A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta) provides aviation support for the

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. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the

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, are built for long range missions and operate from air stations. The MH-65D Dolphin and

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helicopters also operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities and flight deck equipped cutters.

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Seventeenth District

Others

Air Detachment Naples
(

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) (disestablished 1972)
Air Detachment Argentia
(

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) (disestablished 1966)

Images

File:CGAS Humboldt Bay.jpg, 11th District,
Humboldt Bay, CA File:AIRSTA Port Angeles.png, 13th District,
Port Angeles, WA 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 ...

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 1936
list of USCG air stations in 1936 {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Air Stations Coast Guards Air Stations

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