CAP OPERATIONS
Supporting Our Communities in Times of Neeed
While CAP has long been
associated with search and rescue missions, its work also
includes disaster relief and communications, as well as
counterdrug and homeland security missions.
Search and rescue remains an important service provided by CAP
members, however. CAP still flies 95 percent of all federal
inland SAR missions, as directed by the Air Force Rescue
Coordination Center (AFRCC) at Langley AFB, Va. CAP also
supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Alaska, Hawaii
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On average, each year CAP
members fly more than 100,000 hours in operational missions and
save about 100 lives. CAP provides air and ground support for
disaster relief, flying officials to remote locations,
transporting blood or live tissue to critical care sites and
performing aerial damage assessment.
CAP has one of the largest unified communications networks in
the country, available 24/7. |
In 1986, Congress authorized
CAP to assist government and law enforcement agencies in the
fight to eliminate illicit drug use, production and sale in the
US and its territories. CAP now provides reconnaissance,
communications and transportation for counterdrug missions.
CAP’s missions succeed through a seamless interplay of
technology and teamwork. With new developments like satellite
imagery and internet-based reporting, CAP is emerging as the
resource of choice to support our nation’s strategy for homeland
security. |
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