All Metal Delivers to U.S. Coast Guard
Source: ALL METAL, 19-Apr-13
All Metal MS announced today that it delivered a customized line of solution driven “safety first” maintenance stands to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Elizabeth City, NC facility. These multi-purpose maintenance stands were designed for use when performing both routine maintenance and complete overhauls on the MH-65, and can be used on all models of the [...]
Breeze-Eastern announces New Sales
Source: Breeze-Eastern, 05-Mar-13
The United States Coast Guard has contracted with Breeze-Eastern Corporation (AMEX: BZC) to design a new hydraulic hoist controller for its MH-65 search and rescue helicopters. Breeze-Eastern, the aerospace industry’s only dedicated hoist and winch specialist expects a production contract to follow the $1 million design program. The new controller will replace a 25-year-old legacy [...]
US Coast Guard deploys two MH-60s to St. Paul, Alaska
Source: US Coast Guard, 16-Jan-13
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak temporarily deployed two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews to St. Paul, Alaska, Sunday to safeguard the crab fleet and other fishing vessels engaged in winter fisheries in Southwestern Alaska. With an increased number of vessels operating in the region, the Coast Guard deployed the crews to provide a more rapid response [...]
CGAS Los Angeles to use Torrance Airport for crew checks
Source: US Coast Guard, 15-Jan-13
Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles personnel will be completing Their annual standardization flight crew checks from Jan. 28th through Feb. 7 th . Residents living near the Torrance Airport can expect to see and hear the air station’s MH-65 Dolphin helicopters more Frequently During That Time period. In an effort to reduce the frequency of flights near [...]
CGAS Traverse City to host All-Aviation Expo
Source: USCG, 07-Jan-13
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City is scheduled to host an aviation expo to exhibit demonstrations concerning the sciences and wonders of flight at the Coast Guard hangar on Airport Access Road in Traverse City, Mich., Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. till noon. The All Aviation Expo is going to be held in partnership with [...]
US Coast Guard celebrates 75th anniversary of San Diego base
Source: US Coast Guard, 01-Jan-13
U.S. Coast Guard members celebrated the 75th year of operating the base located on North Harbor Drive in 2012. Now known as Coast Guard Sector San Diego, the original facility was commissioned as an air station in April 1937. At the time it was the only Coast Guard air station in California and its primary [...]
USCG selects Honeywell’s vibration monitoring system for MH-60T fleet
Source: Honeywell, 17-Dec-12
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has been awarded a $4.8 million contract to install health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) onboard the entire fleet of U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T helicopters. For the U.S. Coast Guard, the installation and use of HUMS is critically important and paramount to the success of its missions. Unscheduled maintenance events can cause mission aborts that [...]
US Coast Guard Aviation Technical Training Center opens new facility
Source: US Coast Guard, 22-Oct-12
The Coast Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the new Rescue Swimmer Training Facility in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday. The new facility incorporates a larger pool as well as an Underwater Modular Egress Trainer where Coast Guard aircrew and response boat crewmembers will train to escape a ditched aircraft or capsized vessel. [...]
Awardees for 32nd annual Salute to the Coast Guard announced
Source: Coast Guard Foundation, 10-Oct-12
The Coast Guard Foundation is proud to announce that the 2012 Coast Guard Foundation Award for Heroism will be presented to Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, for its rescue of the crews of the fishing vessels Heritage and Kimberly. The award will be presented at the 32nd Annual Salute to the Coast Guard in New [...]
USCG visits All Metal MS to inspect finalized prototypes and tour facility
Source: All Metal MS, 04-Oct-12
The U.S. Coast Guard recently visited the manufacturing facilities of All Metal Maintenance Stands to inspect the finalized prototypes that All Metal custom designed to outfit the Coast Guard’s fleet of MH-65s. These multi-purpose maintenance stands were designed for use when performing both routine maintenance and complete overhauls on the MH-65. All Metal developed the [...]
US Coast Guard opens seasonal Arctic operations base
Source: US Coast Guard, 17-Jul-12
The Coast Guard opened its seasonal forward operating location in Barrow Monday in preparation for the anticipated increase of maritime activities in the Arctic. FOL Barrow is part of Arctic Shield 2012, which focuses on operations, outreach and an assessment of the Coast Guard’s capabilities above the Arctic Circle. The FOL in Barrow consists of [...]
CGAS Kodiak Change of Command
Source: US Coast Guard, 16-Jul-12
Capt. Karl Moore, retiring commanding officer of Base Kodiak, and Capt. Jerald Woloszynski, incoming commanding officer of Base Kodiak, shake hands after reading their orders and passing command July 11, 2012. Woloszynski, prior program manager for the Nationwide Automatic Identification System project, will serve a three-year tour as commanding officer at Base Kodiak.
CGAS New York Change of Command
Source: US Coast Guard, 16-Jul-12
Coast Guard Station New York held a change of command ceremony in Staten Island, N.Y., today. Lt. Cmdr. Jason Aleksak, who took command of Station New York in October 2009, was relieved of his duties and responsibilities by Lt. Cmdr. Bill Walsh. Walsh most recently served as an assignment officer at the Coast Guard’s Personnel [...]
CGAS New Orleans change-of-command
Source: US Coast Guard, 25-Jun-12
Cmdr. Michael J. Brandhuber is appointed the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans in an official change-of-command ceremony in Belle Chasse, June 22, 2012. As commanding officer of the air station, Brandhuber is responsible for 120 personnel and five MH-65C Dolphin helicopters that are responsible for conducting search and rescue, law enforcement [...]
Change of command at US Coast Guard Air Station Sitka
Source: US Coast Guard, 17-May-12
Coast Guard Cmdr. Doug Cameron watches as Cmdr. Edward Sandlin salutes Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, 17th Coast Guard District, and assumes command of Air Station Sitka, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Cameron, the previous Air Station Sitka commander, is transferring to the 5th Coast Guard District where he will serve as the district’s Chief of [...]
All Metal MS helps US Coast Guard increase maintenance safety
Source: All Metal MS, 03-May-12
All Metal MS, striving toward becoming a global leader in the development and manufacturing of safety first custom maintenance stands, maintenance support equipment and hangar equipment, is assisting the United States Coast Guard to improve safety for its mechanics during routine maintenance on aircraft. All Metal has designed a set of maintenance stands to outfit [...]
US Coast Guard warns of crew complacency in July 2010 accident report
Source: US Coast Guard, 20-Mar-12
A failure to observe altitude restrictions and maintain situational awareness at low altitudes and high speeds are among six factors the Coast Guard says contributed to the fatal crash of a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter near La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010, according to a final action memo drafted here and released Monday that summarizes the key findings [...]
US Coast Guard drops charges against co-pilot crash survivor
Source: US Coast Guard, 08-Mar-12
The 17th Coast Guard District commander, Rear Adm. Thomas P. Ostebo, dismissed criminal charges without prejudice against Lt. Lance Leone Tuesday, stemming from his role as co-pilot of Coast Guard helicopter CG-6017, which crashed on July 7, 2010. Leone, the sole survivor of the crash, was charged Sept. 30, 2011, with violating three punitive articles [...]
CMC TacView selected by L-3 Comms for US Coast Guard MH-65
Source: Esterline, 13-Feb-12
Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that L-3 Communications, Inc. has selected the CMC TacView® Portable Mission Display to provide a Situational Awareness Data Link (SADL) solution for U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters. The avionics grade TacView system will interface with the aircraft tactical radios and GPS receiver to support L-3 Communications’ [...]
US Coast Guard charges crash survivor with crewmates’ deaths
21-Oct-11
The U.S. Coast Guard has brought criminal charges against the sole survivor of a 2010 helicopter crash in which three people from Air Station Sitka died. Lieutenant Lance Leone is facing possible court martial for negligence and the death of two of his crewmates — all violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and [...]
Public invited to open house at CGAS Traverse City
Source: US Coast Guard, 10-Oct-11
The public is invited to attend a free open house at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Oct. 15, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The purpose of the open house is to highlight the air station’s missions, equipment and highly-trained personnel who serve the Great Lakes region, as well as to celebrate [...]
R&D results in new HH-65 deck handling solution
Source: US Coast Guard, 07-Oct-11
Issue The reduced manning requirement and expected increase in aviation operational tempo for the National Security Cutter (NSC) has served as a catalyst to develop NSC program requirements for an automated Securing and Traversing System (STS). Currently, Coast Guard H-65 helicopters and legacy cutters use a deck-lock system called TALON that secures an aircraft to [...]
CGAS Atlantic City upgrades to MH-65D Dolphin
Source: US Coast Guard, 18-Sep-11
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard held a ceremony recognizing the enhanced mission capabilities of the MH-65D Dolphin Short Range Recovery Helicopter fleet here Friday. The helicopters have been upgraded with a series of overhauls by replacing obsolete components and unsupportable equipment with modern digital systems. The Dolphin upgrades include digital avionics components, including [...]
Retired helicopter pilot christens Sequim’s new helipad
Source: Peninsula Daily News, 03-Jul-11
Susan Strand, one of the Army’s first women helicopter pilots, christened Sequim’s new emergency helipad near Olympic Medical Center’s Sequim Cancer Center on Thursday. [Full story]
New CO at Coast Guard Air Station Houston
Source: HeliHub.com, 23-Jun-11
Commander Eric Gleason has taken over as Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Houston in a recent ceremony. He succeeds Cmdr. Christopher Moss. The Commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, Rear Adm. Roy Nash, presided over the ceremony. Gleason, a 1992 Coast Guard Academy graduate, arrives in Houston from Coast Guard Air Station [...]
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard put on display in Museum of Flight
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-Jun-11
The Museum of Flight in Seattle displayed a new exhibit yesterday – a Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard The HH-52A entered service in 1963, with the US Coast Guard taking delivery of 99 examples which were based on cutters, icebreakers and air stations. The fleet was credited with saving 15,000 lives and $1.5 billion in property loss [...]
US Coast Guard opens seasonal air facility in Muskegon, Michegan
Source: US Coast Guard, 09-Jun-11
DETROIT – U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, Mich., opened its seasonal air facility in Muskegon, Mich., Friday, in order to provide increased search and rescue capabilities and faster response times throughout the Lake Michigan area. The seasonal air facility located at Muskegon County Airport operates annually from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. [...]
US Coast Guard opens interagency ops center in Wilmington, NC
Source: US Coast Guard, 13-May-11
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Members of Coast Guard Sector North Carolina’s Command Center activated a new interagency operations center here Thursday. The operations center has been established in response to the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act, which required the Coast Guard to establish interagency operations centers in select ports. “You cannot understate the importance [...]
Change of command today at CGAS Traverse City
Source: US Coast Guard, 13-May-11
The USCG are holding a change-of-command ceremony, today/Friday at Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, that will see Cmdr. Jonathan Spaner transfer command to Cmdr. Joseph Buzzella. Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, will preside over the ceremony. Who: Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, Cmdr. [...]
USCG hosts 4th annual SAR Conference in Baltimore
Source: US Coast Guard, 01-May-11
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard hosted the 2011 Search and Rescue Conference at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore to improve cooperation between search and rescue agencies in the upper Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, Friday. Approximately 100 members from the Coast Guard, Maryland Natural Resources Police, Maryland State Police, and supervisors from more than 25 [...]
CGAS Barbers Point receive second of four MH-65s
Source: US Coast Guard, 12-Apr-11
HONOLULU – Coast Guard aircrews at Air Station Barbers Point received the second of four new multi-mission helicopters Saturday. The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, closely resembling an HH-65 Dolphin, includes a multitude of new equipment to further enhance mission capabilities. The new aircraft are replacing the four Dolphins currently in service at the air station. The [...]
USCG Alaska base trains on ski-equipped HH-65
Source: US Coast Guard, 07-Apr-11
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew trains with ski sleds installed on the Dolphin March 25, 2011, at Narrow Cape. The ski sleds were installed so aircrews will continue to have a current knowledge in landing a Dolphin on snowy or ice covered terrain and also supports the [...]
MH-65C commander wins 2011 Capt. Dorothy Stratton Leadership Award
Source: US Coast Guard, 21-Mar-11
Coast Guard Lt. Kelly Deutermann, 28, an MH-65C aircraft commander, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Capt. Dorothy Stratton Leadership Award. Deutermann received the award at the 24th Annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium Tuesday in San Diego. Established in 2001, the Capt. Dorothy Stratton Leadership Award is named in honor of the [...]
USCG signs second Support By the Hour contract with Turbomeca
Source: Turbomeca, 06-Mar-11
During the Turbomeca press conference at Heli-expo, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was recognized for signing a second Support By the Hour contract with Turbomeca. This contract provides modular maintenance and dedicated customer service supporting all 244 engines at 18 Air Stations throughout the United States. The contract will benefit the USCG by maximizing [...]
Quality Aviation Instruments awarded USCG contract to repair HH-65 hover lights
Source: Quality Aviation Instruments, 05-Mar-11
Quality Aviation Instruments (QAI) received notification recently that they were awarded a five-year contract by the United States Coast Guard to repair new and older generation hover lights. “We are thrilled to be awarded this contract,” said President of QAI Robert Sieber. “For 14 years we have been providing quality support to both the rotorcraft [...]
Breeze-Eastern’s next-generation Reactive Overload Clutch released
Source: Breeze-Eastern, 03-Mar-11
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is upgrading the hoists of more than 100 H-65 Multi-Mission Cutter Helicopters with a unique safety-enhancing product available exclusively from Breeze-Eastern Corporation (Heli-Expo Exhibit 3631). The USCG installation of the Reactive Overload Clutch is nearly complete and many of the upgraded hoists are already operational. The Reactive Overload Clutch is [...]
USCG Muskegon County base could close this summer
Source: MLive.com, 24-Jan-11
USCG plans to use the specially designed hangar at the Norton Shores airport through September. But the federal budgeting process holds the fate of funding for helicopter operations beyond that. This SAR facility has been on the federal chopping block in previous years
Alaska crews forward deployed to safeguard fishing fleet
Source: US Coast Guard, 21-Jan-11
As harsh winter weather causes Alaskans to pack up their boats until spring, the Alaskan crab and groundfish fleets brave fierce storms and icy temperatures in search of the big catch. As the fishing fleet gets underway, they can take comfort in the knowledge that Coast Guard search and rescue teams will be protecting them [...]
Coast Guard won’t replace cables that brought down copter
Source: Seattle Times, 16-Nov-10
Accident report on HeliHub.com of this 7th July 2010 accident is here
US Coast Guard – first black female helicopter pilot
Source: US Coast Guard, 14-Oct-10
Perseverance, dedication, grit, a desire to excel – these are all traits desired in a student aviator. Training in the aviation program for the maritime services is intentionally difficult to stress and push the students beyond their comfort zones so they can meet the hardships their service will entail. However, when that prospective pilot is [...]
US Coast Guard Foundation honours Elizabeth City aircrew
Source: US Coast Guard, 14-Oct-10
Stranded 350 miles from land, the Element Quest spent days being tossed about in ten-foot seas – rudderless and out of radio range. Without an EPIRB, the only hope for the three sailors aboard was that their satellite phone call was heard and passed on to the Coast Guard. It is hard to imagine the [...]
US Coast Guard aircrew wins at Canadian rescue exercise
Source: US Coast Guard, 01-Oct-10
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew won the marine rescue event in this year’s Royal Canadian Forces annual search and rescue exercise which was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, Sept. 20-24. The crew, which consisted of a pilot, co-pilot, three flight mechanics and two rescue swimmers arrived Sept. 22 in time [...]
Laser forces Coast Guard helicopter to land
Source: KTTV Fox 11, 01-Sep-10
For the second time this week, someone pointed a laser beam at a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, causing the crew to make a precautionary landing.
Lasers force 2 Coast Guard helicopters to land at LAX
Source: LA Times, 31-Aug-10
Two Coast Guard helicopters were forced to land at Los Angeles International Airport in the last week after being flashed with laser beams
Man accused of leading US Coast Guard on 8-hour search costing $53K
Source: MI Live, 11-Aug-10
If convicted, the Detroit resident who made the prank call could face up to six-years in prison, a $250,000 fine and liability for the full cost of the Coast Guard operation.
Zephyr International delivers Rescue Hoist Test Facility to US Coast Guard
Source: Zephyr International, 11-May-10
Zephyr International LLC has delivered and installed a State of the Art Rescue Hoist Test Facility to the US Coast Guard’s Support Facility in Elizabeth City N.C. The test facility is designed to operate and test the Rescue Hoists in use by the Coast Guard on their Jay Hawk and Dauphine helicopters. The facility utilizes [...]
Kodiak-based aircrews win national award for Alaska rescues
Source: US Coast Guard, 22-Mar-10
KODIAK, Alaska – Eight Alaska-based Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Kodiak will be awarded the American Helicopter Society’s prestigious William J. Kossler Award at the American Helicopter Society Forum in Phoenix May 12 for saving the lives of seven commercial fishermen in 2009. “It’s great to see this national-level attention for the great work done [...]
US Coast Guard base at Muskegon to close under proposed FY2011 budget
Source: WOOD TV, 13-Feb-10
The U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search-and-rescue unit at the Muskegon County Airport would close under the proposed 2011 federal budget, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra said Thursday.
U.S. Coast Guard To Terminate LORAN-C
Source: RotorNews, 22-Jan-10
In a notice published in the Feberal Register on 7th January, “U.S. Coast Guard will, commencing on or about February 8,2010, implement plans to terminate the transmission of the Loran-C signal and commence a phased decommissioning of the Loran-C infrastructure.”
HAI Announces Recipient of the 2010 Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award
Source: HAI, 19-Jan-10
HAI is pleased to announce the 2010 Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award recipient, Crew of CGNR 6033; U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida. On September 7, 2008, the crew of U.S. Coast Guard CGNR 6033 launched from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, to respond to a stricken fishing vessel with four people aboard, 50 [...]
MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability
Source: USCG, 09-Oct-09
On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate’s HH-60 Conversion Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., in honor of the Medium Range Recovery Helicopter achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
New Electro-Optical/Infrared Capability Featured On Latest MH-60T
Source: US Coast Guard, 02-Sep-09
On August 13, 2009, the Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate’s HH-60 Conversion and Sustainment Project, in conjunction with the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) at Elizabeth City, N.C., delivered the fourth converted MH-60T Medium Range Recovery helicopter (tail number CG 6032).
Upgraded Dolphin arrives at Humboldt Bay Air Station
Source: Redwood Times, 28-Aug-09
Coast Guard helicopters flying around Humboldt County will now be able to provide a more integrated response to search and rescue missions due to the arrival of the latest version of the Dolphin helicopter.
MH-60T moves towards service entry
Source: Rotorhub, 24-Jul-09
The United States Coast Guard says its Jayhawk update will extend the aircraft’s life to 2027. The Coast Guard’s Acquisition Directorate the programme will update 42 Jayhawk Medium Range Recovery helicopters with the first one to enter operational service in September.
First production MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter delivered to US Coast Guard
Source: Rotorhub, 17-Jun-09
Coast Guard HITRON squadron expands presence at NAS Jacksonville
Source: Bizjournals, 01-Apr-09
The U.S. Coast Guard has added 150 officers and enlisted personnel to its Cecil Field operations, which includes a newly renovated 32,000-square-foot building.
US Coast Guard selects Becker Avionics’ SAR MAN-PACK for Ground SAR Operations
Source: Vertical Magazine, 02-Feb-09
U.S. Coast Guard expands service and support contract with Rockwell Collins to three new aircraft platforms
Source: Rockwell Collins, 22-Jan-09
