Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 1 NEVADA

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 1 NEVADA

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 2 STATISTICS 2015 CAP will mark it th anniverary thi year, having been etablihed Dec. 1, 1941. The organization long hitory of public ervice wa recognized in December 2014 with preentation of the Congreional Gold Medal for it volunteer ervice helping protect Allied hipping and the U.S. homefront during World War II. Congre deignated CAP a the official Air Force Auxiliary in May 1948 and identified it three core miion emergency ervice, cadet program and aeropace education. CAP wa recognized in 2015 a part of the U.S. Air Force Total Force, which alo conit of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reerve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employee. CAP more than 55,000 member tand ready to ait their nation, their tate and their communitie when called upon during time of need. Volunteer Member 503 adult member 324 cadet 535 voting-age member 265 aircrew peronnel 484 emergency reponder Squadron 17 location tatewide Aircraft 12 ingle engine 2 glider Vehicle 18 vehicle Interoperable Communication 17 VHF/FM repeater 123 VHF/FM tation 9 HF tation Miion 5 earch and recue miion 1 find Cadet Flying 341 cadet orientation flight Total Hour Flown 1,922 Financial $47,500 in tate funding $2,123,806 value of wing volunteer hour National Commander Maj. Gen. Joeph R. Vazquez joevazquez@verizon.net Region Commander Col. Brian L. Bihop bbihop@cap.gov Wing Commander Col. Carol Lee Lynn carol.lynn@nvwg.cap.gov Gov. Relation Advior Col. Jon Stoke jon.toke@cawg.cap.gov Wing Info P.O. Box 339 Spark, NV 89432-0339 7.358.3700 www.nvwg.cap.gov C I T I Z E N S S E R V I N G C O M M U N I T I E S

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 3 Member of the Nevada Wing enjoy Veteran Day with Gov. Brian Sandoval. Member of the Nevada Wing prepare for Wreath Acro America. nevada Wing CIVIL AIR PATROL SPREADS ITS WINGS IN SILVER STATE The Nevada Wing maintain trong program in earch and recue, cadet program and aeropace education. The wing provide activitie that reach both urban and rural area and impact children a well a adult. The wing many community ervice effort are conducted in partnerhip with the State Veteran Home and VA Southern Nevada Healthcare Sytem, the Boulder City and Fernley Veteran' cemeterie, Operation Homefront, Blue Star Widow, Operation Santa Clau, Air Force ROTC orientation flight, Nevada Department of Emergency Management Search and Recue Board, Reno Air Race, Aviation Nation, Humboldt County Search and Recue collaboration, Angel Flight Wet and more. A Nevada Wing continue reaching out to community organization, the wing i building on it plan to exceed expectation in meeting the miion of Civil Air Patrol and enhancing member contribution to Nevada and the nation. The wing training program extend throughout the tate, developing a cadre of member ready to repond when needed while developing future leader. The cadet training program i econd to none and include baic and advanced leaderhip chool, an annual encampment, orientation flight, glider training and more. Lat year, the wing had five cadet accepted into ervice academie, with ome accepted to more than one. The Nevada Wing i alo developing a proce of continuou compliance to enure that it i operating efficiently within U.S. Air Force guideline. In addition, the wing ha repreented CAP in working with organization uch a the International Council of Air Show.

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 4 Damage aement flight in upport of Hawaii after Hurricane Ana Tornado damage aement flight in Miiippi on Chritma Eve Airborne urvey flight over Illinoi to identify ice jam cauing flooding Airborne oil pill aement flight along the Miouri River by North Dakota Wing Support for emergency helter operation by Tenneee Wing ground peronnel following winter ice torm and freezing in mid-february Nebraka Wing ice jam identification flight to ait with flooding operation Tornado damage aement flight following pring torm in Oklahoma, Texa and Illinoi Spring flooding aement flight and andbagging operation in Louiiana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Indiana, Miouri, Tenneee and Kentucky Diater helter upport in Puerto Rico for Tropical Storm Erika Tunami Warning miion in Hawaii after a major earthquake in Chile in September Airborne imagery collection over the Hilldale flah flood ite in Utah CAP ha one of the larget ingle-engine piton aircraft fleet in the world, operating over 550 powered aircraft that upport miion for communitie nationwide every day. Fifty-five glider and two hot-air balloon are ued to provide cadet orientation flight. Cadet will be the future of American aviation, and dedicated CAP pilot work to give them opportunitie to explore aviation and learn how to fly. CAP alo maintain a fleet of almot 1,000 ground vehicle compried of van, truck, edan and other pecial purpoe vehicle ued to upport our miion. CAP multimillion-dollar interoperable VHF-FM and HF radio communication network conit of over 11,500 fixed and mobile radio tation ued for command and control of reource and to communicate with counterpart agencie at the federal, tate and local level. & MISSIONS TECHNOLOGY HIGH-PROFILE MISSIONS Support to FEMA in California for wildland fire in September

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 5 YEARS OF SERVICE BY THE NUMBERS Civil Air Patrol annually conduct 90 percent of all inland earch and recue miion in the continental U.S. a taked by the Air Force Recue Coordination Center and other agencie. CAP wa involved in 863 SAR miion in 2015 and wa credited with aving 69 live. 30,761 qualified peronnel trained to federal tandard upported 196 diater relief and other federal, tate and local agency upport miion in 2015. Aircrew conducting counterdrug and drug interdiction operation flew 9,183 hour helping law enforcement agencie eize $1.2 billion in illegal drug and currency, leading to 3 arret. CAP aircrew flew 98,529 hour in 2015, conducting earch and recue, diater relief, air defene, counterdrug and numerou other critical miion. CAP aircrew flew 1,168 hour on 35 Surrogate Unmanned Aerial Sytem miion to train U.S. and coalition force from around the world in 2015. CAP ervice, performed in the air and on the ground by CAP volunteer, cot only $120 to $165 per flying hour, aving million of dollar over other aviation option. CAP pilot flying a mentor to America future aviation leader flew 10,882 hour to conduct 27,862 cadet orientation ride in both powered aircraft and glider in 2015. CAP aircrew flew 1,164 hour on 190 air defene exercie miion helping prepare fighter unit acro the country for homeland ecurity miion. In all, CAP member provided almot $165 million in volunteer ervice to the 1,451 communitie it upport nationwide. The Air Force Recue Coordination Center credited CAP national cell phone forenic and radar analyi team with 53 live aved in 2015. 6,945 aircrew peronnel and 4,249 ground team member are available for CAP miion.

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 6 CADET PROGRAMS Civil Air Patrol accomplihe it congreionally mandated Cadet Program through a curriculum of leaderhip, aeropace, fitne and character. TRANSFORMING YOUTH INTO DYNAMIC AMERICANS AND AEROSPACE LEADERS Core Value CAP intill the organization core value in it cadet integrity, volunteer ervice, excellence and repect. Cadet are drug-free role model in their communitie and chool. Wreath Acro America Every December, in all 52 wing and even overea, cadet participate in Wreath Acro America obervance preenting the color and placing wreath on veteran grave in national cemeterie and at war memorial. Scholarhip More than $60,000 in college and flight cholarhip are available to CAP cadet. Career Exploration Through more than 30 National Cadet Special Activitie cadet annually explore career in a wide variety of field. Cadet can chooe to invetigate flying, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, cyberpace operation, engineering, robotic and emergency ervice, among other. Flying High The opportunity to fly i a major attraction CAP offer youth. During 2015, CAP pilot flew cadet on 27,862 orientation flight. Leaderhip Our program offer cadet in-depth training in leaderhip and enable them to apply claroom principle to real-world need. Cadet are encouraged to plan event, make deciion and teach and mentor junior-ranking cadet under enior uperviion. Community Service CAP cadet erve their communitie in a myriad of way, including collecting and ditributing food and clothing to the needy, carrying out cleanup campaign and meeting logitical need for aviationrelated event like air how.

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 7 AEROSPACE EDUCATION Civil Air Patrol awarding-winning aeropace education program promote aeropace hitory, flight principle and career. Many of the nation atronaut, pilot, engineer and cientit firt explored their career in CAP. CAP Aeropace Education and STEM program, coniting of over 30 no-cot aeropace education product and program, generate interet in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic career in over 25,000 cadet and about 150,000 K-12 tudent nationwide. STEM Kit Nearly 150,000 K-12 youth acro the country were expoed to career exploration program aociated with atronomy, flight imulation, model and remote-controlled aircraft, robotic and rocketry, thank to free STEM kit provided by CAP. Teacher Member CAP AE program extend to adult a well a youth. CAP offer a pecial memberhip for teacher promoting AE and STEM in their claroom. Thi include Teacher Orientation Program flight that provide educator with the opportunity to experience firthand the excitement of flying and to expand their aeronautical knowledge, which alo benefit 30,000 tudent annually. Eye on the Future The CyberPatriot program, complemented by CAP cyber ecurity educational material, i grooming participant for future cyber ecurity career. Civil Air Patrol i a leader in the All Service Diviion national high chool CyberPatriot program, with pat championhip in the competition. In 2014, the California middle chool team won the inaugural National Middle School Championhip. Head of the Cla About 18,000 youth in 30 tate are K-6 Aeropace Connection in Education program participant. The no-cot program offered by more than 300 teacher enriche academic, character education and phyical fitne with an engaging grade-pecific curriculum.

Nevada-Wing-2016_Layout 1 2/4/16 3:56 PM Page 8 MISSION STATEMENT Supporting America communitie with emergency repone, divere aviation and ground ervice, youth development and promotion of air, cyber and pace power. www.gocivilairpatrol.com