Naval Air Station Kodiak in 1949.Air Station Kodiak Island in 2014
The United States Navy started construction of a naval air station at Kodiak in September 1939, and the station was commissioned on 15 June 1941. Home to PBY patrol squadrons early in World War II, Kodiak supported 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.
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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 Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea, and Alaska's Pacific coast. It is also responsible for patrolling offshore fisheries, deploying HH-65 helicopters aboard 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.
coast, guard, station, kodiak, station, united, states, coast, guard, located, kodiak, alaska, largest, service, pacific, area, with, crew, officers, enlisted, personnel, largest, coast, guard, base, terms, physical, size, acres, tenant, command, base, support. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is an Air Station of the United States Coast Guard located in Kodiak Alaska It is the largest in the service s Pacific Area with a crew of 85 officers and 517 enlisted personnel and the largest Coast Guard Base in terms of physical size at 23 000 acres 1 It is a tenant command of Base Support Unit Kodiak and shares its airfield with Kodiak Airport The station operates MH 60 Jayhawk and MH 65 Dolphin helicopters and the HC 130 Hercules fixed wing aircraft 2 Air Station KodiakUnit Patch CGAS KodiakActive1947 presentCountry United StatesBranch United States Coast GuardTypeAir StationRoleSearch and rescue maritime patrol logisticsAircraft flownHelicopterMH 60 Jayhawk MH 65 DolphinPatrolHC 130 Hercules Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Popular culture 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Naval Air Station Kodiak in 1949 nbsp Air Station Kodiak Island in 2014 The United States Navy started construction of a naval air station at Kodiak in September 1939 and the station was commissioned on 15 June 1941 Home to PBY patrol squadrons early in World War II Kodiak supported 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 editThe 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 Gulf of Alaska Bristol Bay the Bering Sea and Alaska s Pacific coast It is also responsible for patrolling offshore fisheries deploying HH 65 helicopters aboard 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 editCGAS 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 edit 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 External links editUSCG history of CGAS Kodiak Lt Jimmy Zawrotny USCG about life at CGAS Kodiak 2002 57 45 01 N 152 30 22 W 57 7503 N 152 5060 W 57 7503 152 5060 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak amp oldid 1115734061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
