The primary role of these aircraft will be to meet the long range maritime patrol requirements in areas that cannot be accomplished by the medium range surveillance (MRS) aircraft. Learn more about the LRS>>
All operational HC-130H (26) and HC-130J (3) aircraft are now equipped with the Rockwell Collins DF-430-F Multi-mission Direction Finding (DF) system, which has enabled Coast Guard aircrews to save 47 lives since its introduction to the service in 2006; a number of these SAR cases occurred after searches with older style direction finders were unsuccessful.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman rescued two mariners from a life raft 50 miles west of Costa Rica earlier this morning. At 7:20 a.m. today a Coast Guard C-130 crew, from Air Station Sacramento, located the life raft in the vicinity of the Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon signal and confirmed there were two people in the life raft. Read more>>
The Coast Guard’s Long Range Surveillance aircraft fleet now possesses one of the most powerful tools in search and rescue today.
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WASHINGTON—As the 93rd anniversary of Coast Guard flight approaches on April 1, the service’s aviation program office and its partners look back on a successful period of overcoming complex acquisition challenges to help ensure that the aircraft and mission equipment of the front line air stations is “always ready.” Read more>>
Acquisition Directorate (pdf)
Recapitalization (pdf)
HC-130H/J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft
HH/MH-65C Multi-Mission Cutter Helicopter
Air (pdf)
HC-144A "Ocean Sentry" (pdf)
HC-130H/J Aircraft (pdf)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (pdf)
AESA Radars are Breathing New Life into Coast Guard Aircraft