Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Avery Tibbets | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.02.2025
A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew member from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, lowers a tending line from the helicopter during training on the north shore of Oahu, Sept. 2, 2025. A tending line is sent down to an awaiting vessel before being attached to a rescue basket to ensure the basket is safety sent to the vessel in a controlled manner. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Avery Tibbets | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.02.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Ethan McKenzie and Senior Chief Petty Officer Ilima Maiava, two aviation survival technicians assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, get hoisted into an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter during training, Sept. 2, 2025. Coast guard rescue swimmers train vigorously to save lives in any and all types of weather and sea conditions. (U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 08.31.2025
A precision marksman assigned to the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) displays a recovered ammunition round used to disable the engine of a suspected drug smuggling vessel while underway aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug. 31, 2025. On Aug. 25, HITRON used airborne use of force to stop the non-compliant vessel, marking......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 08.28.2025
Coast Guard crews from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team – South, Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) helicopter tie-down members and unmanned aerial vehicle personnel pose for a group photo aboard Midgett from behind three bullet-damaged outboard engine cowlings while underway in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug.......
Photo by Lt.j.g. Isabella Virzi | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 04.25.2025
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron conduct helicopter operations near Miami, Florida, April 25, 2025. Campbell's crew conducted a two-month patrol to protect the safety of life at sea and deter illegal alien migration in the Windward Passage. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Isabella......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 10.06.2024
A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston, South Carolina MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced an 85-year-old woman suffering stroke-like symptoms aboard a cruise ship Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, approximately 98 miles off Cape Lookout. The helicopter crew flew her to Wilmington Airport where local EMS transported her to New Hanover Wilmington Regional Medical Center. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.30.2024
Ensign Andrew Ferderer, a crew member assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913), directs the landing of a helicopter aboard the cutter’s flight deck during training, Sept. 30, 2024, while underway in the Florida Straits. Mohawk’s crew conducted a 57-day deployment to carryout maritime safety and security missions in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility. (U.S.......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City | 09.09.2024
An Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew returns from a mission at Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 9, 2024. The air station opened in 1998 and is the product of merging of Air Station Brooklyn, NY and Group/Air Station Cape May, NJ into one unit. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Auxiliarist Leon C. DeFulgentis)...
