Coast Guard's Last MH-65D Dolphin Lands at ALC, Completing Fleet-Wide Upgrade to Enhanced E Variant

Aviation Logistics Center
Story by Missy Mimlitsch

Date: 05.01.2024
Posted: 07.15.2024 13:47
News ID: 476229

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.