Story by David Bedard, Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK — Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrews from 176th Wing rescue three distressed hunters on the Kenai Peninsula during two sequential missions. August 11, 2024. The first mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue 3 on the Kenai Peninsula[…]
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Coast Guard crews medevac a 51-year-old mariner (male) from a fishing boat 45 nautical miles west of Anna Maria Island. Friday, August 16, 2024. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and a Station St. Petersburg Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) boatcrew coordinated the medevac. The man was transported via Leer másCoast Guard medevac boater 45 miles west of Anna Maria Island[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescue a missing diver 24 nautical miles east of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Rescued was S. Oatman, 54 years-old male. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a notification at 12:26 p.m. of an overdue diving instructor. Diver’s wife notified watchstanders he was Leer másCoast Guard rescue missing diver 24 miles east of Bald Head Island[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, California. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew conducted the medevac of a 35-year-old mariner (male) from the tugboat “Cape Ann” approximately 28 nautical miles northwest of Eureka. Monday, August 12, 2024. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received a relayed call from the tugboat Cape Ann, stating that a crewmember Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 medevac mariner from a tugboat off Eureka[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac two men from a lift boat approximately 40 nautical miles offshore from Marsh Island, Louisiana. Sunday, August 11, 2024. At approximately 7:53 p.m. the Coast Guard 8th District (U.S. Coast Guard Heartland) watchstanders received a notification from the lift boat BRAZOS that Leer másCoast Guard MH-60 medevac 2 men from lift boat off Marsh Island[…]
Story by Balinda O’Neal, Alaska Army National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, helped rescue a hiker in critical condition in the vicinity of Hatcher Pass, Aug. 6, 2024. The HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew, led by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Cody Leer másAlaska Guard HH-60M helicopter crew rescue hiker in Hatcher Pass[…]
Story by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently performed their third medevac in a month, this time of an injured driver near the remote community of Livengood. Early on August 2, the unit received notification from Leer másArmy UH-60 helicopter medevac an injured driver near Livengood[…]
HONOLULU – Four Hawaii-based and two California-based Coast Guard units, all globally deployable, concluded operations at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 Exercise and returned to service of the residents of Hawaii and the Pacific region, Aug. 1. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Midgett (WMSL 757) and Juniper (WLB 201), the Regional Dive Locker Pacific, Leer másCoast Guard units conclude participation in RIMPAC 2024[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, in coordination local emergency management, rescue a 59-year-old woman who fell from a horse at Survivors Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Wednesday, August 7, 2024. The rescued woman was taking part in an equine tour ride with her husband when she fell off her horse Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue woman in Survivors Beach[…]
HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean, July 12. From July 1-12, an HC-130J Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Leer másU.S. Coast Guard completes Operation Nasse in Pacific region[…]