Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak
| Air Station Kodiak | |
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HC-130 Hercules |
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is an
HC-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft.[2]
History
The
Aleutian Islands Campaign of 1943, also operating scouting and air transport squadrons. In October 1950, NAS Kodiak was redesignated as Naval Station Kodiak, and in 1972 the site was turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard.[3]
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak was originally commissioned as an Air Detachment in April 1947, with seven pilots and 30 enlisted men operating a single
PBY Catalina
. This was the Coast Guard's first aircraft permanently stationed in Alaska.
Operations
The station's primary mission is aerial search and rescue in a 4,000,000-square-mile (10,000,000 km2) area of responsibility covering the
High Endurance Cutters operating off Alaska, and providing logistical support to various Coast Guard units in the area.[4]
The latter mission includes transporting aids to navigation personnel who maintain remote shore beacons that are only accessible by air.
Popular culture
CGAS Kodiak is one of the main locations of the 2006 action-adventure drama film The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, and Melissa Sagemiller. However, the film was shot at Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina, with snow being brought in by trucks to resemble an Alaskan landscape. The setting for the film is the United States Coast Guard and their Aviation Survival Technician (AST) program.
References
- ^ "Air Station Kodiak". Global Security.org. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Air Station Kodiak". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "National Museum of Naval Aviation". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ "Missions". Retrieved 2 December 2010.