Coast Guard Air Station Astoria
| CGAS Astoria | |
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MH-60T Jayhawk |
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria was established on August 14, 1964, at Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton, Oregon, United States.
The unit houses 67 active duty, 24 reserve duty and one civilian personnel. The unit operates three
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters. According to a 2003 press release, the unit's annual budget is $1,107,051.[1]
The unit's functions include search and rescue, law enforcement, aids to navigational support, and environmental protection.
Air Station Astoria served as one of the filming locations for the movie The Guardian (2006).[2]
On April 28, 2017, the Coast Guard announced it would base two Sentinel-class cutters in Astoria, in 2021.[3]
Historically operated aircraft
- HH-52A Seaguard
- HH-3F Pelican
- Dassault HU-25A Falcon[1]
References
- ^ a b USCG Press Release
- ^ Filming locations for The Guardian
- Washington DC: 2017-04-28. Archived from the originalon 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced April 28 that it will homeport two of the service's new Sentinel-Class 154-foot Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) in Astoria, Ore., starting in 2021.
External links
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