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Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft
The 12th HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft stops in Elizabeth City, N.C., last summer following delivery. Both the 12th and 13th aircraft were delivered early to the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
The HC-144A, designated the Ocean Sentry, is a fixed-wing aircraft that will be used to perform various missions, including maritime patrol and cargo and personnel transport. Learn more about capabilities >> | View video>>
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To date, 13 out of 15 HC-144As have been delivered. The 13th HC-144A was delivered on Jan. 27, 2012.
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13th HC-144A Another Early Delivery for the Coast Guard
Continuing its record of taking HC-144A deliveries on-time and on-budget, Coast Guard officials signed for the 13th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft on Jan. 27, two months earlier than the contractual delivery date. Read more>>
Coast Guard Rescues 4 Fishermen Stranded for 5 Days off Bahamas
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued four Bahamian fishermen Wednesday approximately 50 miles south of Andros Island, Bahamas. Read more>>
Coast Guard Trains with the A-Team
The A-Team, or Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, trained alongside Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., and the Army’s 7th Special Forces Group for a series of high altitude-low opening and high altitude-high opening joint training operations aboard an HC-144A Ocean Sentry airplane. Read more>>
Of SCIFs and Pallets
To execute its wide range of missions now and in the future, the Coast Guard is undertaking a $30 billion portfolio of fleet recapitalization projects over the next quarter century. Read more>>
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