Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol

Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol

Indiana Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Command staff
Commander	Col Robert Freese
Vice Commander	Lt Col Jamie Griffith
Current statistics
Squadrons	26
Cadets	650
Seniors	455
Total Membership	1,105
Website	www.inwg.cap.gov
Statistics as of March 29, 2020
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The Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol^[1] (abbreviated INWG) is the highest echelon of Civil Air PatrolAir Patrol in the state of Indiana. Its headquarters is located in Terre Haute, Indiana.^[2] The Indiana Wing involves 1045 adult and youth volunteers organized into four group headquarters, a legislative squadron, and twenty-six subordinate squadrons located throughout the state, including three School Enrichment Programs. Civil Air Patrol's 2nd largest cadet squadron, the Anderson Preparatory Academy Cadet Squadron (GLR-IN-803), is located in Anderson, Indiana.^[3]

Missions[]

Indiana Wing performs Civil Air Patrol's three congressionally assigned key missions:^[4] emergency services, which includes search and rescue (by air and ground) and disaster relief operations; aerospace education for youth and the general public; and cadet programs for teenage youth.

Indiana Wing support's Civil Air Patrol's Emergency Services missions by flying ten Civil Air Patrol aircraft and operating thirteen vehicles and two mission support trailers.^[5] The Wing operates 13 high frequency (HF) radios, and 15 very high frequency (VHF) repeaters and 113 VHF base and mobile radios. Indiana Wing is involved in search and rescue,^[6] disaster relief, and counterdrug operations.

Indiana Wing offers the CAP Cadet Program^[7] in a number of communities across the state, and provides a free orientation flight program that has involved nearly 400 cadets in recent years.^[8]

Support for CAP's Aerospace Education mission includes outreach to schools, education for cadets, and participation in local aviation events.^[9][10] Additionally, Indiana Wing maintains a hot air balloon for aviation education and community outreach.

Organizational structure[]

Indiana Wing is organized into a wing headquarters unit, four group headquarters overseeing 26 squadrons, and a legislative squadron. In addition, the Anderson Preparatory Academy Cadet Squadron reports directly to the wing headquarters.

The four group headquarters are aligned with Indiana's Department of Homeland Security districts^[11] and have oversight for the squadrons within those districts.

• Indiana Group I: IDHS Districts 1, 2, and 4
• Indiana Group III: IDHS Districts 3 and 6.
• Indiana Group V: IDHS District V.
• Indiana Group XII: IDHS Districts 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Past Wing Commanders[]

Civil Air Patrol Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Bryce Bookwalter instructs a squad of Indiana CAP cadets in the use of equipment used to locate aircraft ELT signal devices, during a ground team training exercise.

Members of the local Civil Air Patrol prepare to conduct an exercise with the Grissom emergency management team and members of the 434th Communications Squadron.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets negotiate the conditioning course at Camp Atterbury.

Spaatz Award Recipients[]

Carl A. Spaatz ribbon

The General Carl A. Spaatz Award is the highest award in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program. The award honors General Carl A. Spaatz, who was the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and the second National Commander of Civil Air PatrolAir Patrol.

First awarded in 1964, only 0.5% of CAP cadets ever earn the Spaatz award. Indiana Wing ranks 18th among the 50 U.S. states in the number of Spaatz awards earned. Award recipients from Indiana include:

A member of the local Civil Air Patrol operates a radio direction finder during an exercise with the Grissom emergency management team and members of the 434th Communications Squadron in Kokomo, Indiana.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets train with direction finding equipment used to locate aircraft distress beacons referred to as ELTs.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets work together to overcome a wall at the conditioning course at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.

Legal protection[]

Under Indiana law, private employers whose businesses are within the borders of Indiana are forbidden from disciplining their employees who are members of the Indiana Wing, if those employees miss work in order to respond to an emergency as a part of Civil Air PatrolAir Patrol.^[14] Private employers are only exempted from this rule if they designate an employee as an "essential employee to the employer," and the state commander of the Indiana Wing must be notified.^[15]

The State of Indiana^[16] and all political subdivision of the state^[17] do not have a right to seek an exemption to giving Civil Air Patrol employees leave time by designating them an "essential employee to the employer." Rather, they are forbidden from penalizing any employee who takes leave from their work responsibilities to respond to a Civil Air Patrol mission.

All Indiana secondary school students, whether public or private, are entitled to leave from school to participate in Civil Air Patrol training and missions. Schools are forbidden by law from marking these students as absent or penalizing them in any way.^[18]

See also[]

• Indiana Air National Guard
• Indiana Guard Reserve
• Civil Air Patrol

References[]

External links[]

• www.inwg.cap.gov official site