The Nebraska Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Nebraska. Nebraska Wing headquarters are located in North Platte, Nebraska. The Nebraska Wing consists of over 400 cadet and adult members at over 12 locations across the state of Nebraska.

Mission The Nebraska Wing performs the three missions of Civil Air Patrol: providing emergency services; offering cadet programs for youth; and providing aerospace education for both CAP members and the general public.

Emergency services Civil Air Patrol provides emergency services to those in distress. This includes executing federal inland search-and-rescue missions directed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Civil Air Patrol assets are also available to state and local emergency management and Public Safety agencies for search and rescue operations, aerial photography missions, contingency tactical communications, and emergency transport of humanitarian supplies, blood, tissue, or organs.

Cadet programs Civil Air Patrol offers a cadet program for youth aged 12 to 21, which includes aerospace education, leadership training, physical fitness and moral leadership. The cadet program includes an opportunity for cadets to solo fly an airplane through a flight encampment or academy. The Nebraska Wing's Cadet Programs is aided by an endowment fund of $1,025,000. This was gifted to the CAP Foundation in 2019 by a former Civil Air Patrol cadet who stated "Civil Air Patrol has been such a significant part of my life, starting when I was a cadet. I've been fortunate to do well within my career and to be able to make this investment in the Civil Air Patrol Foundation, to specifically support the Nebraska Wing, both now and in the future."

Aerospace education Civil Air Patrol provides aerospace education to CAP members and the general public. For CAP members, this includes graded courses covering flight physics, dynamics, history, and application. Civil Air Patrol helps schoolteachers integrate aviation and aerospace into the classroom through outreach programs, including the External Aerospace Education program, by providing seminars, course materials and through sponsorship of the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education.

Organization

+ Units of the Nebraska Wing Designation Unit Name LocationCommanderNCR-NE-001Nebraska Wing HeadquartersNorth PlatteCol David PlumNCR-NE-002General Curtis Lemay Offutt Composite SquadronOffutt AFBCapt Leonard LaPorteNCR-NE-004Columbus Composite SquadronColumbusLt Col Leonard CassellNCR-NE-010Fremont Cadet SquadronFremont1st Lt Eric L Martinson NCR-NE-019Omaha Composite SquadronOmahaMaj John PinedaNCR-NE-058155th Composite SquadronLincoln1st Lt Charles E BurchessNCR-NE-068Capital City Senior FlightLincoln1st Lt Jerry ArnoldNCR-NE-073High Plains Composite FlightValentineCapt Charles MoeNCR-NE-08999th Pursuit Composite SquadronOmahaLt Col Jeffrey S MichalskiNCR-NE-093Lee Bird Composite SquadronNorth Platte1st Lt Cassidy E ArizonaNCR-NE-094Tri-Cities FlightGrand Island1st Lt Brandon ZimmermannNCR-NE-800Burke High School FlightOmahaCapt Melanie BoudreaultNCR-NE-999Nebraska State Legislative SquadronLincoln1st Lt Kevin D Cory

See also Awards and decorations of Civil Air Patrol Nebraska Air National Guard Nebraska State Guard

References

External links

Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol official website