South Coast Group 7, Civil Air Patrol

South Coast Group 7 is composed of seven Civil Air Patrol squadrons located throughout Orange County, California:

Falcon Senior Squadron 40 (Fullerton)
Los Alamitos Glider Training Squadron 41
Costa Mesa Composite Squadron 68
Fullerton Composite Squadron 56
Long Beach Senior Squadron 150 (Los Alamitos)
Los Alamitos Cadet Squadron 153
South County Cadet Squadron 232 (Mission Viejo)

Civil Air Patr

ol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force's Total Force. In this role, CAP operates a fleet of 560 aircraft, performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 80 lives annually. CAP's 58,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. CAP also plays a leading role in aerospace/STEM education, and its members serve as mentors to 25,000 young people participating in CAP's Cadet Programs.