Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol

The Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of Illinois. Illinois Wing Headquarters is located in West Chicago, Illinois.[1] The Illinois Wing consists of over 1,000 cadet and adult members at 26 locations across the state of Illinois.[2] "Together we all succeed!"

Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol
Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Command staff
Commander Col Andrew G. Loy
Vice Commander Lt Col Thomas A. DeMaeyer
Chief of Staff Maj Michael Larson
Current statistics
Squadrons26 (+ 6 Group Headquarters)
Cadets445
Seniors591
Total Membership1036
Websiteilwg.cap.gov
Statistics as of May 2021

Mission

Supporting America's communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and promotion of air, space, and cyber power.

Emergency services

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol provides emergency services, which includes search and rescue and disaster relief missions; including providing assistance in humanitarian aid assignments. The CAP provides Air Force support through the conducting of light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol may assist in counter-drug missions.[3]

In January 2009, members of the Illinois Wing, along with CAP members from the Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio Wings, flew sorties surveying damage and boosting communications for the Kentucky National Guard following a severe ice storm in Kentucky, while CAP ground crews assisted National Guardsmen in going door to door to perform wellness checks on residents.[4]

Cadet programs

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol offers a cadet program for youth aged 12 to 18, 21, which is organized as a sixteen step training program which offers aerospace education, leadership training, physical fitness and moral leadership.[5]

Aerospace education

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol provides aerospace education for both CAP members and the general public; it includes providing training to the members of the CAP, and offering workshops for youth throughout the nation through schools and public aviation events.[6]

Organization

The Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol is composed of 26 squadrons which are distributed among six Groups across the state of Illinois. The six Groups of Illinois Wing include: Group 1, covers Southern Illinois; Group 2, South of Chicago; Group 3, Central Illinois; Group 4, Northwest Illinois, Group 5, West Chicago; and Group 6, Chicago Land.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Blake A. Pumphrey, head of mobility and resources at the 182nd Security Forces Squadron, demonstrates a Taser X26 spark test for Civil Air Patrol cadets at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill.
A Civil Air Patrol cadet reads the nomenclature of a security forces squadron M4 carbine at the 182nd Airlift Wing.
Squadrons of Illinois Wing[7]
Group Designation Squadron Name Location
Wing HQ IL-001 Illinois Wing Headquarters West Chicago
Legislative IL-999 State Legislative Squadron Sadorus
Group 01 IL-061 Shawnee Composite Squadron Herrin
IL-205 Scott Composite Squadron Scott Air Force Base
IL-286 286th Composite Squadron East Alton
Group 02 IL-067 Magnus Composite Squadron North Riverside
IL-189 Colonel Shorty Powers Composite Squadron Bolingbrook
IL-317 Thunder Composite Squadron Monee
IL-329 Lewis Composite Squadron Romeoville
IL-332 Cornelius Coffey Composite Squadron South Holland
Group 03 IL-004 Peoria Composite Squadron Peoria
IL-036 Springfield Composite Squadron Springfield
IL-240 McLean County Composite Squadron Bloomington
IL-303 Decatur Flight Decatur
IL-327 Champaign Composite Squadron Champaign
Group 04 IL-008 Quad City Composite Squadron Moline
IL-251 Poplar Grove Composite Squadron Poplar Grove
IL-271 Dekalb County Composite Squadron Dekalb
IL-284 Illinois Valley Composite Squadron Peru
IL-334 Whiteside County Composite Squadron Rock Falls
Group 05 IL-075 Woodfield Composite Squadron Schaumburg
IL-263 McHenry County Composite Squadron Greenwood
IL-282 Lake in the Hills Composite Squadron Lake in the Hills
IL-274 Fox Valley Composite Squadron West Chicago
Group 06 IL-042 Lake County Composite Squadron Libertyville
IL-049 Palwaukee Composite Squadron Wheeling
IL-090 Col Compton Composite Squadron Evanston
IL-312 Chicago Senior Squadron Chicago

Special Activities

Illinois Wing host a week long Summer Encampment each summer.

Illinois Wing hosted a Spring Encampment on the U.S. Navy's Recruit Training Command in North Chicago Illinois from 1991 to 2019.

The Raymond Johnson Flight Academy has been hosted by Illinois Wing since 1967, providing cadets with familiarization and flight training in powered aircraft, sailplanes, and hot-air balloons.

Members of Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol who are employed in Illinois are generally entitled to unpaid leave from their place of employment when taking part in a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers who employ between fifteen and fifty employees must provide Civil Air Patrol members with up to fifteen days of unpaid leave annually for employees performing a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers who employ more than fifty employees must provide Civil Air Patrol members up to thirty days of unpaid leave annually to respond to Civil Air Patrol missions. Employers are forbidden from requiring employees to use accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, sick leave, disability leave, or any other leave to cover the time period the employee is deployed on a mission. These rights are guaranteed under Illinois law.[8]

Aircraft

Illinois Wing is assigned 8 powered aircraft, and 3 gliders.

See also

References
  1. "Illinois Wing Headquarters Civil Air Patrol Location". Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. "2014 Statistics" (PDF). Capmembers.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. "Emergency Services". Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. "Ice Storm Puts Kentucky in Deep Freeze" (PDF). Capmembers.com. 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. "Cadet Programs". Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. "Aerospace Education". Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "Unit Locations". Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol Official Website. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. "820 ILCS 148/10 Civil air patrol leave requirement". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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