CAP

The Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. Established in 1941, it serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, conducting vital inland search and rescue, disaster relief, and aerospace education missions. To execute its operations, the organization maintains one of the largest fleets of single-engine aircraft in the world, predominantly utilizing Cessna 172s and 182s.