet SquadronChestnut RidgeNY159Dutchess County Cadet SquadronWappingers FallsNY387Sullivan County Cadet SquadronBethelNY395Ulster County FlightLake KatrineNY413Orange County Senior SquadronNewburghNY421Dutchess County Senior SquadronWappingers FallsSouth East GroupNY249Amelia Earhart Cadet SquadronYonkersNY422Lt Anthony L. Willsea Cadet SquadronWhite PlainsNY238Col Johnnie Pantanelli Composite SquadronKatonahNY033Putnam County Cadet SquadronCarmelNY048Westchester Cadet Squadron 1ScarsdaleNY219Westchester Hudson Senior SquadronWhite PlainsNew York City GroupNY379Falcon Senior SquadronJamaicaNY420Lt Vincent R. Capodanno Composite SquadronStaten IslandNY803Lt Col Michael R. Noyes Middle School Cadet SquadronQueensNY373Floyd Bennett Composite SquadronBrooklynNY417Stalwart Cadet SquadronLong Island CityNY147Academy Cadet SquadronElmhurstNY301Phoenix Composite SquadronManhattanNY384Brooklyn Tech Cadet Squadron #1BrooklynLong Island GroupNY117Col. Francis S. Grabreski Cadet SquadronBellportNY153Leroy R. Grumman Cadet SquadronNorthportNY207Long Island Senior SquadronFarmingdaleNY247Brian M. Mooney Cadet SquadronShirleyNY288Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Cadet SquadronWantaghNY3119th Suffolk Cadet SquadronWesthamptonNY328Suffolk Cadet Squadron 10HolbrookNY332Spirit Of Tuskegee Cadet SquadronBrentwood
See also New York Air National Guard New York Guard New York Naval Militia
External links
New York Wing - Civil Air Patrol
References