New York Wing Civil Air Patrol


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 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.
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.
GroupDesignationSquadron 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
NY283Twin Tiers Cadet SquadronHorseheads
Central NY GroupNY135Lt Col William A. Shafer Cadet SquadronSyracuse
NY156Mohawk-Griffiss Senior SquadronRome
NY162Utica Cadet SquadronRome
NY189Tri-County FlightSidney
NY292Southern Tier Composite SquadronBinghamton
NY406Fort Drum Composite SquadronFort Drum
NY408F.R. Sussey Composite SquadronFulton
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 GroupNY030Orange County Cadet SquadronNewburgh
NY072Chestnut Ridge
NY159Wappingers Falls
NY387Sullivan County Cadet SquadronBethel
NY395Ulster County FlightLake Katrine
NY413Orange County Senior SquadronNewburgh
NY421Dutchess County Senior SquadronWappingers Falls
South East GroupNY249Amelia Earhart Cadet SquadronYonkers
NY422Lt Anthony L. Willsea Cadet SquadronWhite Plains
NY238Col Johnnie Pantanelli Composite SquadronKatonah
NY033Putnam County Cadet SquadronCarmel
NY048Westchester Cadet Squadron 1Scarsdale
NY219Westchester Hudson Senior SquadronWhite Plains
New York City GroupNY379Falcon Senior SquadronJamaica
NY420Staten 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 GroupNY117Col. Francis S. Grabreski Cadet SquadronBellport
NY153Leroy R. Grumman Cadet SquadronNorthport
NY207Long Island Senior SquadronFarmingdale
NY247Brian M. Mooney Cadet SquadronShirley
NY288Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Cadet SquadronWantagh
NY3119th Suffolk Cadet SquadronWesthampton
NY328Suffolk Cadet Squadron 10Holbrook
NY332Spirit Of Tuskegee Cadet SquadronBrentwood