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The West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon of Civil Air Patrol in the state of West Virginia. West Virginia Wing headquarters are located in Charleston, West Virginia. [1] The West Virginia Wing consists of over 600 cadet and adult members at over 12 locations across the state of West Virginia. [2]
In 1994, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources opened a new 150 bed acute care psychiatric facility to replace the old Weston State Hospital. The new facility was named William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital. In 2000 a new Civil Air Patrol facility was built at Charleston's Yeager Airport and it too was named in Sharpe's honor.
Civil Air Patrol aircraft are flown into restricted airspace, where United States Air Force pilots may practice low-speed intercepts. [36] Civil Air Patrol also provides non-emergency assistance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement Administration, and United States Forest Service in the War on Drugs. In 2005, CAP flew ...
The West Virginia Air National Guard origins date to March 7, 1947, with the establishment of the 167th Fighter Squadron, which is oldest unit of the West Virginia Air National Guard. Originally equipped with F-51D Mustangs (the new name of the P-51 Mustang after 1947), the 167th Fighter Squadron was federally recognized and activated at ...
The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization. Its Colorado wing operates in the Rocky Mountain region, conducting search and rescue operations to find lost ...
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This page includes a list of Wings of the Civil Air Patrol. There are a total of 52 Wings (one for every state plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico). The naming convention for these pages is "X Wing Civil Air Patrol", with X being the common name for the state or commonwealth.
Between July 1942 and April 1944, the Civil Air Patrol Southern Liaison Patrol was given the task of patrolling the border between Brownsville, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona. The Southern Liaison Patrol logged approximately 30,000 flight hours and patrolled roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of the land separating the United States and Mexico .