MIAMI – Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew assisted the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with the transfer and disposition of approximately 391 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated value of $7.5 million at the Mayaguana Airport in The Bahamas. Tuesday, March 25, 2024. Operation Bahamas Turks and Leer másCoast Guard and partners seized 391 kg of cocaine in Bahamas[…]
Story by Edwin Wriston, West Virginia National Guard CHARLESTON, West Virginia — The past March 22, 2024, two West Virginia National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters (specifically UH-60M and HH-60M) and personnel assisted in combat wildfires in Hardy County with West Virginia Division of Forestry and local government and emergency management officials. The deployment of Leer másTwo National Guard UH-60 assisted during wildfires in Hardy County[…]
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies in response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore today, Tuesday March 26, 2024, at morning. The U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders received a report into the Coast Guard Sector Maryland — National Capital Region command center at 1:27 a.m. Leer másCoast Guard searches for missing people on Baltimore bridge[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescue a boater from a life raft early Sunday, approximately 20 nautical miles south of Guanica, Puerto Rico. Rescued is K. Mcpartlan, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Fla, who was the sole passenger aboard the 48-foot pleasure craft Solamar transiting Leer másA Coast Guard MH-60T crew rescue boater near Puerto Rico[…]
Story by Belinda Bazinet, Program Executive Office, Aviation. Redstone Arsenal REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — With more than five million flight hours under its rotors and 40 years of technological advances behind it, the AH-64 Apache continues to be the best attack helicopter in the world. The Apache has been the Army’s heavy attack helicopter since Leer másThe AH-64 Apache helicopter celebrates 40 years[…]
Story by Capt. Brian Tuthill, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The 15th MEU began MV-22B Osprey reintegration training March 21, 2024, transporting a platoon of Marines across Camp Pendleton to regain proficiencies in foundational skills for pilots and infantry Marines. The training was conducted at two sites and involved Leer másMV-22B Osprey tiltrotors begin reintegration with 15th MEU[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and a Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Office boatcrew rescue two boaters that became stranded Friday in the Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification Friday at approximately 6:30 a.m. of two overdue boaters last reported aboard a 18-foot black flat bottom boat Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 boaters in Lake Pontchartrain[…]
JUNEAU — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Ketchikan, Alaska, March 14, 2024. The SAR exercise took place on the water and in the air with both agencies working together to test and evaluate interagency communications, response plans, and responders’ actions during multiple simulated scenarios. Leer másCoast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy conduct SAREX off Alaska[…]
Story by Maj. John Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing As senior members of aeromedical evacuation teams, it’s the responsibility of U.S. Air Force Flight Nurses, Air Force specialty code 46NXF, to provide life-saving emergency and pre-hospital care to servicemembers up to 30 thousand feet in the sky. From planning a mission to disembarking the aircraft, flight Leer másUS Air Force Flight Nurses: Saving Lives Miles High[…]
Singapore (March 12, 2024) — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of a Bell 505 helicopter to Honda Airways in Japan. Honda Airways, a subsidiary of Honda Motors, was established in 1964 by Souichiro Honda, the legendary founder of Honda Motors. Today, Honda Airways offers scenic flights using light aircraft and helicopters, Leer másHonda Airways purchases its first Bell 505 in Japan[…]
