Coast Guard air crew transports neonatal specialists to Nantucket, Mass.
BOSTON — This morning at approximately 9:10 a.m., a Coast Guard HC-144A air crew transported a team of neonatal specialists from Tufts Medical Center to Nantucket, Mass. to assist a woman in premature labor.
A Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry Medium Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft is designed to serve as an on-scene command platform for search and rescue (SAR), and is well-equipped to perform...
Coast Guard Accepts Delivery of Seventh HC-144A
The Coast Guard’s aviation recapitalization efforts show continued success as the seventh HC-144A “Ocean Sentry” Maritime Patrol Aircraft MPA, Tail Number CG 2307, was formally accepted at EADS construction facility in Seville, Spain, on March 16, 2009 recognized by the signing of the DD-250 document [with zero discrepancies] at Coast Guard Headquarters. The aircraft is scheduled to depart Spain...
EADS North America to Expand Its Mobile, Alabama Facility
Company to Build New Delivery Center for Aircraft Maintenance, Overhaul and Modification
MOBILE, AL (EADS Press Release) – EADS North America will further expand the company’s U.S. industrial presence with the construction of a new 27,000-sq. ft. aircraft maintenance delivery center at the Mobile, Alabama facility of its EADS CASA North America business unit.
Coast Guard Awards Contract to Purchase Three Additional HC-144A Aircraft
Washington – The Coast Guard awarded a firm-fixed-price Delivery/Task Order to Integrated Coast Guard Systems on November 17, 2008, to purchase three HC-144A “Ocean Sentry” Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) at a total cost of $150,517,167.00. These MPAs—our ninth, tenth, and eleventh HC-144As–will be built at the EADS CASA construction facility in Seville, Spain. The delivery dates...
Coast Guard Accepts Sixth HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Washington, DC – The Coast Guard’s aviation recapitalization efforts show continued success as the sixth HC-144A “Ocean Sentry” Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Tail Number (CG 2306), was formally accepted—recognized by the signing of the DD-250 document–at EADS construction facility in Seville, Spain, on November 5, 2008.
Coast Guard Accepts Fifth HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Washington – The Coast Guard’s aviation recapitalization efforts show continued success as the fifth HC-144A “Ocean Sentry” Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Tail Number (CG 2305), departed the EADS construction facility in Seville, Spain on July 31 enroute to the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. Three additional aircraft are on contract and scheduled for delivery...
Newest Coast Guard aircraft assists with Midwest floods
By PA3 Jaclyn, Young, CG Public Affairs
ST. LOUIS – The newest type of Coast Guard aircraft, the HC-144A Ocean Sentry, which has only been in service for a little more than a year, was selected by the Commander of the Eighth District to conduct an overflight of the Midwest floods with key marine industry representatives Thursday, June 19.
Rear Adm. Joel Whitehead boarded a HC-144A at Air Station...
