83rd Anniversary of Civil Air Patrol

11/30/2024 | 83rd Anniversary of Civil Air Patrol

Nov 30-Dec 1, 1500Z-2300Z, W9CAP, St. Charles, IL. Illinois Wing Civil Air Patrol. 7.255 14.250 18.125 28.450. Certificate. Attn: Lt Col Robert Becker, P.O. Box 4027, St. Charles, IL 60174.

W9CAP is the call sign for the Amateur Radio Club of the Illinois Wing, Civil Air Patrol, which is the auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

CAP operates a fleet of 560 aircraft, performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 80 lives annually.   CAP’s 58,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. CAP also plays a leading role in aerospace/STEM education, and its members serve as mentors to 24,000 young people participating in CAP’s Cadet Programs.

W9CAP hosts a special event station each year in December to commemorate the anniversary of Civil Air Patrol.  For more information on this event, click the W9CAP link below.

For more information

Civil Air Patrol:   http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/

Illinois Wing:       http://ilwg.cap.gov/

W9CAP:              https://ilwg.cap.gov/members/wing-staff/communications/w9cap