Grand Forks Composite Squadron - Civil Air Patrol

Civil Air Patrol, USAF Auxiliary

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 60,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 154 lives so far in fiscal year 2018. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 25,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 77 years. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information on CAP. For North Dakota information, please visit http://www.ndcap.us/.