Commanding Officer Group / AIRSTA North Bend, OR
Group/Air Station Commanding officer
Captain Scott A. Kitchen
A 1986 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Capt Kitchen has an
extensive operational background in support of the Coast Guard’s missions,
including search and rescue, homeland security, counter-drug operations,
illegal migrant interdiction, and marine environmental response. After his
assignment on the USCGC RESOLUTE in Astoria, OR, he spent his next 19 years
in aviation accumulating nearly 5000 flight hours in the HH-65 Dolphin
helicopter while stationed in Puerto Rico, North Bend, Miami, and New
Orleans. His experience includes assignments as an instructor pilot at the
Coast Guard’s Aviation Training Center in Mobile, AL and command cadre at
Air Station New Orleans. Most notable of his awards is the CAPT Witherspoon
Inspirational Leadership award for his role in the Coast Guard’s historic
rescue of 33,544 following hurricane Katrina. His most recent assignment was
at the U.S. Air Force’s Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Group/Air Station Executive officer
Commander Mark Reynolds