Halifax, N.S., 28 April, 2023 – Leonardo awards a sub-contract to IMP Aerospace & Defence to undertake the upgrade of 13 in-service CH-149 (AW101) Cormorant Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters at its facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This agreement, announced at an event on 27 April, with Canada’s Minister of Defence, the Honorable Anita Anand Leer másLeonardo sub-contract IMP Aerospace for CH-149 upgrade[…]
ASTORIA, Oregon — A RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) CH-149 Cormorant helicopter aircrew visited the USCG Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Wednesday. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria personnel welcomed a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter aircrew from the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, 19 Wing Commex in British Columbia, Canada. During the visit, they Leer másRCAF CH-149 Cormorant aircrew visits USCG Air Station Astoria[…]
ALAMEDA — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews conducted an Arctic search and rescue (SAR) exercise and professional exchange with members of the Canadian Rangers near Resolute Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, Sept. 6, 2021, during the Cutter Healy’s (WAGB 20) Northwest Passage transit. The search and rescue exercise enhanced interoperability and effectiveness of response Leer másCanadian and U.S. Coast Guard conduct Arctic SAR exercise[…]
BOSTON— The USCG, Canadian Coast Guard and RCAF rescue 31 fishermen from a disabled, Canadian fishing vessel over 130 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tuesday night. At 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard First District Command Center that the 143-foot vessel, Atlantic Destiny, was Leer másUSCG, Canadian CG and RCAF rescue 31 fishermen from sinking vessel off Nova Scotia[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued one fisherman from a lifeboat early Tuesday morning after a 66-foot commercial fishing vessel began to take on water about 85 miles offshore of Cape Flattery with three people aboard, and is searching for the other two missing fishers. Watchstanders at multiple Coast Guard units received a VHF radio hail Leer másCoast Guard rescues 1 and continues search after fishing vessel floods 85 miles off Cape Flattery, WA[…]
