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Civil Air Patrol
Washington
Special Briefing for theNational Search And Rescue Committee
November 13, 2008
Colonel John SwainWashington Representative, Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol: Organization & Capabilities
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonThe Heritage – WWII Coastal Patrol
• CAP volunteers flew 24 million miles on anti-submarine patrol during 18 months
•We spotted 173 submarines, attacked 57 and sank two
• CAP summoned aide for 91 ships in distress and helped rescue 363 survivors
Civil Air Patrol
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Serving “above and beyond” in communities across Americafrom sophisticated airborne platforms to school enrichment programs
Cessna 182T glass cockpit aircraft Creighton Elementary Philadelphia
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP is a Unique Organization
→ CAP flies about 80 percent of all daily missions flown by 1st Air Force, AFNORTH (about 70,000 hours in 2007)
→ “I encourage all Air Force leaders who deal with contingency actions to take a close look at CAP augmentation during operations. Their skill set and capabilities are a smart addition to a commander’s overall toolkit. You’ll certainly find CAP is a value-added partner.”
Lt Col Keith Kenne, Deputy Commander, 14th Mission Support Group, Columbus AFB, MS
• It was incorporated by Congress (PL 476 - 1946) as a non-profit, public service organization able to serve states, communities and others
• It is also the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force (PL 557 – 1948)
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP Regions and Wings
Pacific Pacific RegionRegion
Rocky Mtn. Rocky Mtn. RegionRegion
Southwest Southwest RegionRegion
North Central North Central RegionRegion Great Lakes Great Lakes
RegionRegion
SoutheastSoutheast RegionRegion
HQ CAPHQ CAP(Maxwell AFB, Ala.)(Maxwell AFB, Ala.)
NortheastNortheast RegionRegion
Middle EastMiddle East RegionRegion
Wings in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and DC
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP Operational Programs
• Emergency services and special operations– Supports Federal government (including the military), states,
localities & organizations such as the American Red Cross• Emergency response
– Search and rescue, disaster relief, & other emergencies• Homeland security
– Border and counterdrug operations, air defense support, infrastructure monitoring & special event support to law enforcement, government and military
• Special operations– Reconnaissance and other aviation and ground support to the military, states
and communities
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonMission Statistics
Last Year’s Statistics FY 07
• Lives saved 103
• Cost per flight hour $100
SAR Related Operations FY 08
Search missions
• ELT 1,793
• Missing aircraft 135
• Missing person 121
Total 2,049
• Lives saved 90
• Cost per flight hour $120
Mission Operations FY 08
Flight hours
• Air Force 70,596
• Corporate & other 34,579
Total 105,403
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonForce Multiplier – Flight Hour Costs
Airlift – C-130
Helicopter – HH-60
UAV – Predator
CAP – Aircraft
For the price of one C-130 hour you get over 36 CAP aircraft hours
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonRecent CAP Missions and Exercises
Multiple wings
(3 or more states)
Hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake damage assessments (fed, state, local)
Search and rescue (air and ground) including aircraft and missing persons
SAR and disaster state exercises
Air defense training support including Falcon Virgo, Fertile Keynote
Military exercises including Ardent Sentry
Low level route surveys
Bird and animal surveys
Air Show displays and support
Counterdrug operations
Coastal and bridge safety patrols
Traffic monitoring missions
Fire watch
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonRecent CAP Missions and Exercises
Multiple wings Accident investigation support to NTSB
OR & WA Prep for Vancouver Olympics
VA National Interagency Fire Center support (airborne communications repeater)
IA Flew Senators Harkin and Grassley over floods
ME & PA Escort for new Navy ships
HI Tsunami warning training
NC Forward Air Controller training
OK & MD Altus AFB and Andrews AFB photo surveys
PA & AK Philadelphia and Alaska Homeland Security missions
MN & OK Support for political conventions
FL Space shuttle support
CO USAFA aircraft vectoring training
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonRecent CAP Missions and Exercises
Tornado – Virginia
Hurricane – Texas
Floods – Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonRecent CAP Missions and Exercises
Air Defense Training
CAP Display Joint Service Open House – Andrews AFB, MD
Bay Bridge Patrol, MD
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WashingtonCAP Resources
2008 StatisticsMembership
Officers 34,679
Cadets 22,336
Total 57,015
Units
Squadrons/other 1,650
Equipment
Aircraft 550
Gliders 62
Vehicles 1,112
Radios – Fixed Land 2,100
Radios – Mobile 8,000
Radios -- Portable 14,900
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP Presence
CAP UnitsCAP Units
Overseas Units 3 - Japan 2 - Germany
Overseas Units 3 - Japan 2 - Germany
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP Aircraft Fleet
MT 7-235 (7)
C-206 (22) GA-8 (16)
SGS 1-26 (1)
C-172 (195)
DHC-2 (7)
A-185F (4)
L-23 (24)
C-182 (285)
Basic Mission Aircraft
Multipurpose Mission
Platforms
Gliders (62) & Tow Aircraft
ASK-21 (5)
Alaska
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• Search, reconnaissance, communications, transport• Long range and endurance, short field operations
• Purchase ongoing—about 120 in the fleet• G1000 glass cockpit, CAP unique radios, satellite telephone, widow camera port, 406 MHz. emergency locator, multi-crew communications mods, additional VHF/FM antenna & power converter
Cruise 145 knotsCeiling 18,100 feetRange 930 milesEndurance 7.6 hoursLoad 1,126 lbsCapacity Pilot + 3Landing 1,350 feetClimb 924 fpm
New Aircraft – Cessna 182T Skylane
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• Search, reconnaissance, transport/cargo, multipurpose platform • Can carry specialized mission packages• Large cargo capacity and short field operations
• Purchase ongoing—1 in the fleet (21 earlier variants in the fleet)• G1000 glass cockpit, CAP unique radios, satellite telephone, widow camera port, cargo doors, 406 MHz. emergency locator, multi-crew communications mods, additional VHF/FM antenna & power converter
Cruise 142 knotsCeiling 15,700 feetRange 594 milesEndurance 4.2 hoursLoad 1,337 lbsCapacity Pilot + 5Landing 1,394 feetClimb 988 fpm
New Aircraft – Cessna 206H Stationair
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• Search, reconnaissance, transport, cargo, multipurpose platform• Carries specialized equipment such as the ARCHER hyperspectral system• Large cargo door (180 cubic feet of cargo space), short/soft field operations
• Purchase complete—16 in the fleet, strategically based nationwide• CAP unique radios, satellite telephone, camera ports in floor and window, cargo door, 406 MHz. emergency locator, multi-crew communications mods
Cruise 125 knotsCeiling 20,000 feetRange >500 milesEndurance 4.5 hoursLoad 1200 lbsCapacity Pilot + 7Landing 1200 feetClimb 800 fpm
New Aircraft – Gippsland GA-8 Airvan
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonOperational Technologies
Improved direction finder
FLIR imaging(being tested)
Hyperspectral imaging
Satellite digital imaging systems/telephones
Improved Camera + GPS
Airborne repeater for cell phones/radios
Glass cockpit display
Improved FM Radio
ARCHER
SDIS
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonSDIS – Satellite Digital Imaging System
• Technology that enables CAP to send high resolution digital imagery from CAP aircraft to anyone anywhere in the world
• Images are sent as JPEG attachments via standard e-mail to multiple addresses and/or a password-protected website
• Imagery is transmitted near real-time. Files take less than 2 minutes to transmit. *
* Globalstar satellites are currently having problems and will be replaced in 2009
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonARCHER – Hyperspectral Imaging System
Sortie 1 Sortie 2
ARCHER recently used for• Oil spill data for EPA and USGS• Assisting with Fossett search• Assisting CA with vegetation and soil analysis after wildfires• Finding F15 parts from MO crash
Spectral signature matching: detects specific spectral signatures using matched filters (find things with known spectral properties)
Anomaly detection: detects spectral anomalies (things that do not “belong”)
Change detection: detects changes over time through a pixel-by-pixel comparison.
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonBottom Line
• Civil Air Patrol– Has highly qualified aircrews and other mission personnel– Employs advanced technologies and multipurpose aircraft– Is capable of sustained volunteer operations with units across the
entire nation– Is a low cost force or mission multiplier– Performs key missions for Homeland Security and the U.S. military– Is available to also support states, communities, public service non-
profits and others
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonWhat to Learn More?
• Special VIP briefings• Targeted agency briefings with a CAP subject expert• Various CAP capabilities displays and demonstrations
– Static displays– Flight demonstrations and orientation rides with one or more aircraft,
technologies and/or missions– Large scale exercises
Aircraft Technologies/Equipment Exercises
Cessna 182T Skylane Glass cockpit Search and rescue
Cessna 206H Stationair Hyperspectral imaging Disaster relief
GA-8 Airvan Satellite digital imaging program Homeland security
Airborne repeater Counterdrug
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonCAP Washington Office
• Advocate for CAP in Washington• Interface between CAP and U.S. government• Legislative liaison with the U.S. Congress• Located in the Air Force Association building
Civil Air Patrol
WashingtonContacts
• Major General Amy Courter National Commander• Don Rowland Executive Director• John Salvador Director, Missions Directorate
(888) 211-1812 Ext. 301 [email protected]
• Colonel John Swain Washington Representative(703) 522-0060, cell (334) [email protected]
National Headquarters, CAP105 South Hansell StreetBuilding 714Maxwell AFB, AL 36112
Washington Office, CAP1501 Lee HighwaySuite 120Arlington, VA 22209
Emergencies and RequestsNational Operations Center(888) 211-1812 ext. [email protected]
Visit http://gocivilairpatrol.com for more information on Civil Air Patrol
