Ships and Aircraft

Two Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopters from Air Station Miami pass by the Cape Florida Lighthouse in Key Biscayne, Fla., Nov. 11, 2007. The HH-65 is know for its Fenestron tail rotor and its autopilot capabilities, which can complete an unaided approach to the water and bring the aircraft into a stable 50-foot hover, or automatically fly search patterns, an ability that allows the crew to engage in other tasks. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PAC Dana Warr

Always Ready: U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Roles and Missions

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The U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) Office of Aviation Forces is not as well known as the aviation wings of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, but it is nearly as …

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At the Poles, the End – or the Beginning – of an Era Part 2: Answering questions about equirements and assets

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With funding for new icebreakers nowhere in sight, some analysts – such as conservative scholar James Carafano – have called for a new paradigm in Arctic operations: A privatized fleet …

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USCGC Polar Sea

At the Poles, the End – or the Beginning – of an Era Part 1: With the U.S. down to one polar icebreaker, will it be able to meet the demands of a rapidly changing Arctic environment?

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Her massive hull, driven by a gas turbine and diesel-electric engines that together generated 75,000 horsepower, could plow through ice as thick as 21 feet – six feet continuously, at …

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A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk flies over Catalina Island. The Jayhawk fleet is being upgraded to HH/MH-60T standard. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

The Coast Guard’s Vertical Leap Centennial of Naval Aviation

In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard. The beginning of a Coast Guard air arm came soon afterward: On …

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