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...
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...
Ceremonial groundbreaking and remembrance ceremony for Rescue 1705
Illustration of proposed memorial for Coast Guard Rescue 1705MCCLELLAN, Calif. – Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento is scheduled to hold a remembrance ceremony Friday, Oct. 29, honoring the HC-130 crew of Coast Guard Rescue 1705 that crashed one year ago. The event will also serve as the ceremonial groundbreaking for a memorial being built on the grounds of the air station in their honor.
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