On 1 May 2024, the Coast Guard’s last MH-65D Dolphin helicopter landed at Aviation Logistics Center (ALC). This marks the culmination of the Coast Guard’s upgrade of the Dolphin fleet from the D variant to the digitally and structurally enhanced E variant. CG-6589 was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska before being flown across the country to ALC. The Delta variants flew 440,217 hours, completed 29,122 Search and Rescue sorties and rescued 6300 people.
| Date Taken: | 05.01.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.15.2024 14:10 |
| Story ID: | 476229 |
| Location: | ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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