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If youre looking for the official source of information about the. The air station was commissioned as an air detachment april 17, 1947, with one pby catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and 30 crewmen. In addition, due to a change in air force rescue requirements, 15 air force sa16as ordered from grumman during 1952 were delivered to the coast guard as uf1gs with serial numbers 2121 to 25. Training is conducted to qualify coast guard pilots in the mh60 jayhawk, the mh65 dolphin, the hc hercules, the hcj hercules. Some districts have the air station listed under their sectors link, like sfo port angeles, in d, due to their colocation. Historic elements that it includes are the kodiak naval operating base, fort greely, and fort abercrombie. The coast guard aviation training center atc in mobile, alabama is a multimission unit, acting as the coast guard s aviation and capabilities development center, as well as an operational air station.
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