A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta) provides aviation support for the
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mult ...
. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the
United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the
HC-130 Hercules
The Lockheed HC-130 is an extended-range, search and rescue (SAR)/combat search and rescue (CSAR) version of the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, with two different versions operated by two separate services in the U.S. armed forc ...
, are built for long range missions and operate from air stations. The
MH-65D Dolphin and
Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk
The Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk is a multi-mission, twin-engine, medium-range helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, military readiness and marine environmental protection missions. It was orig ...
helicopters also operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities and flight deck equipped
cutters.
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Others
Air Detachment Naples(
Naples, Campania, Italy
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) (disestablished 1972)
Air Detachment Argentia(
Argentia, Newfoundland
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,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
) (disestablished 1966)
Images
File:CGAS Humboldt Bay.jpg, 11th District,
Humboldt Bay, CA
File:AIRSTA Port Angeles.png, 13th District,
Port Angeles, WA
Port Angeles ( ) is a city and county seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. With a population of 19,960 as of the 2020 census, it is the largest city in the county. The population was estimated at 20,134 in 2021.
The city's har ...
File:CGAS Sitka unit insignia.svg, 17th District,
Sitka, AK
russian: Ситка
, native_name_lang = tli
, settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough
, image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg
, image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984
, image_size ...
See also
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List of United States military bases
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References
42. https://cgaviationhistory.org/1969-coast-guard-air-station-chicago-established/
External links
Coast Guard Air Stations"Coast Guard Grows Wings to Save Lives" ''Popular Mechanics'', April 1936list of USCG air stations in 1936
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Air Stations
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Coast Guards Air Stations
Air
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