JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is scheduled to provide media interviews on December 5 and public tours on December 6 at the Juneau Cruise Port. Homeported in Seattle, Healy is a U.S. Coast Guard polar-class icebreaker that provides access to the Arctic region, supporting Arctic research operations and Coast Guard missions. The cutter crew is currently conducting operations […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 211th Rescue Squadron assisted District 17 Coast Guardsmen rescue a pilot of a downed Cessna 207 Nov. 21 at Iliamna Lake. The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, and the 176th Operations Group search and rescue duty officer dispatched a […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued three survivors after they abandoned ship 58 miles east of Kayak Island, Alaska, Sunday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka recovered all three survivors from the water and safely transported them to Yakutat where they were reported to be in stable condition. Watchstanders […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard located four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard conducting a joint patrol in the Bering Sea, Saturday. While patrolling the maritime boundary between the United States and Russia on routine patrol in the Bering Sea, a HC-130J Super Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard […]