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The United States Coast Guard previously operated Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento at McClellan AFB as a tenant activity, operating and maintaining several HC-130 Hercules aircraft. CGAS Sacramento continues to operate at McClellan following its closure as an Air Force Base and is the only remaining military aviation unit and installation on ...
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento is an Air Station of the United States Coast Guard, located in Sacramento County, California.The station has 189 personnel assigned and operates 6 Alenia C-27J Spartan aircraft on medium-range patrol and search-and-rescue missions. [2]
The airport also functioned as a joint civil-military facility, providing a base for the United States Coast Guard and its Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento facility. Missions include search and rescue ( SAR ), law enforcement, aids to navigation support (such as operating lighthouses ) and various military operations.
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.
[4] [5] In 1998, the museum was threatened with closure as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process to close McClellan Field. [6] By the end of the base closure process in 2001, the majority of the McClellan Aviation Museum collection were transferred as indefinite loan items from the U.S. Air Force to the newly formed Aerospace Museum ...
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The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United ...
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