OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
CAP is most commonly
associated with the mission
of Emergency Services. CAP
volunteer pilots fly more
than 85% of all inland search and
rescue missions directed by
the Air Force Rescue
Coordination Center at
Langley AFB, Virginia. CAP
saved 75 lives last year
through search and rescue
efforts.
CAP
volunteer
members provide many other
support operations to
include homeland security, disaster
relief,
air and ground
transportation, aerial
reconnaissance, to agencies
such as the American Red
Cross and the Federal
Emergency Management
Administration (FEMA).
CAP’s extraordinarily extensive communications network is available to local, state, and national disaster relief agencies free of charge. CAP transports time-sensitive medical materials in support of humanitarian organizations. The live organ transport program is credited with saving an average of 10 lives every year.
CAP’s extraordinarily extensive communications network is available to local, state, and national disaster relief agencies free of charge. CAP transports time-sensitive medical materials in support of humanitarian organizations. The live organ transport program is credited with saving an average of 10 lives every year.
CAP
counterdrug
operations through formal
agreements with the U.S. Air
Force, the U.S. Customs
Service, the Drug
Enforcement Agency and the
U.S. Forest Service provides
aerial reconnaissance,
airborne communications
support, and airlift of law
enforcement personnel in
support of our nation’s war
on drugs.
The
tragic events of September
11, 2001 drove home an
important lesson, that CAP's
original missions of
homeland security are
still viable today. This
area will be a key focus for
CAP in the years to come.
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