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...

We Remember: Coast Guard Rescue 1705

We Remember: Coast Guard Rescue 1705
Today, October 29, 2014 marks the 5 year anniversary of a tragedy for not only the Coast Guard, but for the U.S. Marine Corps also. While conducting a search and rescue mission near San Clemente Island, Calif. on Oct. 29, 2009, Coast Guard Rescue 1705, an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, collided with a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter, from the 3rd...

From the Bridge Wing 10-29-2013

From the Bridge Wing 10-29-2013
Today in Coast Guard History 1883 – At a quarter before 4 o’clock In the morning the two surfmen on patrol from the Plum Island Station (Second District), below Newburyport, Massachusetts, discovered a vessel ashore on the south breaker at the entrance of Newburyport Harbor, about half a mile northeast of the station. A signal was made to her that she was seen and the men hurried to the station...

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....

Coast Guard Releases Names of Missing Crewmembers as Search Continues

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard continues to coordinate a joint agency search operation for seven Coast Guard aircrew and two Marine Corps aircrew missing off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif. after a suspected mid-air collision between a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft and a Marine Corps AH-1W helicopter.