The Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Founded in 1941, the mission of the Civil Air Patrol has always been the promotion of aviation and the development of our nations youth. The Civil Air Patrol has approximately 57,000 members nationwide.

More information about the history of the Civil Air Patrol is available here.

The Fullerton Composite squadron, located at the Fullerton Municipal Airport (Orange County, California) consists of senior members (18 years and over), and cadets (12 - 18 years) active in all three of Civil Air Patrols three missions.
The three missions of the Civil Air Patrol
Aerospace Education - CAP members, both adults and cadets, follow a rigorous program to learn about aviation and aerospace principles. CAP's aerospace education programs are designed to promote an understanding and appreciation for the importance of aviation and space exploration to our society and national security.
Cadet programs - Our cadet program trains young men and women in teamwork, moral leadership, aerospace education, technical skills to support emergency services, and military history and customs. Our cadet program emphasizes five areas: leadership, aerospace education, physical fitness, moral leadership, and squadron activities. These five areas are implemented through the use of trained senior cadets and senior members who work collectively and individually with each cadet desiring and needing assistance. Some of these activities include aircraft orientation flights, model airplane building, drill teams, model rocketry, and search and rescue, flight, and survival training. More information about CAP's cadet program in California is available here.
Emergency Services - While CAP has long been associated with search and rescue missions, our work also includes disaster relief and communications, as well as counterdrug and homeland security missions. CAP members participate in 95 percent of all federal inland Search and Rescue missions in the United States every year. 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. More information about the California Wings Emergency Services program is available here.

For more information about the Civil Air Patrol, our history and our missions, you can download and print a prospective member information packet here.