HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a mariner from a cargo ship 80 nautical miles offshore Kauai. Thursday, June 26, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the crewing superintendent of the 636-foot cargo ship Aal Kembla, which was Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac mariner off Kauai[…]
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of a boater (man) after his boat sank offshore the island of Molokai. Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders heard two mayday calls on VHF-FM channel 16 at 5:40 a.m. from a man stating his Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E rescue boater near Molokai[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter aircrew from the HSC-25 ‘Island Knights’ and the USCGC Myrtle Hazard conducted the rescue of two missing mariners west of Guam. The U.S. Coast Guard, with support from U.S. Navy and local partners, located the 47-foot vessel Lucky Harvest, carrying two mariners, which had been Leer másA US Navy MH-60S and USCGC Myrtle rescue 2 mariners off Guam[…]
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a fisherman (the captain) of the commercial fishing vessel Sea Angel 80 nautical miles offshore Hilo, Hawaii. Friday, May 9, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday from the captain of the 78-foot Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac fisherman off Hawaii[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller, 109th Airlift Wing INUVIK, Canada – Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut March 5, 2025. Maj. Joseph Shanahan, the ski landing control officer, and a team Leer más109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice[…]
HONOLULU, Hawaii. – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a cruise ship passenger who experienced multiple strokes offshore Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Thursday, February 27, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received notification at 2:48 p.m. Wednesday from crew aboard the Koningsdam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, reporting that a 72-year-old Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac man off Hawaii[…]
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[…]
Story by Joseph Coslett, 153rd Airlift Wing CHEYENNE, Wyoming. – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to help firefighters due Los Angeles area wildfires. The three C-130 aircraft were activated January 9 Leer másWyoming, Nevada Guard C-130 crews assist California firefighters[…]
National Guard Bureau MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, California. — Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. More than 1,850 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are activated. Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with Modular Leer másNational Guard is involved in California firefighting efforts[…]
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard assisted Hawaii Life Flight with a non-maritime emergency medical service in the medevac of a patient from Kona, Hawaii. Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received a notification at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Hawaii Department of Health, requesting a non-maritime emergency medical services (EMS) Leer másCoast Guard and Hawaii Life Flight medevac patient to Honolulu[…]