HITRON TRAINING

JACKSONVILLE, FL, UNITED STATES

03.27.2007

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Mar. 27, 2007)--A Coast Guard helicopter from Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron in Jacksonville maneuvers over a Coast Guard tactical training boat. After the pilots get the helicopter in to position, a gunner aboard the helicopter will simulate shooting out the engines of the boat. The tactical training boat is designed to mirror a high-speed drug smuggling boat used in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea known as a go-fast. Aircrews from HITRON deploy aboard Coast Guard cutters to known drug transit zones through out the Pacific and the Caribbean stopping smugglers. The armed helicopter interdiction unit has stopped 114 go-fasts since 1998 preventing more than $8 billion worth of illegal narcotics from hitting U.S. streets. USCG photo by PA1 Donnie Brzuska

• Date Taken: 03.27.2007
• Date Posted: 12.11.2013 19:40
• Photo ID: 1082567
• Resolution: 2644x1674
• Size: 864.23 KB
• Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL, US