Illinois Wing News

This year’s Illinois Wing Spring Encampment brought together 151 participants, including 107 cadets, for one of the fastest-paced and most immersive training experiences Civil Air Patrol offers. Held at Naval Station Great Lakes, the encampment once again delivered a high‑tempo, military‑style environment that challenges cadets to grow as leaders while giving adult volunteers the opportunity to mentor, teach, and coordinate a complex operation. 

Illinois Wing and Missouri Wing of Civil Air Patrol flew photography missions to support Washington County residents who were recovering from damage caused by a derecho and severe storms. Photos provided to the Washington County Emergency Management Agency helped Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issue a disaster proclamation for eight storm-damaged counties, including Washington County, on July 11^th.

Illinois Wing emergency services teams trained alongside dozens of other regional police, fire, and emergency services organizations.

MONEE, IL, September 27, 2022 — Lt. Colonel Daniel P. Roman, Civil Air Patrol’s Great Lakes Region Director of Plans and Programs, died September 10 at his home in Warrenville, Illinois after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 35.

Illinois Wing's Connor McGuire earned a promotion to Cadet Colonel after receiving Civil Air Patrol's 2405th Spaatz award

24 Mar 21 In honor of February's Black History Month, IL Wing Cadets were asked to write an article:  How do the Tuskegee Airmen still influence our Air Force today? The winner was C/Capt Abby Turek from the Col Shorty Powers Composite Squadron.   "There are no black leaders. The black...

An update of Civil Air Patrol's Illinois Wing response to the COVID mission as of the end of June, 2020 as well as a slideshow of submitted photos.

Civil Air PatrolCadet Major Roi Norber, CAP became the 45th cadet to earn his Private Pilots License via the Cadet Wings Program which is funded by the USAF

EXERCISE     EXERCISE     EXERCISE 10 March 2020 Moline, IL Posted 11:06 am Great Lakes Region Simulated Disaster Relief - Mississippi Aerial Assessment Civil Air Patrol's Great Lake Region is conducting a disaster relief exercise during the first two weeks of March. This operation simulates our ability to respond to flooding along with...

Exercise  Exercise   Exercise 07 March 2020        Lake in the Hills, IL Posted 1:40 pm CST  Civil Air Patrol's Great Lake Region is conducting a disaster relief exercise during the first two weeks of March. One of today’s operations simulates our ability to respond to an overdue aircraft reported by...