Tennessee Wing Civil Air Patrol

The Wing headquarters are located near Signature Flight Services (FBO) on McGhee Tyson airport in Alcoa, Tennessee.

[2] The Tennessee Wing performs all three missions of the Civil Air Patrol: providing emergency services; offering cadet programs for youth; and providing aerospace education for both CAP members and the general public.

As cadets participate in these four elements, they advance through a series of achievements, earning honors and increased responsibilities along the way.

It provides training to the members of CAP, and also offers workshops for youth and educators across the nation through schools and at public aviation events.

[4] Tennessee CAP holds annual professional development classes for teachers working with grades K-12, and also provides both published materials and STEM kits to homeschool groups.

Charlie Smith, an ATA senior engineer and mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol's Tennessee Wing, poses alongside the Cessna 182 that he flew in support of the Deep Water Horizon Mission from Mobile Alabama.
Cadets and senior members with the Tennessee Wing Civil Air Patrol got a chance to sit down and talk with Maj. Gen. Haston, Adjutant General of the Tennessee Military Department.
Charlie Smith, an ATA senior engineer and mission pilot for the Civil Air Patrol, lines up a photo out of the rear-seat swing window during an oil spill surveillance mission.