Coast Guard Air Station Savannah

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Coordinates: 32°01′30″N 81°08′30″W / 32.02500°N 81.14167°W / 32.02500; -81.14167
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Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
10/28 3,467.1 metres (11,375 ft) 
Airfield shared with Hunter Army Airfield
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.

Operations and missions

Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Savannah supports a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station Savannah provides

Drug Interdiction, Other Law Enforcement and Defense Readiness. Many of these missions require deployment of aviation detachments aboard Coast Guard Cutters
.

History

CGAS Savannah was commissioned in the summer of 1963 on what was then known as

HH-52A Basic Operational Training Unit (BOTU) was established in Savannah. This unit was the forerunner of the Coast Guard's specialized aviator training program now located at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.[2]

References

  1. PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hunter Army Airfield / Coast Guard Air Station Savannah".

External links

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