Willie Composite Squadron 304, located at Gateway Airport in the southeast Phoenix metro area, is part of the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. Our more than 70 senior and cadet squadron members are involved in the Wing’s air and ground search and rescue teams. Extensive training is provided to both senior members and cadets in order to prepare them to fulfill the CAP’s mission and serve our community. Visit us on Twitter and Facebook.

The Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, with 20 squadrons across the state, has more than 1,100 youth and adult members, 13 light aircraft and 22 multi-purpose vehicles. These assets are available when CAP is tasked to support missions that may also involve federal, state and county governments, emergency responders and law enforcement agencies to perform search and rescue, homeland security, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and counter-drug missions. For more information on the Arizona Wing of CAP visit the wing’s website, Twitter, and Facebook page.

Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer US Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 85% of all federal inland search-and-rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. CAP is credited by the AFRCC with saving about 100 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit GoCivilAirPatrol.com for more information.