Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento holds remembrance ceremony for fallen Coast Guard, Marine Corps aircrew

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento holds remembrance ceremony for fallen Coast Guard, Marine Corps aircrew
A Coast Guard member, assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, kneels to places flowers around a memorial during a remembrance ceremony at Air Station Sacramento in McClellan Park, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart MCCLELLAN PARK, Calif. — Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento personnel held a remembrance ceremony Saturday, honoring...

Coast Guard to hold remembrance ceremony and memorial dedication at Air Station Sacramento

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento will hold a remembrance service and memorial dedication ceremony honoring the crew of CG Rescue 1705 and USCM Vengeance 38 on October 29, 2011. ON the evening of October 29, 2009, CG Rescue 1705, an HC-130H aircraft was conducting a search and rescue mission near San Clemente Island off the California coast when they were involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S....

Air Station Sacramento holds remembrance ceremony for fallen Coast Guard, Marine Corps aircrews

MCCLELLAN, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento held a remembrance ceremony this morning, honoring the Coast Guard and Marine Corps crews who were lost in a mid-air collision one year ago. Rear Adm. Joseph Castillo, commander of the 11th Coast Guard District, presided over the event, which highlighted a memorial being built at the air station in honor of the fallen Marine Corps and...

Reports on Coast Guard, Marine Corps aircraft collision released

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy today released the results of their command investigations into the October 2009 collision of Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules CG-1705 and a Marine AH-1W Cobra helicopter off the coast of Southern California.  All seven Coast Guard aircrew members and both Marine Corps aviators were killed in the crash.

Fallen Guardians Honored with Wreath Laying – video

On Wednesday, the Coast Guard held a traditional wreath laying ceremony for Guardians lost at sea in honor of the crew of Rescue 1705.

2000 people attend memorial service to honor fallen Coast Guardsmen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gathering of more than 2,000 at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento helped honor the legacies of seven Coast Guardsmen and two Marines who are still missing after a Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Corps AH-1W helicopter collided off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., Oct. 30.

Coast Guard establishes a webcast address for CG-1705 memorial service

Sacramento, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard has established a webcast address for the CG-1705 memorial service scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at 11 a.m.

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento hosts memorial service for CG-1705 aircrew

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento is hosting a memorial service for the aircrew of Coast Guard HC-130 1705 Friday at 11 a.m. and is scheduled to conclude at 12:30 p.m.