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DynCorp International awarded USCG contract
USCG crew of HC-130H #1790 (c/n 4931) begin their preflight checks on July 10, 2016 at Barbers Point, Oahu. The crew flew cover and managed communications for a Navy SH-60 crew on a medevac of a 58-year-old mariner 184 north of Oahu. [USCG photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers]
Dec 31, 2018 - The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Aviation Logistics Center, Long Range Surveillance Product Line Division, awarded DynCorp International (DI) the Progressive Structural Inspection and Depot Level Maintenance contract for C-130H and C-130J aircraft. [Read more...]
Air Station Kodiak receives first HC-130J
USCG HC-130J #2009 is the first HC-130J Super Hercules to transfer to Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2018. Air Station Kodiak is expected to receive five HC-130J model planes by the end of 2019 to replace the five HC-130H model planes currently there. [USCG photo by PO1 Jonathan Harper]
Aug 21, 2018 - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak welcomed the first HC-130J Super Hercules to Kodiak, Alaska, Monday. [Read more...]
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Coast Guard Air Station replaces C-130 during change of watch ceremony
The last crew to fly aboard the Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento's HC-130H #1706 Hercules gather, May 31, 2016, after a change of watch ceremony at Air Station Sacrament's hanger in McClellan Park. The ceremony marked the final day that a C-130 crew stood the watch at Air Station Sacramento. [USCG photo by PO3 Loumania Stewart]
Sep 13, 2016 - U.S. Coast Guard HC-27J Spartan aircraft replaced Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento's HC-130 Hercules during a change of watch ceremony by crewmembers at Air Station Sacramento's hanger in McClellan Park Thursday. [Read more...]
U.S. Forest Service to receive C-130
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130H #94-7319 from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops a load of water April 22 near Fairplay, Colorado. The Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd AW held its annual MAFFS certification and re-certification for C-130 aircrews April 19-23. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Federico]
Jul 29, 2016 - What started out as an aircraft used by the Coast Guard will soon end up in the hands of the U.S. Forest Service. [Read more...]
Commercial fisherman meets joint team who saved his life
Jonathon Hoag, commercial fisherman and search and rescue (SAR) survivor, poses for a group photo with his USCG and U.S. Navy rescuers April 1, 2016, at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. Hoag was able to speak with the joint SAR crew who extracted himself and two of his crew members to safety after his vessel capsized 161 miles southwest of Kona, Hawaii on March 11. [USAF photo by SSgt. Christopher Hubenthal]
Apr 04, 2016 - “Who wouldn’t?” Hoag said. “A group of people who saved your life, three lives… to send a post card or a ‘thank you’ note? No, I don’t think so.” [Read more...]
USCG aircrew returns home following Eastern Pacific deployment
An USCG aircrew stationed at Air Station Barbers Point stand with HC-130H #1720 for a photo the final day of their 14-day deployment in Central America on January. 26, 2016. Military patrol aircraft conduct around-the-clock patrols in the Eastern Pacific in the hopes of curving illegal drug trafficking in the region. [USCG photo by PO2 Melissa E. McKenzie]
Mar 11, 2016 - An HC-130 Hercules aircrew returned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, in late January after a two-week Joint Inter-agency Task Force South counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. [Read more...]
L-3 awarded contract to missionize C-130J for USCG
USCG HC-130J #2001 is seen being towed at CGAS Elizabeth City on September 1, 2008. [Photo by Jason Grant]
Oct 08, 2015 - L-3 Communications announced today that it has been competitively awarded a $30 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to missionize two C-130J aircraft using a next-generation mission system suite. [Read more...]
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