Aircraft

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  May 05, 2008
  Photograph of: Coast Guard crewmember inspecting HU-25A Falcon jet brakes (2.53 MB)
  U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue
  
  GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Morrell, an avionics electrical technician from Coast Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., inspects part of the electrical system on the landing gear onboard a HU-25A Falcon jet Friday, May 2, 2008. Every three months a Falcon jet and crew from ATC Mobile deploys to patrol the waters off the Antilles as part of the Coast Guard's maritime safety and security mission. Each day crewmembers inspect the critical components aboard the Falcon to ensure that it is working at optimal performance levels. AETs inspect, service, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair avionics systems that perform communications, navigation, collision avoidance, target acquisition, and automatic flight-control functions. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue)
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  April 16, 2008
  Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans crewmembers talk shop with NOAA pilot (1.16 MB)
  
  NEW ORLEANS- Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Barnes Reiny (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Degorge (right), both stationed at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans talk about the capabilities of the HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter with Cmdr. Mark B. Nelson, a WP-3D Orion research aircraft pilot with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration April 16, 2008. The Coast Guard and NOAA personnel work closely together on a variety of missions from hurricane preparedness to environmental protection. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson
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  April 16, 2008
  Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans crewmembers talk to local students (1.61 MB)
  
  NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Lt. j.g Barnes Reiney (Center), a HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter pilot stationed at Air Station New Orleans, answers questions from St. Dominic School students at the Lake Front Airport during a static display here, April 16, 2008. Crews at Air Station New Orleans fly an average of 350 search and rescue missions a year and hold the title of busiest all helicopter air station in the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson
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  April 16, 2008
  Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans crewmembers talk to local students (738.71 KB)
  
  NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Lt. j.g Barnes Reiney (Center) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Degeorge, from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans answer questions about a HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter from students from T. H. Harris elementary school in Metaire, La. at the Lakefront Airport, here during a static display April 16, 2008. Crews at Air Station New Orleans fly an average of 350 search and rescue missions a year and hold the title of busiest all helicopter air station in the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson
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  February 26, 2008
  Photograph of: An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Houston (320.40 KB)
  
  HOUSTON – As the sun the rises over the tarmac at Ellington Field, the crew of Air Station Houston rolls out an HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter. Following a night of searching Galveston Bay for two missing men in a disabled boat, the crew prepares another aircraft as the ready search and rescue helicopter. The air crew members were part of an extensive search Monday night for two men in a 16-foot ski-boat in the waters around the Texas City Dike. The air crew located the two men and their ski-boat early Tuesday morning. A rescue boat crew form Coast Guard Station Galveston towed the ski-boat to the Texas City boat ramp. The crew and aircraft of Air Station Houston have responded to higher than normal amount of search and rescue cases in the past few months. With warmer weather on the horizon the number of search and rescues cases is expected to increase. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer David Schuhlein.
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  February 21, 2008
  Photograph of: Coast Guard conducting interagency training (1.73 MB)
  Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class James S. Harless
  
  NEW ORLEANS- A HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter crew hoists a Coast Guard member during a training exercise with the Plaquemines Parish Port Authority on the Mississippi River, Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans routinely conducts training with local emergency services to improve response operations along the Mississippi River. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Harless)
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  November 13, 2007
  Photograph of: Coast Guard helicopter and rescue boat training to save lives (2.55 MB)
  U.S. Coast Guard Photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero
  
  FREEPORT, Texas - Coast Guard Air Station Houston crewmembers practice lowering their rescue swimmer onto a moving boat provided by Coast Guard Station Freeport here, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Station Freeport and Air Station Houston practice together to help prepare the rescue helicopter crewmembers for emergency situations, when a rescue swimmer may have to be lowered onto a ship to save a life. U.S. Coast Guard photograph provided by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero.
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  October 26, 2007
  Photograph of: Crewmember describes helo (1.24 MB)
  Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Blue
  
  BELLE CHASSE, La.- Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Hudson, an avionics electrical technician, from Coast Guard Air Station shows a group of students the inside of an HH-65C rescue helicopter at the N'Awlins 2007 Air Show here, Friday October 26, 2007. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Bl
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  October 26, 2007
  Photograph of: N'Awlins 2007 Air Show (1.17 MB)
  Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Blue
  
  BELLE CHASSE, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class James Muscatelli, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station New Orleans, describes the characteristics of a Coast Guard response boat a the N'Awlins 2007 Air Show here Friday, October 26, 2007. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Blue
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  October 11, 2007
  Photograph of: Coast Guard Air Station lends a "wing" to NASA (2.38 MB)
  U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero.
  
  HOUSTON - Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyson Yates explains safety procedures to two NASA photographers preparing to fly at Coast Guard Air Station Houston here today, Oct. 11, 2007. The Coast Guard assists NASA by flying their photographers over the Johnson Space Center, allowing them to take photographs of the facility from the air, tracking any changes made since the last time they flew. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero.