Whats the difference?

[C/Awesomenesss]

What's the difference between USAF Aux and the regular USAF?

[whatevah]

As a member of the auxiliary (CAP), you should already know the answer.

[lordmonar]

One is the regular......and the other other is the auxiliary.   

Note: Fixed.

[Pylon]

Gentlemen, please keep the content professional.


OP, to answer your question, read this excerpt about CAP's status as a military auxiliary.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol#Relationship_to_the_military

[EMT-83]

Since your squadron meets on an active base, you probably know the difference:

http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=18683.msg341109#msg341109

March 30, 2014, 11:11:24 PM »

We have almost a whole building on Offutt AFB. It gets tight when most of our cadets come (about 100 to 110) to a meeting. Its nice though. We have a admin office, a ops room (with about ten radios), a conference room, the commanders office, and the aerospace room with flight sims.

[JC004]

The Air Force was founded to provide fighter air support and cargo aircraft transportation for Civil Air Patrol missions.  It was initially supposed to be called the International Air Patrol, but the Army person who wrote up the memo couldn't remember how to spell "international."  They did not have spell check in the olden days.  They are paid because the International Air Patrol missions are far away, and so figher aircraft are always available to support CAP SAR and Disaster Relief missions.

[raivo]

The Air Force was founded to provide fighter air support and cargo aircraft transportation for Civil Air Patrol missions.  It was initially supposed to be called the International Air Patrol, but the Army person who wrote up the memo couldn't remember how to spell "international."  They did not have spell check in the olden days.  They are paid because the International Air Patrol missions are far away, and so figher aircraft are always available to support CAP SAR and Disaster Relief missions.

:clap:

[Checotah]

I realize there are some who frequent this forum regularly, and who develop a keen understanding of each others' senses of humor, inside jokes, strengths, weaknesses, sincere questions and those of foppish intent.  Others of us visit from time to time, sometimes to gather insight and understanding, sometimes to simply see what is being discussed, whether of import to us or not.  I am one of those folks, and find this entire string to be both frustrating and a bit irritating.  It seems to me the OP was asked in good faith, but all the responses seem to be either ridiculing or joking in nature, none of which are accompanied by traditional indications of such by either emoticon or abbreviation, like "LOL" or such.

If the original post was in jest, it would be nice to understand that.  If it were an honest question, then the joking responses should have been somehow so indicated.  Or maybe this forum is just for those who frequent it regularly, who know everything about each other and others need not post.  I visit hoping to learn and share things, but if I am mistaken in my understanding of the purpose, please let me know and I will seek other venues.  In the many other forums I frequent (non CAP) standards of decorum are posted, expected, monitored, and administered.  Here, I simply am confused by the lack of clarity and, sometimes, the lack of civility.

[SarDragon]

PM sent.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

The Air Force was founded to provide fighter air support and cargo aircraft transportation for Civil Air Patrol missions.  It was initially supposed to be called the International Air Patrol, but the Army person who wrote up the memo couldn't remember how to spell "international."  They did not have spell check in the olden days.  They are paid because the International Air Patrol missions are far away, and so figher aircraft are always available to support CAP SAR and Disaster Relief missions.

You owe me a new keyboard.  I was in the midst of a long drink of 7UP when I read this.

[flyboy53]

What's the difference between USAF Aux and the regular USAF?

I'm hoping that you could see through the cynicism for your answer. In case you haven't. Here's the answer simply.

The U.S. Air Force is an instrument of the federal government. Through the Department of Defense, it's mission is to secure our Nation's defense through the effective use of airpower or air superiority. The CAP is a congressionally chartered civilian organization that is only the Auxiliary of the Air Force through an act of federal law and is only the Air Force Auxiliary when we are operating in that capacity.

Otherwise, we are civilians with no real authority to accomplish the overall Air Force mission unless we're tasked to accomplish something that aligns with the specifics of the other federal law at our foundation that says we're essentially a Congressionally-chartered benevolent business.

[THRAWN]

USAF has guns, CAP has gauze.

[Cliff_Chambliss]

and all this time I thought the real purpose of the Civil Air Patrol was to teach the Air Force how to salute.