Story by Senior Airman Iain Stanley, 23rd Wing MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Airmen and community members gathered at Moody Air Force Base to celebrate Saluting Our Aviation Roots (SOAR) Week, a five-day event highlighting the installation’s mission, heritage and the Aircrews who execute the search and rescue (SAR) and attack missions it daily. Leer másMoody Air Force Base SOAR Week[…]
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is completing final delivery activities this week for its 18th fully missionized HC-130J long range surveillance aircraft, designated CGNR 2018, at L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems in Waco, Texas. The aircraft will support the transition of Air Station Sacramento, California, from C-27J Spartan aircraft to HC-130J Super Hercules. Three Coast Guard Leer másCoast Guard receives its 18th HC-130J Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft[…]
MIAMI – A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew and tanker vessel Radiant Pride’s crew conducted the rescue of three sailors from a sailing vessel taking on water 450 nautical miles east of Daytona Beach. On Monday, January 2, 2025, atlantic approximately 2:20 a.m. The three mariners were brought aboard Radiant Leer másCoast Guard and tanker vessel crew rescue 3 sailors 450 miles off Daytona Beach[…]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 27 fishermen after their Venezuelan-flagged fishing vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles north-northwest of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Saturday, January 31, 2026. At approximately 3:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, Sunday, the motor vessel Seaways Kenosha arrived on scene and safely recovered all 27 people Leer másCoast Guard coordinates rescue of 27 fishermen 483 nautical miles of Galapagos Islands[…]
Story by Christopher Jones, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms CHINA LAKE, California. — A Navy SAR Team (search and rescue) MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake conducted the rescue (medevac) following the ejection of an F-16 pilot approximately 15 miles east of China Lake. Leer másNavy SAR Team MH-60S rescue (medevac) F-16 pilot near China Lake[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of nine fishermen from a grounded fishing vessel near St. George Island, Alaska. Monday, January 5, 2025. No injuries were reported. At approximately 4:11 a.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received a report that the fishing vessel Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 9 fishermen near St. George Island, Alaska[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of five sailors after their sailboat began taking on water 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras. Thursday, October 28, 2025. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received a distress call from the crew of the sailing vessel Leer másCoast Guard Elizabeth City MH-60T rescue 5 sailors 260 nm off Cape Hatteras[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) 176th Wing HC-130J Combat King II aircrew and Guardian Angel PJs conducted the medevac of a man with a traumatic hand injury at Eareckson Air Station in the Aleutian Islands, October 9, 2025. This rescue Leer másAn Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J medevac man in the Aleutian Islands[…]
WASHINGTON — The USCG recently completed contract actions aimed at accelerating delivery of new MH-60T Jayhawk medium-range recovery helicopters and HC-130J Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft and expanding mission capabilities of the expanded aviation fleet. On September 8, the Coast Guard placed a $14.3 million order for delivery of 13 General Electric T700 engines for its Leer másUSCG completed contract actions for new MH-60T and HC-130J[…]
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir. U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam Today, September 10, 2025, marks the first World Search and Rescue Day to commemorate SAR services and their life-saving mission. In the vast expanse of the Pacific, where Coast Guard operations safeguard homeland security, ensure defense readiness, enforce border control, Leer másCoast Guard Sector Guam honors Global Search and Rescue Day[…]