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As an official auxiliary of the Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol has three principal missions: emergency services, aerospace education, and the cadet program. The Civil Air Patrol (or CAP) was created by the US Congress as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation. Emergency Services Emergency Services is CAP's best-known activity. CAP members conduct over 85 percent of all inland search and rescue in the continental United States as directed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. In Alaska, CAP is directed in its search operations by the Alaskan Air Command Rescue Coordination Center. In Hawaii, CAP works under the direction of the Pacific Air Forces Joint Rescue Coordination Center. In Puerto Rico, CAP works in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard and local civil authorities. This results in an average of 100 lives are saved each year. CAP provides disaster relief support to local, state, and national disaster relief organizations. CAP is used to do the follwoing tasks. Transport time-sensitive medical materials, blood products, and body tissue. Provide damage assessment, radiological monitoring, light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys for the U.S. Air Force. Assist Federal agencies in the war on drugs. Conduct orientation flights for the Air Force ROTC students. Aerospace Education The Aerospace Education mission, by CAP, involves educating the membership and the community about air and space. This includes the following tasks. Provide annual support for over 100 workshops at colleges. Generate, develop, publish, and distribe aerospace cirriculum for classroom grades K through college. Annually sponsorship of the premier aerospace education conference, the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE). Provide free classroom materials, teacher training, and other educational aids to teachers in America. Provide a web page that serves as an aerospace resource center for education. Provide Directors of Aerospace Education at the Region, Wing (State), and Local (Squadron) level to provide speakers and direct assistance to teachers. The Cadet Program The Cadet Program is open to boys and girls from 6th grade to 21 years of age. The program develops the potential of these youths. There are over 23,000 cadet members, nation wide. The program uses a multi-step approach that includes aviation and aerospace activities. It is interesting to note that between 6 and 10 percent of each class entering the military service academies are former CAP cadets. Some of the benefits to CAP cadets include the following. Opportunities to participate and compete in activities at the local, state, region, and national level. Participation in the International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) Program. Scholarships available in several disciplines. Opportunities to earn FAA pilot ratings. Elligibility to enlist in the US Air Force at a higher pay grade for cadets who have earned the General Billy Mitchell Award.

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