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Nevada Wing History

Nevada Wing celebrated 80 years of service in 2021

Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is the highest echelon in the state of Nevada and was chartered on December 1, 1941.  Nevada Wing contributed to the state and nation through search and rescue (SAR) and military support roles during the Second World War. Since then, Nevada Wing has provided search and rescue (SAR) capabilities throughout the nation’s seventh largest state. Following is some of Nevada Wing's notable history and events:

  

• 1941-1945 Nevada Wing Origins

• 2020 Oregon Wildfires Response

• 1950-2014 Washoe Jeep Squadron

• Nevada Wing Scrapbook 1942-1997

• 1955 Operation Cue

• Nevada Wing Commanders Roster

• 1978 Sagebrush Triangle

• Nevada Wing History Slideshow

• 2007 Steve Fosset Search

• Col. Bill Brew at 100

• 2020-2021 COVID-19 Response

• Oral History Project (coming soon)

 

 

 

 

 

 

View the 80th Anniversary Edition of Silver Wings Over Nevada

Related Documents

NVWG 1941 Charter
Silver Wings Over Nevada 80th Anniversary Edition

Nevada Wing Headquarters Address

2890 Vassar St., Ste. A, Reno, NV 89512
Mailing: P.O. Box 339
Sparks, NV 89432-0339

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