Delaware Wing Civil Air Patrol

The missions include providing aerospace education and training for all of its members, teaching leadership skills to Delaware youth, and performing various domestic emergency services for the United States of America in a noncombatant capacity.

[3] Delaware Wing works in all three CAP missions: Cadet Programs, Aerospace Education, and Emergency Services.

[4] By working closely with DelDOT, responders can be dispatched promptly and road crews can be summoned to block off accident sites while rerouting traffic if necessary.

Also, the Delaware Wing CAC elects members to the Middle East Region Cadet Advisory Council.

The CAC organizes the extremely popular Cadet Ball, held annually at Dover Air Force Base.

Activities focus on career exploration, leadership development, search and rescue skills, aeronautical training, Air Force familiarization, government, and a variety of other topics.

In the fiscal year 2005, they had the highest number of hours flown per aircraft than any other wing in Civil Air Patrol by over 60%, a wide margin.

Delaware Wing's Lt Col John McGaha was featured in the Nov/Dec 2008 edition of CAP's Volunteer Magazine.

CAP officers collect uniforms donated to Delaware and Pennsylvania CAP units by the Delaware National Guard.
Lt. Col. Mildred Pagan-Perez (left) and Staff Sgt. Mark Metzelaar, 512th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, simulate first response treatment of a Delaware Civil Air Patrol cadet Sam Rundle during a training exercise.
Senior Airman Greg Meyer applies makeup to a Delaware cadet in preparation for a mass casualty exercise.
Master Sgt. Robert Burns demonstrates to a Delaware Wing CAP cadet how to play a victim during a mass casualty exercise.