Knight Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol

01/12/2025

The Echo Knights AFA StellarXplorers team prepares for the final round of regular competition for the 2024-2025 season. This is the second year in a row that William P. Knight Squadron has fielded a competition team, and they are excited to tackle the next mission in satellite design and orbit planning.

11/20/2024

Burke and Knight squadrons in the national Cap.News

Cadets and adult members from the Virginia Wing’s Burke and William P. Knight composite squadrons shared a Civil Air Patrol perspective with Harry Coker Jr., national cyber director, in a meeting Nov. 1 focusing on cyber security, career opportunities, and artificial intelligence.Convening in the ...

11/07/2024

On Friday, November 1, 2024, White House National Cyber Director, Harry Coker, Jr., hosted an office call with senior and cadet members of Civil Air Patrol Virginia Wing’s Burke Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol and William P. Knight Composite Squadron.

The Director, his Deputy, Harry Wingo, and staff, provided valuable discussions about cyber security, career opportunities, and artificial intelligence. Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ten, Cadet Second Lieutenant Catelyn McClure, and Cadet Major Ronald Zhang provided briefings about Civil Air Patrol and cadet participation in the Air and Space Forces Association CyberPatriot competition.

Burke Composite Squadron's CyberPatriot team won first place in Virginia's all-service division for the 2023-2024 season, while William P. Knight Composite Squadron's Cyberpatriot team finished second. In the CyberPatriot CAP Division semi-final round, the Burke team won first place nationally, while the Knight team finished fifth.

Civil Air Patrol members also took the opportunity to tour the White House, ascend the Washington Monument, and pay respects at the World War 2 memorial. The event was organized, coordinated, and executed by Burke Composite Squadron members and we are grateful to the members and their families for participating and going the extra mile to coordinate this unique opportunity.




Virginia Wing, Civil Air Patrol

11/07/2024

Raise Some Dough for Knight Squadron

ORGANIZATION NAME: CIVIL AIR PATROL - WILLIAM P. KNIGHT
SQUADRON

Bring in this flyer, or order online through the MOD app or website using the provided coupon and MOD will donate 20% of your bill to support this great work!

FUNDRAISER DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2024

ADDRESS: 11642 PLAZA AMERICA DR
RESTON, VA 20190

FUNDRAISER CODE: MODGIVES20

11/06/2024

Knight cadets in the News

The joint UAS4STEM team "55 Knights" - Knight cadets and BSA Troop 55 scouts- winning the national second place award this past July at Oshkosh WI was feature in the 2024 Fall issue "Civil Air Patrol Volunteer" magazine.

10/22/2024

CyberPatriot Team in Training

Under the guidance of senior CAP members, team captain C/Capt Thomas Ye and deputy team captain C/1st Lt Philip Liang gave some new team members and junior cadets technical training on CyberPatriot practice images on Sunday, October 20.

Thanks to VFW 1177 (Leesburg, VA) for providing the team with an excellent training facility. Additionally, the CyberPatriot team received two new laptops for the 2024–2025 competition season thanks to a grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation and the "55 Knights" UAS4STEM team, which donated some of its national winning scholarship fund.

10/15/2024

On October 10th the William P Knight Composite squadron held their monthly character development lesson teaching cadets about the detention of heroism and helping cadets find heroes in their daily lives. The new and upcoming cadets learned about what it means to be a wingman and what makes a good wingman taught by Capt. Flores. Next week will include GES and ICUT training.

09/27/2024

7th Consecutive Quality Cadet Unit Award for William P. Knight Composite Squadron.

09/25/2024

The efforts from William P. Knight Composite Squadron cadets and senior members promote sUAS(drone) aerospace education into the scouting communities of the BSA National Capital Area Council, including the District of Columbia and 16 counties in Maryland and Virginia, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. citizens abroad in North, Central, and South America.

09/18/2024

Happy birthday United States Air Force!

On this day in 1947, the Army Air Forces became a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

09/08/2024

The William P. Knight Composite Squadron hosted a special night for STEM teams on August 29th, featuring four teams that have excelled in STEM competitions: CAP High Altitude Balloon Challenge, AFA Cyber Patriot, AFA StellarXplorers, and AMA UAS4STEM(Drone) competition.

Cadet from Leesburg squadron also gave a presentation on the CAP Cadet Competition, which Leesburg composite squadron won the 2nd award for the mid-atlantic regionnal cadet competition this year.

08/28/2024

Today we celebrate Civil Air Patrol becoming a part of the U.S. Air Force Total Force in 2015. CAP members are part of the Total Force along with the regular Air Force, Guard, and Reserve.

08/27/2024

Congratulations to our Squadron's Cadet/2d Lt Qihong Liang on representing VA Wing cadets and graduating from this 2024 CAP Summer National Cadet Special Activity - Civil Air Patrol’s Aviation & Aeronautics Business Academy at Vaughn College.

Two dozen cadets devoted the week of Aug. 3-10 to exploring aviation careers and business relations at Civil Air Patrol’s Aviation & Aeronautics Business Academy.Cadets and staff came from 20 wings and all eight CAP regions, along with a squadron based in Germany. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and...

08/03/2024

New Cadet Leadership at the William P. Knight Composite Squadron, Cadet Major Alisha Sitoula has passed on the torch to Cadet 1st Lieutenant Daniel Valkaer who started the new staff term off strong!

07/28/2024

"55 Knights" team journey to Oshkosh WI for UAS4STEM Competition

07/27/2024

Congratulations to all the Knights that participated in the 2024 Virginia Wing Summer Encampment as Students, Cadre & Staff. The squadron had a strong showing this year. We are all proud of you!

07/26/2024

William P. Knight Composite Squadron cadets and senior members in the CAP National News for winning the second place award for UAS4STEM international competition beginner division at EAA AirVenture.

William P. Knights squadron cadets and senior members who compete at the 2024 UAS4STEM competition at Oshkosh, WI:

C/Capt. Thomas Ye (Team Captain)
C/2dLt Qihong Liang (Deputy Team Captain)
C/A1C Jackson Whitt
C/Amn Joshua Murrell

Capt. Iain Ronis (Team Mentor)
Capt. Alice Chan (Asst. Team Manager)
1st Lt Jeff Ye (Team Manager)

Four Civil Air Patrol cadet teams competed in the national finals of the Academy of Model Aeronautics UAS4STEM drone competition during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week. The combined team of the 55 Knights Squadron from our Virgina Wing's William P. Knight Composite Squadron, along with youth from Scouts BSA Troop 55B (Boy) and 55G (Girl), placed second in their division. Read more about all the CAP teams in the drone competition finals at https://www.cap.news/four-cadet-teams-seek-national-drone-competition-crown/.

📷 At center, Brig. Gen. Regena Aye, CAP national vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Parsons, CAP command chief, celebrate with the team.