Civil Air Patrol was conceived in the late 1930s by legendary New Jersey aviation advocate Gill Robb Wilson.
Our squardon contains mostly well trained and experienced individuals.
There are currently 1253 seniors in NY Wing with 46 active seniors in our squadron. NY Wing has 1154 cadets as well, none in the 207.Captain Joseph Pizzo is our squadron's Commander and Captain John Corcacas is our squadron's Deputy Commander.
Seniors are members 18 years and up. Our squardon contains well trained and experienced individuals (male and female) with EMS, ESS, Medical, Leadership, Ground Search and Pilot skills. We are always looking for adults intrested in joining us. No experience neccessary. We will train you for the position you are interested in. We meet on the second Wednsday and the last Thursday of each month in the terminal building of Republic Airport, located at Farmindale Long Island, NY. Click here for location on map.
NY wing tries to schedule a SAREX (Search And Rescue Excersise) monthly, which you will be able to attend after joing a squadron and taking some minimal training at first. These SAREX's combine senior and cadet squadrons and fulfills the main purpose of CAP.
For those of you that want to join a squadron with cadets or have a youth that would like to join go to CAP.GOV and search for a squadron near you.