New York Wing Civil Air Patrol Explained

State:New York
Commander: Col William F. Martin III
Vice Commander:
  • Lt Col Robert Ormsbee (Northern)
  • Lt Col Michael Woolfolk (Southern)
Chief Of Staff: Lt Col Lynn Walker
Deputy Chief Of Staff:
  • Maj Grant Sussey (Operations)
  • Lt Col Louis Fenech (Programs)
Squadrons:67
Cadets:1000
Seniors:1085
Total:2085
Date:August 4, 2024

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 9 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[2]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Squadrons of New York Wing[6]
GroupDesignation Squadron NameLocationNotes
Western NY GroupNY020Southtowns Cadet SquadronAthol Springs
NY022Buffalo Composite Squadron #1Buffalo
NY116Niagara Falls Composite SquadronNiagara Falls Air Reserve Station
NY173TAK Composite SquadronTonawanda
NY343Niagara Frontier Senior SquadronBuffalo
NY351Dunkirk Concord Composite SquadronDunkirk
NY402Jamestown Composite SquadronJamestown
Finger Lakes GroupNY253Batavia Composite SquadronBatavia
NY212Canandaigua Composite SquadronCanandaigua
NY354Condor Composite SquadronPerry
NY273Rochester Composite SquadronRochester
NY412Rochester Senior SquadronRochester
NY111Newark Composite SquadronNewark
Central NY GroupNY135Syracuse Cadet SquadronSyracuse
NY156Mohawk-Griffiss Senior SquadronRome
NY162Utica Cadet SquadronRome
NY406Fort Drum-Watertown Composite SquadronFort Drum
NY408F.R. Sussey Composite SquadronFulton
South Central GroupNY283Chemung-Schuyler Composite SquadronHorseheads
NY292Broome-Tioga Composite SquadronBinghamton
NY355Ithaca Composite SquadronLansing
NY414Owego Composite SquadronOwego
Mid-Eastern GroupNY361Albany Senior SquadronLatham
NY415Capt Luke C. Wullenwaber Composite SquadronBallston Lake
NY802Mont Pleasant Middle School Cadet SquadronSchenectady
NY388James P. O'Connor Composite SquadronPlattsburgh
NY416Orion Composite SquadronSchuylerville
NY073Schenectady Composite SquadronScotia
NY392Vedder Composite SquadronLatham
NY390Vanguard Composite SquadronDurham
Catskill Mountain GroupNY413Orange County Senior SquadronNewburgh
NY030Orange County Cadet SquadronNewburgh
NY072Rockland Cadet SquadronChestnut Ridge
NY387Sullivan County Cadet SquadronBethel
NY395Ulster County FlightLake Katrine
South East GroupNY249Amelia Earhart Cadet SquadronYonkers
NY159Dutchess County Cadet SquadronWappingers Falls
NY421Dutchess County Senior SquadronWappingers Falls
NY422Lt Anthony L. Willsea Cadet SquadronWhite Plains
NY238Col Johnnie Pantanelli Composite SquadronKatonah
NY033Putnam County Cadet SquadronCarmel
NY048Westchester Cadet SquadronEastchester
NY219Westchester Hudson Senior SquadronWhite Plains
New York City GroupNY379Falcon Senior SquadronJamaica
NY420Lt Vincent R. Capodanno Composite SquadronStaten Island
NY803Lt Col Michael R. Noyes Middle School Cadet SquadronQueens
NY373Floyd Bennett Composite SquadronBrooklyn
NY417Stalwart Cadet SquadronLong Island City
NY147Academy Cadet SquadronElmhurst
NY301Phoenix Composite SquadronManhattan
NY384Brooklyn Tech Cadet Squadron #1Brooklyn
Long Island GroupNY247Brian M. Mooney Cadet SquadronShirley
NY153Leroy R. Grumman Cadet SquadronNorthport
NY288Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Cadet SquadronBethpage
NY117Col. Francis S. Grabreski Cadet SquadronBellport
NY3119th Suffolk Cadet SquadronWesthampton
NY328Suffolk Cadet Squadron 10Holbrook
NY207Long Island Cadet SquadronFarmingdale

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emergency Services. Civil Air Patrol Official Website. 6 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151109113931/http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/about/civil_air_patrols_three_primary_missions/emergency-services. 9 November 2015.
  2. Web site: About New York Wing . New York Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website . 6 December 2015 .
  3. Web site: Cadet Programs. Civil Air Patrol Official Website. 6 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151203163209/http://gocivilairpatrol.com/about/civil_air_patrols_three_primary_missions/cadet-programs/. 3 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Aerospace Education . Civil Air Patrol Official Website . 6 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114172124/http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/about/civil_air_patrols_three_primary_missions/ . 14 November 2015 . dead .
  5. Web site: Groups . New York Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website . 6 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: Civil Air Patrol Unit Directory. Gocivilairpatrol.com. 6 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150807161925/http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Unit_Directory_3449B1BF3A9EC.pdf. 7 August 2015.