Coast Guard searching for 4 missing people off of Pillar Point
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard is searching for two adults and two children, both under the age of eight, who are missing after their 29-foot sailboat started taking on water Sunday evening.
The vessel, possibly named Charmblow, was approximately 65 miles off the coast of Pillar Point when they radioed Coast Guard Sector San Francicsco at 4:20 p.m. They stated that they were taking on water...
Coast Guard, Air National Guard join to rescue 3 fishermen near Cambria, Calif.
PACIFIC OCEAN – The Coast Guard assisted the Air National Guard with the rescue of three fishermen from a sinking vessel 125 nautical miles southwest of Point Piedros Blancas near Cambria, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012.
The Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center received a call from a crewmember aboard the 85-foot commercial fishing vessel Allison C reporting that the vessel was taking on water...
Coast Guard, Air Force and Air National Guard combine forces to save a life
PACIFIC OCEAN – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, along with the Air Force and members of a California Air National Guard pararescue team with the 129th Rescue Wing located at Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View, Calif., conducted a long-range joint rescue of an injured man this week.
The Coast Guard 11th District command center in Alameda, Calif., received a call from the deep-sea...
Coast Guard suspends search for four missing crewmembers off the Farallon Islands
ALAMEDA, California – Coast Guard crews have suspended their search for four sailors missing since Saturday afternoon when their sailing vessel, the Low Speed Chase, grounded near the Farallon Islands.
Throughout the course of a search covering an area of more than 5,000 square miles, efforts by multiple air assets included a C-130 airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, an MH-65 Dolphin...
Coast Guard, Air National Guard continue search for 4 missing sailors near the Farrallon Islands
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The US Coast Guard and California Air National Guard continue to search for four individuals who remain missing following Saturday’s grounding of the sailing vessel Low Speed Chase near the Farallon Islands.
Coast Guard air assets conducted a search for missing crewmembers throughout much of the evening, with the exception of a temporary suspension in the early morning hours...
Coast Guard, Air National Guard Team rescues 3 sailors
ALAMEDA, California – The US Coast Guard and Air National Guard are conducting rescue efforts in the vicinity of the Farallon Islands following the grounding of a sailing vessel with eight people on board.
At approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center at Coast Guard Island, Alameda, received a 406MHz signal from an Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered...
Calif. Air National Guard rescues injured fishermen hundreds of miles offshore
MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. — California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing have successfully completed the rescue of two injured fishermen from a Chinese fishing vessel about 700 miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico.
The rescue phase of the mission began Sunday when Guardian Angel Pararescuemen parachuted off an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft into the Pacific Ocean and boarded...
Coast Guard and California Air National Guard working together in long-range medevac
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California Air National Guard are working together to conduct a long-range medevac 1,400 miles southwest of San Diego today.
Coast Guard, Air National Guard rescues local man from plane crash near Pillar Point
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the California National Guard in the rescue of a San Francisco man who lost engine power on his single-engine airplane and landed in the water about 10 miles west of Pillar Point, Calif., this afternoon.
