SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard Air Station San Diego MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts the medevac of a 56-year-old male passenger and a 77-year-old male passenger from a cruise ship approximately 13 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego Tuesday morning, January 30, 2024. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center Leer másA Coast Guard San Diego MH-60T medevac 2 men from cruise ship[…]
Story by Airman 1st Class Jonathan R. Sifuentes, 18th Wing The HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters from the 55th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, arrived at their new duty station, Kadena Air Base, Japan, January 26, 2024. The HH-60W is the successor to the HH-60G Pave Hawk and built on the established framework of Leer másHH-60W helicopters move to Kadena Air Base, Japan[…]
Story by Samuel King, 96th Test Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The BETA Technologies ALIA team waited and watched as an HH-60W Jolly Green II dropped in fast to the clearing beside them deep within the Eglin range to conduct a joint medevac training, on Jan. 11, 2023. As soon as it touched Leer másALIA electric aircraft conducts medevac training with an HH-60W[…]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) crew and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from HITRON returned from a 60-day counterdrug patrol and offloaded approximately $55 million worth of illicit narcotics in St. Petersburg. Monday, January 29, 2024. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South, the Cutter Resolute crew stopped Leer másCoast Guard Resolute and HITRON returns with $55M in narcotics[…]
With the assistance of members of the elite U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) Airborne Test Force (ATF), three MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor pilots from Marine Corps and their flight crews were able to requalify conducting sling loads during a joint training in late August. “We don’t do it very often, so it was a chance Leer másMarine Corps MV-22 Osprey pilots requalified for sling loads[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac one ailing crewman from an oil platform approximately 130 nautical miles south of Brownsville, Texas. Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Coast Guard 8th District command center watchstanders received a call at 4 p.m. from personnel aboard the Shell Perdido oil platform stating a 28-year-old crewman Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 medevac oil platform crewman 130 nm off Brownsville, Tx[…]
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard Air Station Detroit MH-65 Dolphin aircrew and Station Marblehead members rescue nine ice fishermen from an ice floe on Lake Erie, near Catawba Island. Monday, January 22, 2024. At 10:21 a.m., Coast Guard 9th District members and local authorities responded to an initial report of more than 20 people on Leer másCoast Guard rescue 9 ice fishermen on Lake Erie[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and Puerto Rico Police air and surface crew rescue three boaters from a capsized vessel just off Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Rescued are Abdiel A. (21), Carlos R. (23), and Jerry M. (21), after the 18-foot vessel ‘La Chupi’ capsized and the Leer másA Coast Guard MH-60 rescue 3 boaters near Desecheo Island[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and sailors Good Samaritans rescue four fishermen after their vessel capsized approximately two nautical miles northeast of Chiniak Island, Alaska. Sunday, January 21, 2024. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a report over VHF channel 16 at approximately 4:31p.m. from the crew of Alaska Rose, a Leer másCoast Guard and sailors rescue 4 fishermen near Chiniak Island[…]
MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 22, 2024 — Lockheed Martin delivered the first of eight C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Georgia Air National Guard during a ceremony today, commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for this longtime C-130 Hercules operator. The 165th Airlift Wing ― the first C-130 operator in the state of Georgia — received its initial Hercules in Leer másGeorgia Air National Guard receives first C-130J-30 Super Hercules[…]
