Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, the Air Force and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for a person in the water two nautical miles offshore Destin, Florida.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to aid in locating an Airman who exited a C-130 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico.
Involved in the search are:
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew
- Two Coast Guard Station Destin 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crews
- 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field Air Force Base
- 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field Air Force Base
- Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field Air Force Base
- 96th Test Wing, Eglin Air Force Base
- U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group, Duke Field
- Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office
- Escambia County Sheriff’s office
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
