03/14/2015: An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point dropped a dewatering pump and supplies to 42 people who abandoned ship after their fishing vessel caught fire 1,800 miles south of Hawaii, Feb. 10, 2016. The Hercules crew worked with Fong Seong 888, a Tuvalu-flagged oil tanker, to successfully…
11/07/2011: A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C. hoisted two men from the Illusion, a 57-foot sport fisherman vessel, that was taking on water and aground in the vicinity of Cape Lookout, N.C. The Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew took the two men to…
08/23/2011 During a recent visit to USMC Air Station New River, an update on both the Osprey and Libyan operations was provided by Marines involved in those operations. We recently interviewed Col. Mark Dessins, the 26th MEU Commander, the UNS-USMC team involved off of Libya. At New River a senior…
06/27/2011 A crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco hoist an injured man from the MSC Maria Elena, a 1,100-foot Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, Thursday, May 12, 2011. The injured man was medically evacuated to Air Station San Francisco where he was transferred to paramedics. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic…
Coast Guard Rescues Man from Overturned Boat 02/10/2011 - The crew from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay rescue a man from a small island located in Redwood Creek after his boat overturned, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The Coast Guard received notification of the distressed man from the Humboldt County…
