Coast Guard honors students during ribbon-cutting ceremony at Astoria
ASTORIA, Ore. — Coast Guard Sector Columbia River personnel hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly-installed HU-25 Falcon jet display in Warrenton, Friday.
Sector Columbia River and Tongue Point Job Corps personnel and students attended the ceremony, along with various community leaders, to honor Coast Guard aviation history at Air Station Astoria and the partnership between Sector Columbia...
Coast Guard Falcon Jet CG-2104 arrives at its final home at Sector Columbia River, Ore
ASTORIA, Ore. — A retired Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet made its final landing at Sector Columbia River’s Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Ore., Friday.
The Falcon, flown from where it served and officially retired June 21, 2013 at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., was the primary fixed-wing aircraft for more than 30 years providing search and rescue, law enforcement, medical transportation and other...
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod to retire HU-25 Falcon
BOURNE, Mass. — Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass. is scheduled to officially retire the HU-25 Falcons 2104 and 2112 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The HU-25 Falcon, which has been the primary fixed-wing aircraft for more than 30 years providing search and rescue, law enforcement, medical transportation and other services to the Northeast, will be replaced by the HC-144A Ocean Sentry.
The HC-144 Ocean...
New Coast Guard aircraft now operating out of Air Station Cape Cod
BOSTON — Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s new fixed wing aircraft, the HC-144 Ocean Sentry, is fully operational and replaced the HU-25 Falcon on Jan. 24, 2013.
The HU-25 Falcon has been the primary fixed-wing aircraft for more than 30 years providing search and rescue, law enforcement, medical transportation and other services to the Northeast. The HU-25 Falcon will be officially retired...
Hurricane Irene tests air crews in the birthplace of American SAR
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler.
In 1786, a group of visionaries gathered at a Boston tavern with the shared goal of reducing the loss of life at sea. America’s first maritime lifesaving service was born of their initiative, called the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The practices of this agency were used in the creation of the federalized U.S. Life Saving Service,...
Coast Guard interdicts nearly $1 million in marijuana near Haiti
U.S. Coast Guard photoMIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant interdicted a vessel carrying more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana and four suspected drug smugglers Saturday.
The Vigilant crew subsequently transferred the contraband, vessel, and four suspects to the Haitian coast guard in Cap Haitien, Haiti.
While on patrol, a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HU-25 Falcon aircrew alerted the...
Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet landing gear collapses during landing at Colorado airport
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – An HU-25 Falcon jet from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi suffered a collapsed nose landing gear while landing at Eagle County Regional Airport in Gypsum, Colo., Tuesday.
