The USCG Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the United States Drug trafficking organizations primarily used “go-fast” boats, high-speed smuggling vessels capable of traveling over twice the speed of Coast Guard cutters. The U.S. Coast Guard needed a way to counter Leer másUSCG Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron HITRON history series: Adm. James Loy[…]