Aviation support stations for the United States Coast Guard
Military unit
A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta ) provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard . The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC-130 Hercules , are built for long range missions and operate from air stations. The MH-65D Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters also operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities and flight deck equipped cutters .
^ "Air Station Brooklyn, New York" . United States Coast Guard . 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012 .
^ "Air Station Cape Cod" . United States Coast Guard . 3 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012 .
^ "Air Station Salem, Massachusetts" . United States Coast Guard . 2 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012 .
^ "Air Station Ten Pound Island, Massachusetts" . United States Coast Guard . 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2012 .
^ "1926: The First Permanent Coast Guard Air Stations Established" . Coast Guard Aviation History. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey" . United States Coast Guard . 4 April 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014 .
^ "Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina" . United States Coast Guard . 20 March 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014 .
^ "Air Station St. Augustine, Florida" . United States Coast Guard . 2 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2014 .
^ "Air Station Washington" . United States Coast Guard . 19 September 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014 .
^ "Air Station Morehead City" . United States Coast Guard . 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018 .
^ "1920: The First Coast Guard Air Station, Morehead City, NC" . Coast Guard Aviation History. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "USCG Air Station Clearwater, Florida" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ a b c "Historic Coast Guard Air Stations" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "Significant Dates in Coast Guard Aviation" (PDF) . media.defense.gov. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022 .
^ "USCG Air Station Savannah, GA" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "USCG Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "USCG Air Station Houston, Texas" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "USCG: Sector Corpus Christi" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "USCG Air Station New Orleans, LA" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "USCG Aviation Training Center, Mobile Alabama" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ Morris, Ted Allan. "A Short History of Operations at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station, Biloxi, Mississippi" . Ted A. Morris . Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ a b "USCG Air Station Detroit, Michigan" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ a b "USCG Air Station Traverse City, MI" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
^ "Sector / Air Station Humboldt Bay" . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "Air Station Sacramento" . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ a b "Air Station San Francisco: History and Mission" . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ Green, Nick (23 January 2015). "Local Coast Guard station to shrink after Air Station Los Angeles at LAX shuts in 2016" . Daily Breeze .
^ Orozco, Lance (9 September 2016). "Coast Guard Permanently Moving Air Station From Los Angeles To Ventura County" . KCLU .
^ "Coast Guard Air Station San Diego" . Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "Air Station San Diego 50th Anniversary" .
^ "Group / Air Station Astoria" (PDF) . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "Group / Air Station North Bend" (PDF) . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ a b "Air Station Barbers Point History" . United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ a b "1949: Coast Guard Air Detachment Barbers Point Established" . Coast Guard Aviation History. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ a b "1946: Pacific LORAN and Post War Aviation Support; CG Air Detachments Sangley Point and Guam Established" . Coast Guard Aviation History. Retrieved 19 October 2020 .
^ "Air Station Kodiak" . U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Seventeenth District. Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "Air Station Sitka" . U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Seventeenth District. Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "US Coast Guard names two new Coast Guard Cities in Alaska, Washington [press release]" . U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "USCG: District 17 Units" . www.uscg.mil . Retrieved 23 January 2017 .
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