Civil Air Patrol Joins Search for Missing Teens
Civil Air Patrol Joins Search for Missing Teens
North Shore, Hawaii (Jan. 19, 2025) — Civil Air Patrol’s Hawaii Wing received a call at 4:05 p.m. Saturday from the U.S. Air Force’s Pacific Air Command to support U.S. Coast Guard District 14 in
ongoing search and rescue efforts for two missing teenagers off the North Shore of Oahu.
In partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Ocean Safety, and the Honolulu Police Department, Civil Air Patrol began conducting search operations Sunday with four of its Cessna aircraft from Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island. Two of the CAP aircrafts carefully executed a coordinated flight pattern beginning at 9 a.m. that extended from Kawaihapai (Dillingham) Airfield to Kawela Bay along the North Shore. Two other CAP aircraft were scheduled to continue the effort Sunday afternoon.
The on-scene weather for the flights was scattered clouds with visibility up to six miles and surf at up to 15 feet.
Currently involved in the search are:
- Aircrews from Civil Air Patrol’s Kauai Composite Squadron, Wheeler Composite Squadron, Maui Composite Squadron; and the Lyman Field Composite Squadron.
- Crews from the Honolulu Fire Department’s Battalion 5 and Engine Company.
- A boat crew from the Honolulu Fire Department Rescue Company.
- Air 1 and Air 3 helicopter crews from the Honolulu Fire Department.
- A drone team from the Honolulu Fire Department.
- Jet ski crews from the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department.
- The Honolulu Police Department.
Acting as a Total Force partner and the official U.S. Air Force civilian auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol helps the Air Force rapidly respond to nonmilitary threats domestically in a Defense Support of Civil Authorities capacity to save lives, relieve suffering, prevent property damage, and provide humanitarian assistance.
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Established in 1941, Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and as such is a member of its Total Force. In its auxiliary role, CAP operates a fleet of 545 single-engine aircraft and 3,200 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) and performs about 90% of all search and rescue operations within the contiguous United States as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Often using innovative cellphone forensics and radar analysis software, CAP was credited by the AFRCC with saving 34 lives last year. CAP’s 69,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief, and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state, and local agencies. As a nonprofit organization, CAP plays a leading role in aerospace education using national academic standards-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education resources. Members also serve as mentors to 32,000 young people participating in CAP’s Cadet Programs.
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