Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol

Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Command staff
Commander	Col Alfredo R. Reynoso
Deputy Commander	Major Gerald Wirth & Major Velerie Espinili
Chief of Staff	Major Michael Larson
Current statistics
Cadets	471
Seniors	540
Total Membership	1011
Website	ilwg.cap.gov
Statistics as of November 2023
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TheIllinois Wing ofCivil Air Patrol (CAP) is the highest echelon ofCivil Air Patrol in the state ofIllinois. Illinois WingHeadquarters is located inWest Chicago, Illinois.^[1] The Illinois Wing consists of over 1,000 cadet and adult members at 25 locations across the state of Illinois.^[2] "Together we all succeed!"

Supporting America's communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and promotion of air, space, and cyber power.

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol provides emergency services, which includessearch and rescue anddisaster relief missions; including providing assistance inhumanitarian aid assignments. The CAP providesAir Force support through the conducting of light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol may assist in counter-drug missions.^[3]

In January 2009, members of the Illinois Wing, along with CAP members from theIndiana,Kentucky, andOhio Wings, flew sorties surveying damage and boosting communications for theKentucky National Guard following a severeice storm inKentucky, while CAP ground crews assisted National Guardsmen in going door to door to perform wellness checks on residents.^[4]

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol offers a cadet program for youth aged 12 to 18, 21, which is organized as a sixteen step training program which offers aerospace education, leadership training, physical fitness and moral leadership.^[5]

Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol provides aerospace education for both CAP members and the general public; it includes providing training to the members of the CAP, and offering workshops for youth throughout the nation through schools and public aviation events.^[6]

The Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol is composed of 26 squadrons which are distributed among six Groups across the state of Illinois. The six Groups of Illinois Wing include: Group 1, covers Southern Illinois; Group 2, South of Chicago; Group 3, Central Illinois; Group 4, Northwest Illinois, Group 5, West Chicago; and Group 6, Chicago Land.

Illinois Wing hosts a week longSummer Encampment each summer.

Illinois Wing hosts a Spring Encampment on the U.S. Navy's Recruit Training Command in North Chicago Illinois.

TheRaymond Johnson Flight AcademyArchived 2021-05-27 at theWayback Machine has been hosted by Illinois Wing since 1967, providing cadets with familiarization and flight training in powered aircraft, sailplanes, and hot-air balloons.

Members of Civil Air Patrol Air Patrol who are employed in Illinois are generally entitled to unpaid leave from their place of employment when taking part in a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers who employ between fifteen and fifty employees must provide Civil Air Patrol members with up to fifteen days of unpaid leave annually for employees performing a Civil Air Patrol mission. Employers who employ more than fifty employees must provide Civil Air Patrol members up to thirty days of unpaid leave annually to respond to Civil Air Patrol missions. Employers are forbidden from requiring employees to use accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, sick leave, disability leave, or any other leave to cover the time period the employee is deployed on a mission. These rights are guaranteed under Illinois law.^[8]

Illinois Wing is assigned 6 powered aircraft.

• Illinois Air National Guard

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