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Search and Rescue (SAR): Perhaps
best known for its search and rescue efforts, CAP now flies
95% of all federal inland SAR missions directed by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center at Langley AFB, Virginia. Outside
of the continental United States, CAP supports the Joint Rescue
Coordination Centers in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Just
how effective are the CAP missions? More than 100 people are
saved every year by CAP members!
Disaster Relief: Often overlooked but vitally important is
the role CAP plays in disaster relief operations. CAP provides
air and ground transportation, and an extensive communications
network. They fly disaster relief officials to remote locations,
and support local, state and national disaster relief organizations
with manpower, leadership and other valuable and needed resources.
Humanitarian Services: Closely related to disaster relief
is CAP's support of humanitarian missions. Usually in support
of the Red Cross, CAP air crews transport time-sensitive medical
materials including blood and human tissue in situations where
other means of transportation are not possible
Air Force Support: It's hardly surprising that CAP performs
several missions in direct support of the U.S. Air Force.
Specifically, CAP conducts damage assessment, radiological
monitoring, light transport, communications support, and low-altitude
route surveys.
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