Welcome
Welcome to the Coeur d'Alene Squadron Civil Air Patrol (CAP) official website.
We have approximately 50 senior members (adults) and close to 60 cadets (ages 12-21) volunteering and supporting our three primary missions: Emergency Services, Cadet Programs, and Aerospace Education.
We are always looking for new members to join our team. Please visit our Calendar page for more information on meeting times and locations. Membership fee is $64 for seniors (background check required) and $36 for cadets (cadets can submit application directly online after attending 3 meetings and with parents' approval).
Member benefits come along with your approved membership.
We are the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force and now most recently added to the #TOTALFORCE. For more information on what that means for us, please click here.
Emergency Services Info CAP Abilities Brochure
HISTORY OF CIVIL AIR PATROL
Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and 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 78 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program.Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.
INTEGRITY VOLUNTEER SERVICE EXCELLENCE RESPECT