U.S. Coast Guard Airbus Ocean Sentry Fleet Reaches Flight Milestone

IT'S A BIG MILESTONE FOR U-S
COAST
GUARD'S AIRBUS FLEET IN MOBILE.
THEIR 18 HC-144A OCEAN SENTRY
PATROL
AIRCRAFT HAVE SURPASSED 100
THOUSAND FLIGHT HOURS. THE
AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN
RESPONSE
EFFORTS DURING HURRICANS HARVEY
AND IRMA.
NEWS 5' S KATAIRNA LUKETICH
TELLS US
MORE THE MILESTONE.
"THIS HC-144 A HAS HELPED THE
COAST
GUARD RESPOND TO THE
EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI, THE
DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL,
AND MOST RECENTLY HURRICANES
HARVEY AND IRMA.
Captain Joe Kimball - Chief of
the USCG
Office of Aviation Forces
"flying over the area providing
situational
awareness for helicopters that
were
below doing hoists off
the rooftop."
WHILE IN SERVICE WITH THE COAST
GUARD OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN 3500 SEARCH AND
RESCUE MISSIONS SAVING 620 LIVE
AND SUPPORTED 8400 LAW
ENFORCEMENT MISSIONS
INCLUDING 890 DRUG INTERDICTION
MISSIONS.
Captain Joe Kimball - Chief of
the USCG Office of Aviation
Forces 0:32-0:41 "This aircraft
allows us to do surveillance
which increases our maritime
domain awareness. It helps us
do search and rescues, law
enforcement, and other missions
like
that."
TODAY IN MOBLIE AIRBUS DEFENSE
AND SPACE ALONG WITH THE COAST
GUARD CELEBRATED THE
AIRCRAFT'S 100,000 FLIGHT HOURS.
THE LOCATION - SIGNIFICANT AS
MOBILE JUST PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE
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U.S. Coast Guard Airbus Ocean Sentry Fleet Reaches Flight Milestone

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