Alpha Flight & Charlie Flight Meet at our Primary Meeting Location: WNY Maritime Charter School (High School).

Bravo Flight Meets at our Secondary Meeting Location: Buffalo Academy of Science High School

Our Squadron structure includes 2 Flights and the Command Staff

What is a Flight?

  • In the Buffalo Creek Cadet Squadron, our flights operate very similarly to regular Civil Air Patrol Squadrons due to their size. Our flights each have (on average) over 40 cadets and 3 Senior Members assigned.

Each Flight has the following personnel:

  • Flight Cadet COMMADER

  • Flight Cadet CHIEF (optional)

  • Flight Cadet FIRST SERGEANT

  • FLIGHT GUIDON BEARER

  • ELEMENTS LEADERS (1ST, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH)

  • FLIGHT QUARTERMASTER

What is a Squadron?

  • The squadron is the basic unit by which Civil Air Patrol achieves its goals. All of our Flights, plus the Command Staff, make up our Squadron.

Who is on the Command Staff?

  • Squadron Commander (Senior Member)

  • Squadron Deputy Commander (Senior Member)

  • Flight Officers (Senior Members)

  • Squadron Cadet Commander (Cadet)

  • Squadron Deputy Cadet Commander (Cadet)

  • Squadron Cadet Command NCO (Cadet)

  • Squadron Cadet Admin Chief (Cadet)

  • Squadron First Sergeant (Cadet)

  • Cadet Flight Leadership (Cadets)