# 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 (NYWG) 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.
Squadrons of New York Wing :
| Group | Designation | Squadron Name | Location |
| Western NY Group | NY020 | Southtowns Cadet Squadron | Athol Springs |
| | NY022 | Buffalo Composite Squadron #1 | Buffalo |
| | NY116 | Niagara Falls Composite Squadron | Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station |
| | NY173 | TAK Composite Squadron | Tonawanda |
| | NY343 | Niagara Frontier Senior Squadron | Buffalo |
| | NY351 | Dunkirk Concord Composite Squadron | Dunkirk |
| | NY402 | Jamestown Composite Squadron | Jamestown |
| Finger Lakes Group | NY253 | Batavia Composite Squadron | Batavia |
| | NY212 | Canandaigua Composite Squadron | Canandaigua |
| | NY354 | Condor Composite Squadron | Perry |
| | NY273 | Rochester Composite Squadron | Rochester |
| | NY412 | Rochester Senior Squadron | Rochester |
| | NY111 | Newark Composite Squadron | Newark |
| | NY283 | Twin Tiers Cadet Squadron | Horseheads |
| Central NY Group | NY135 | Lt Col William A. Shafer Cadet Squadron | Syracuse |
| | NY156 | Mohawk-Griffiss Senior Squadron | Rome |
| | NY162 | Utica Cadet Squadron | Rome |
| | NY189 | Tri-County Flight | Sidney |
| | NY292 | Southern Tier Composite Squadron | Binghamton |
| | NY406 | Fort Drum Composite Squadron | Fort Drum |
| | NY408 | F.R. Sussey Composite Squadron | Fulton |
| Mid-Eastern Group | NY361 | Albany Senior Squadron | Latham |
| | NY415 | Capt Luke C. Wullenwaber Composite Squadron | Ballston Lake |
| | NY802 | Mont Pleasant Middle School Cadet Squadron | Schenectady |
| | NY388 | James P. O'Connor Composite Squadron | Plattsburgh |
| | NY416 | Orion Composite Squadron | Schuylerville |
| | NY073 | Schenectady Composite Squadron | Scotia |
| | NY392 | Vedder Composite Squadron | Latham |
| | NY390 | Vanguard Composite Squadron | Durham |
| Catskill Mountain Group | NY413 | Orange County Senior Squadron | Newburgh |
| | NY030 | Orange County Cadet Squadron | Newburgh |
| | NY072 | Rockland Cadet Squadron | Chestnut Ridge |
| | NY387 | Sullivan County Cadet Squadron | Bethel |
| | NY395 | Ulster County Flight | Lake Katrine |
| South East Group | NY249 | Amelia Earhart Cadet Squadron | Yonkers |
| | NY159 | Dutchess County Cadet Squadron | Wappingers Falls |
| | NY421 | Dutchess County Senior Squadron | Wappingers Falls |
| | NY422 | Lt Anthony L. Willsea Cadet Squadron | White Plains |
| | NY238 | Col Johnnie Pantanelli Composite Squadron | Katonah |
| | NY033 | Putnam County Cadet Squadron | Carmel |
| | NY048 | Westchester Cadet Squadron | Eastchester |
| | NY219 | Westchester Hudson Senior Squadron | White Plains |
| New York City Group | NY379 | Falcon Senior Squadron | Jamaica |
| | NY420 | Lt Vincent R. Capodanno Composite Squadron | Staten Island |
| | NY803 | Lt Col Michael R. Noyes Middle School Cadet Squadron | Queens |
| | NY373 | Floyd Bennett Composite Squadron | Brooklyn |
| | NY417 | Stalwart Cadet Squadron | Long Island City |
| | NY147 | Academy Cadet Squadron | Elmhurst |
| | NY301 | Phoenix Composite Squadron | Manhattan |
| | NY384 | Brooklyn Tech Cadet Squadron #1 | Brooklyn |
| Long Island Group | NY247 | Brian M. Mooney Cadet Squadron | Shirley |
| | NY153 | Leroy R. Grumman Cadet Squadron | Northport |
| | NY288 | Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Cadet Squadron | Bethpage |
| | NY117 | Col. Francis S. Grabreski Cadet Squadron | Bellport |
| | NY311 | 9th Suffolk Cadet Squadron | Westhampton |
| | NY328 | Suffolk Cadet Squadron 10 | Holbrook |
| | NY207 | Long Island Cadet Squadron | Farmingdale |