Coast Guard helicopter crew battles high winds to rescue 9 from grounded fishing boat

Nine crew members of a commercial crab boat were hoisted to safety after the boat named the Arctic Sea grounded on an Alaska ...

On This Day In 1944, Helicopters Became Lifesaving Tools

On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to deliver blood plasma ...
Alaska Public Media

Coast Guard rescues 9 from fishing vessel grounded off St. George Island

Residents say the rescue underscores the risks fishermen face in the Bering Sea and the importance of having help nearby.
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard Rescues 9 People From Grounded Fishing Vessel Near Alaska

At approximately 4:11 a.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received a report that ...
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How Coast Guard pilots and sharpshooters leave drug boats dead in the water, from helicopter chases to shooting out the engines

US Coast Guard helicopter pilots and precision marksmen are constantly training and evolving their strategies. The squadrons are instrumental to the drug interdiction process, hunting drug boats from ...
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard Rescues Four After Boat Capsizes on New Year’s Eve

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Naval Air Station Key West MH-60S Marlin helicopter ...
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Oregon AG to sue DHS over ‘sudden’ removal of Newport USCG helicopter

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is among those intending to sue the Department of Homeland Security after a Coast Guard search-and-rescue helicopter was recently taken ...