Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dillon Grimsley, Coast Guard Great Lakes District DETROIT — A Coast Guard Air Station Detroit MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of two men, Canadian citizens, on Lake St. Clair after they were stranded on an ice floe approximately 1 nautical mile north of Belle River, Ontario, on Tuesday, Leer másCoast Guard Detroit MH-65E rescue 2 from ice floe on Lake St. Clair[…]
In this documentary series, the Coast Guard spoke with other HITRON member, the Rear Admiral USCG (Ret) David Kunkel. David W. Kunkel was retired as a U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral in 2008 with 35 years of military service and played a pivotal role in standing up the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON). Kunkel is Leer másHITRON History Series: David Kunkel, Rear Admiral USCG (Ret)[…]
El helicóptero de recuperación de corto alcance (SRR) MH-65E Dolphin es la última versión del HH-65 (en el inventario del USCG desde 1985), fabricado por Aérospatiale, hoy Airbus Helicopters, sobre la plataforma AS365 N1 Dauphin 2 y exclusivamente para el U.S. Coast Guard a través del contrato de adquisición del Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR). Inicialmente Leer másUS Coast Guard SRR: del HH-65 al MH-65E Dolphin[…]
MIAMI — A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue two people and a dog, Wednesday, from a sunken vessel near Jensen Beach, Florida. The rescue helicopter aircrew hoisted the two people and their dog off a life raft after their vessel sank. The people were transported to Martin County Airport in Stuart, Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 people and their dog near Jensen Beach[…]
COOS BAY, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue helicopter medevac two stranded hikers from a cliff Wednesday afternoon near Coos Bay, Oregon. At approximately 2:10 p.m., watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a report from a woman whose daughter and husband were stranded on a cliff in the vicinity Leer másCoast Guard rescue helicopter aircrew medevac two hikers near Coos Bay, Oregon[…]
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Coast Guard air and surface crews rescue a diver in distress Monday just off Dutchcap Cay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The rescued is a man, a U.S. citizen reported to be in his 60’s, after he went missing during a diving trip with his wife and friends Leer másCoast Guard crews rescue diver in distress off Dutchcap Cay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dauphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew medevac a 60-year-old man from a fishing vessel, Jennifer and David, 46 nautical miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana, yesterday Sunday morning. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a medevac (medical evacuation) request by radio emergency channel from the fishing vessel Jennifer and Leer másCoast Guard medevac mariner 46 miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana[…]
In this documentary history series the U.S. Coast Guard spoke with retired Capt. Walter Reger, who was the 3rd commanding officer of the HITRON (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron). The HITRON operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. Drug trafficking organizations primarily used «go-fast» boats, high-speed Leer másCoast Guard HITRON History Series: Capt. Walter Reger[…]
CHARLESTON, S.C.. – The Coast Guard medevac (medical evacuation) a 45-year-old man, Sunday, from the motor vessel Southern Shark approximately 179 nautical miles east of Charleston. A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew transferred the man to Augusta Burn Center Hospital at 3:03 p.m. for higher-level medical care. At Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from vessel 179 nm east of Charleston[…]
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard Response Boat and MH-65 Dolphin crews rescue six people from the water after a vessel capsized near Mobile, Alabama, Saturday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report from Seatow at 11:15 p.m. of a 22-foot SeaPro taking on water with six people aboard. Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island launched Leer másCoast Guard rescue six people in the water near Mobile, Alabama […]