Story by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer, 18th Wing KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – The 18th Wing held the 33rd Rescue Generation Squadron activation ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, January 24, 2025. The activation of the 33rd RGS will separate the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit from the 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to create a new Leer más33rd Rescue Generation Squadron activates at Kadena AFB[…]
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two sailors (men) approximately 103 nautical miles east of Wilmington, N.C., Tuesday, January 28, 2025. The pair called for help when their 32-foot sailboat, Walrus, began sinking and they were unable to keep up with flooding. The men activated their emergency Leer másCoast Guard Elizabeth City MH-60T rescue 2 sailors off Wilmington[…]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, started its first-ever ground runs on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter equipped with two GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). During this test, the T901 engine demonstrated its capabilities through a series of rigorous procedures. The initial light off and ground runs Leer másSikorsky begins UH-60M Black Hawk ground runs with GE T901 engines[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a 30-year-old mariner (man) from a vessel 50 nautical miles off Galveston, Texas. Saturday, January 25, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a medevac request at approximately 5 p.m. from a crew member stating a 30-year-old male was found unconscious. Watchstanders consulted Leer másCoast Guard Houston MH-65E medevac mariner 50 nm off Galveston[…]
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard rescue four fishermen after a collision between two fishing boats occurred approximately 10 nautical miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island. Thursday night, January 23, 2025. At approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a distress call via VHF-FM channel 16 of two fishing boats Leer másCoast Guard rescue 4 fishermen after collision south of Block Island[…]
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Fabra, U.S. Coast Guard 9th District DETROIT — U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River crews rescue two people from an ice floe in Saginaw Bay, Michigan. January 22, 2025. The initial report was received at 12:37 p.m. of two people on an ice floe approximately one mile off Leer másCoast Guard rescue two people from ice floe in Saginaw Bay[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew, the crew of the Crowley container ship El Coquí, and fishermen from the fishing vessel Bonanza rescue four sailors (men) from a life raft in Atlantic Ocean’s Silver Bank waters north of Dominican Republic. Tuesday, January 20, 2025. Rescued are U.S. Citizens D. Potts, 63; Leer másCoast Guard and mariners rescue 4 sailors on the Atlantic Ocean[…]
A joint Spanish operation conducted by Policía Nacional and Guardia Civil finished with the seizure of over 1 ton (specifically 1100 kg) of cocaine in Galicia, in the town of Vilanova de Arousa (Pontevedra). By the end of 2024, there had been intelligence indicating that a go-fast type of vessel would depart from Galicia, with Leer másPolicía Nacional and Guardia Civil seized more than 1 ton of cocaine in Galicia[…]
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac an ailing fisherman from a fishing vessel 40 nautical miles off Oahu. Monday, January 20, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received notification at 4:30 p.m. Saturday from crew members aboard the fishing vessel Capt Davis that a 34-year-old crewman Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65 medevac fisherman off Oahu[…]
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam SANTA RITA, Guam — Guam search and rescue (SAR) community celebrated the first quarterly meeting of 2025, January 8, 2025, at the Port of Guam training room to collaborate on life-saving efforts across the island and surrounding waters. Representatives from Leer másGuam emergency responders hold first quarterly SAR professionals meeting of 2025[…]