Story by Eve Baker, U.S. Army Fort Wainwright, Alaska FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – U.S. Army soldiers assigned to DART (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team) within Delta Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently assisted in the effort to recover a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed in a remote area in Alaska. The Coast Guard Leer másArmy DART assists with recovery of crashed Coast Guard MH-60[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew crash with four aboard on Read Island during a search and rescue mission. Monday 13, November, 2023 at night. Rescue crews from Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Petersburg Fire and Rescue arrived on scene at approximately 12:50 a.m., and a second MH-60T Jayhawk Leer másCoast Guard MH-60 helicopter crash in Alaska during a mission[…]
SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue (medevac) a 60-year-old fisherman approximately 34 nautical miles west of the Coronado Islands, San Diego. Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center received a distress call from the charter fishing vessel «San Diego» around 11 a.m., reporting Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue fisherman near Coronado Islands[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk medevac a 50-year-old man from a 302-foot vessel approximately 80 nautical miles offshore Dauphin Island, Alabama. Monday, October 2, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a call at approximately 2:17 p.m. from the captain of the vessel requesting assistance to medevac a crewmember experiencing heart-attack-like symptoms. Watchstanders Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T medevac man offshore Dauphin Island[…]
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and the Molokai Fire Department rescue five mariners aboard the grounded vessel Mega off of ‘Ilio Point, Molokai. Tuesday, October 2, 2023. The Mega began taking on water after running aground before a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Honolulu successfully rescued and transported the mariners back to Leer másCoast Guard and Molokai FD rescue mariners off Molokai[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a 50-year-old man from a deepwater construction vessel approximately 35 nautical miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Monday, October 2, 2023, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at approximately 4:58 a.m. from the operating manager of the vessel requesting assistance to medevac Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk medevac man from construction vessel[…]
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue a sailor after his sailboat the “Agua Star” was beset by weather approximately 80 nautical miles west of Eureka. Saturday, September 30, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received multiple radio transmissions around 11:40 a.m. Saturday from the Captain of the Agua Star, stating Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 rescue sailor offshore Eureka[…]
MT. CLEMENS, Mich. Sept. 29, 2023 — Coast Guard Air Station Detroit received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that support Coast Guard missions throughout the Great Lakes region. Tuesday, September 26, 2023. The MH-65 avionics upgrade to the “E” (Echo) configuration provides enhanced search and rescue capabilities including Leer másCoast Guard Air Station Detroit receives upgraded MH-65E Dolphin[…]
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard, Navy, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources conducted a SAREX (search and rescue exercise) off Oahu, Sept. 27, 2023. “The exercise improved interagency cohesion between organizations and first responders with one goal in common, saving lives. Continuing Leer másCoast Guard and partners conducted a SAREX off Oahu[…]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65E Dolphin aircrew rescue two fishermen after their 34-foot fishing vessel sank 50 nautical miles offshore Savannah, Georgia. Thursday, September 28, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a report from Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders of an emergency position indicating radio beacon activation from the fishing vessel Leer másCoast Guard MH-65E rescue 2 fishermen 50 nm offshore Savannah[…]
