HOMER, Alaska – Coast Guard Cutter Aspen arrived at its new homeport in Homer, Alaska, Tuesday, following an extensive dry dock period. Aspen spent more than five months away from home and transited over 8,746 miles to its new homeport after a major maintenance availability (MMA) in Baltimore, Md. “We are happy to be back […]
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka medevaced a 62-year-old man from a tug near Zarembo Island, Alaska. Coast Guard courtesy video. JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced the master of a tug six miles west of Zarembo Island, Alaska, Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Sitka […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard responded to a report of five people involved in a plane crash approximately three miles north of Old Harbor Sunday. The Coast Guard Seventeenth District command center watchstanders received a search and rescue satellite-aided tracking (SARSAT) alert from a Vertigo Air Taxi Piper Cherokee single-engine aircraft at approximately 3:30 […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and staff from the Seventeenth Coast Guard District greeted Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) officials embarked aboard Japanese Ships (JS) Kashima and Hatakaze in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 5. While moored at the Unalaska Marine Center, the crews participated in ship tours, a […]