Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol

Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol
Nebraska Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Command staff
Commander Col David E. Plum
Vice Commander Lt Col Roxann Richards
Chief of Staff Major Jason Ferguson
Command NCO MSgt Christopher M Kenny
Current statistics
Cadets167
Seniors210
Total Membership377
Websitewww.newg.cap.gov//
Statistics as of July, 2024

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.[1] The Nebraska Wing consists of over 300 cadet and adult members at over 9 locations across the state of Nebraska.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] The cadet program includes an opportunity for cadets to solo fly an airplane through a flight encampment or academy.[6] The Nebraska Wing's Cadet Programs is aided by an endowment fund[7] 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.[4]

Organization

Commander Darrell Nelson from the Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol and Congressman Brad Ashford.
Civil Air Patrol pilot Tom Pflug checks his flight log as CAP photographer Erich Deitenbeck discusses the days photo opportunities with FEMA's Natasha Wilkins.
Units of the Nebraska Wing[8]
Designation Unit Name Location Commander
NCR-NE-001 Nebraska Wing Headquarters North Platte Col David Plum
NCR-NE-002 General Curtis Lemay Offutt Composite Squadron Offutt AFB Capt Leonard LaPorte
NCR-NE-004 Columbus Composite Squadron Columbus 1st Lt Elijah J Mackie
NCR-NE-010 Fremont Cadet Squadron Fremont Maj Isaac Piper
NCR-NE-019 Omaha Composite Squadron Omaha Maj John Pineda
NCR-NE-056 Pine Ridge Composite Flight Chadron Capt Charles Kuskie
NCR-NE-058 155th Composite Squadron Lincoln Lt Col Zoe Falls
NCR-NE-068 Capital City Senior Flight Lincoln 1st Lt Christopher Chambers
NCR-NE-073 Sandhills Flight Valentine Capt Charles Moe
NCR-NE-089 99th Pursuit Composite Squadron Omaha Lt Col Crystal Michalski
NCR-NE-093 Lee Bird Composite Squadron North Platte Capt Dean Dike
NCR-NE-094 Tri-Cities Flight Grand Island 1st Lt Brandon Zimmermann
NCR-NE-800 Burke High School Flight Omaha Capt Melanie Boudreault
NCR-NE-999 Nebraska State Legislative Squadron Lincoln Lt Col Edward Moss

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nebraska Wing Home Page". Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Wing Reports". Civil Air Patrol Newsroom. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Civil Air Patrol". Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Our Missions". Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Cadet Programs". Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Youth Program". Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  7. ^ "CAP Foundation". GoCivilAirPatrol.com.
  8. ^ "Civil Air Patrol Unit Directory" (PDF). Gocivilairpatrol.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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