A Message From the Commander

Welcome to the Auburn-Starr Composite Squadron Auburn, California.

Auburn-Starr Composite Squadron is dedicated to the promotion of Civil Air Patrol, Moral Leadership, Emergency Services, and AeroSpace Education.

For over 35 years, our goal in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program has been to offer a stimulating, challenging, and well-organized training program to the youth of our community. We have succeeded in building a unique program, and we're very proud of our long record of success — both individual and as a unit — in Civil Air Patrol and in our community.

Civil Air Patrol, although having a military emphasis, is a civilian based operation — hence the name civil — they do both civilian and military style events.

If you're visiting us for the first time, we hope that you'll find something that interests you. And more important, that you will stop by our regular squadron meeting and see our exciting program in action. Auburn-Starr Composite Squadron looks forward to having you as a member of our unit.

Air Trails Magazine Cover 1943This is an actual photo of a Civil Air Patrol pilot flying over the Statue of Liberty. Following 9/11, CAP was the first to fly over "Ground Zero." Since then our pilots have been performing important missions for America's homeland security.


Civil Air Patrol, CAP, United States Air Force Auxiliary, Air Force, USAF, Homeland Security, emergency services, aerospace education, Chaplains, Search and Rescue, cadet programs, Youth Aviation, Air National Guard and Reserve, National Guard, Marines, Navy, Army, Coast Guard, JROTC, ROTC, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Airplanes, Cessna, Coastal Patrol, WWII, World War II, Pilots, flying, CAP is a nonprofit organization with over 64,000 members. It performs 95% of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions. Members take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the almost 27,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 60 years.