Coast Guard coordinates interagency medevac near Costa Rica
Pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, preparing to jump from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft Saturday night to reach a 26 year old fisherman who sustained a serous head injury over 750 miles off the coast of Costa Rica.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Duane Ramos)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard coordinated efforts to medevac an injured mariner...
Coast Guard, Air National Guard conduct long-range joint rescue mission
HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters (U.S. Air Force file photo by Captain Michael O’Hagan)
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and California Air National Guard completed a four-day, long-range, joint rescue mission to medevac a critically injured 39-year-old man aboard a cargo ship located about 1,300 miles west of San Francisco, Friday.
The motor vessel Ocean Applaud contacted 11th Coast Guard District command...
Merchant sailor dies despite multi-agency rescue efforts
ALAMEDA, Calif. – A multi-agency rescue operation to help a seriously ill merchant sailor aboard a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean was cancelled Wednesday morning after the man was declared deceased.
Tuesday, at approximately 9:50 a.m., the 11th Coast Guard District Command Center received a report of a sick man aboard the 600-foot vehicle carrier Green Ridge approximately 1,000 miles west of...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing CA Air National Guardsman
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing airman with the California Air National Guard reportedly swept into the water by a wave south of Monterey, Tuesday evening.
The missing airman is assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Field.
Coast Guard Station Monterey personnel were notified at 9:36 am of the incident off of Garrapata State Beach. A Coast Guard Station...
Rescued child remains stable aboard Navy vessel, slated for Wednesday arrival in San Diego
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A family with a sick infant rescued from a disabled sailboat approximately 1,500 miles southwest of San Diego remains stable aboard a Navy frigate and is slated to arrive in San Diego Wednesday.
The rescue follows a call from the sailing vessel Rebel Heart operator Thursday to the Coast Guard requesting assistance for a one-year-old child. A Coast Guard flight surgeon recommended...
Rescued family safely aboard Navy ship
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A family with a sick infant safely boarded the frigate USS Vandgrift Sunday morning as part of a rescue by Coast Guard, California Air National Guard and Navy personnel approximately 900 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Vandgrift arrived on scene at 1 a.m. and in an abundance of caution waited until first light to commence the rescue.
At approximately 8 a.m., Sailors...
California Air National Guard Continues Rescue Effort
Moffett Federal Airfield – A team of California Air National Guardsmen from the Bay Area’s 129th Rescue Wing continues their lifesaving mission of an American infant off the coast of Mexico.
On Thursday evening, four pararescuemen from the 129th RQW parachuted to the 36-foot sailing vessel Rebel Heart to provide immediate medical attention to a seriously ill 1-year-old girl. While her...
Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy respond to sick one year old off Mexico
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy personnel are responding to the report of a sick infant aboard a 36-foot sailboat approximately 900 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
At approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, Coast Guard personnel in Alameda, Calif., were notified via a satellite phone from the vessel operator that a one year-old child aboard the sailing vessel, Rebel Heart,...
Coast Guard suspends search for 4 near Monterey Bay, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard suspended the search at 9:30 a.m. for four people who reported abandoning their 29-foot sailboat approximately 65 miles off the coast of Monterey, Calif., Sunday.
Coast Guard crews made 34 searches with the assistance of the Navy and 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard doing five additional searches.
The multi-agency search covered an area approximately...
