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Prince William Composite squadron earns the Quality Cadet Unit Award for the sixth year in a row, beginning in 2013.

TRIANGLE, VA -  Civil Air Patrol (CAP) members of Virginia Wing, Group Three, rallied for emergency services ground team training last weekend beginning on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Prince William Forest Park near Triangle, VA, on the eve of Tropical Storm Florence. Each year, Group Three hosts an annual training “bivouac" (Army term for camping under the open skies) during the month of September to acquire or refresh skills, broaden capabilities, and quicken response time to emergency search and rescue requests issued by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) and the Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Members of Prince William and Minuteman Composite Squadrons of Group Three, Virginia Wing, are providing parking lot support for the 2018 Flying Circus Balloon Festival held in Bealeton, VA, outside of Washington, DC.

Over 70 members of Prince William rallied at the squadron’s operations building located on the grounds of the Manassas Regional Airport for triad aerospace education event. 

Prince William Composite Squadron of the Virginia Wing hosted the 2018 Group Three Aircrew Prep School Invitational on Saturday, July 7th, for 15 students at Dulles Aviation Inc., at the Manassas Regional Airport. 

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Nick Villafan of Prince William Composite Squadron of the Virginia Wing, was selected to attend the National Flight Academy, a National Special Cadet Activity, hosted by the Middle East Region at Fort Pickett located outside of Blackstone, VA, from June 30th through July 8th...

On a clear, cold January morning, Lt. Col. Tim Day, Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Paiten Frady, and Cadet Tech. Sgt. Nathanael Brown accelerated down the runaway and launched into a brilliant blue sky...

At Prince William, we are surrounded by members, seniors, and cadets, who contribute to our mission through their time utilizing their skills, knowledge base, and experience. We are a unit of legacy.  Capt Tom Mariani has been a member of Prince William Composite Squadron since 2011 and has served as our primary Aerospace Education Officer since June 2012 and as an Assistant Director of Aerospace Education to the wing since February 2015...

Twenty-five members of Prince William Composite Squadron of Manassas joined dozens of other Civil Air Patrol senior members and cadets in ground and air teams gathering early Saturday to flex the organization's search and rescue muscles in an exercise conducted from the Culpeper Regional Airport.  The scenario-based drill gave teams an opportunity for training and to hone skills needed in an actual search and rescue operation...