57th Maui County Composite Sqdn.
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About The 57th

For over 50 years, the 57th Maui County Composite Squadron Has Been Serving the Community. Our unit responded during hurricane Iniki, and in the famous search for Eddie Aikau.
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CAP History

In the late 1930s, more than 150,000 volunteers with a love for aviation argued for an organization to put their planes and flying skills to use in defense of their country.  As a result, the Civil Air Patrol was born one week prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Thousands of volunteer members answered America's call to national service and sacrifice by accepting and performing critical wartime missions. Assigned to the War Department under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Corps, the contributions of Civil Air Patrol, including logging more than 500,000 flying hours, sinking two enemy submarines, and saving hundreds of crash victims during World War II, are well documented. 

After the war, a thankful nation understood that Civil Air Patrol could continue providing valuable services to both local and national agencies.  On July 1, 1946, President Harry Truman signed Public Law 476 incorporating Civil Air Patrol as a benevolent, nonprofit organization.  On May 26, 1948, Congress passed Public Law 557 permanently establishing Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the new U.S. Air Force.  Three primary mission areas were set forth at that time: aerospace education, cadet programs, and emergency services.  ​
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Feel free to stop by on a meeting night!


Hours

Meeting days are:
Tuesday's from  6:00pm  to 8:30pm

Telephone

808-877-6117
Please leave a message and we will return your call on Tuesday night!
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