- 52 Wings Nationwide
- Over 1,700 Squadrons
- Over 60,000 members nationwide
- Approximately 27,000 cadets and
around 35,000 senior members
- Over 500 Corporate owned (CAP)
Aircraft
- CAP Operates the largest fleet of
light general aviation aircraft in the world
- Created 1 Dec 1941; one week
before Pearl Harbor
- Congress designated CAP the
official USAF auxiliary in 1948
- Texas Wing conducts both a Summer
and a Winter Encampment
- Texas Wing also conducts its own
powered and glider flight academies
- To join as a cadet you must be
12; to join as senior you must be 18
- All senior members go through an
extensive FBI background check before full membership privileges are
given
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Background
There are nearly 2,000 squadrons and over 60,000 members of Civil
Air Patrol nationwide. Civil Air Patrol is the Official Auxiliary of the
United States Air Force.
Eligibility
To join Civil Air Patrol as an
adult member, or "senior" member, you must be 18. To join as a cadet you
must be between 12 and 17. Cadets may remain cadets until they turn 21
at which time they must transfer membership to senior member.
Locations
CAP is divided into regions (groups of states), then wings (each state
is a wing), then groups (i.e. Houston area, or Dallas area), then to
squadrons.
Texas Wing has 4 groups.
See the right
column for links to the groups of Texas Wing. Below are some
statistics of Civil Air Patrol as well as some other information you may
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