Coast Guard Air Station Sitka T-shirt

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Coast Guard Air Station Sitka T-shirt

Fully customizable Coast Guard Air Station Sitka T-Shirt created by TRIBUTECOLLECTION. Personalize this product with your own text and images (if the design allows it) and create a gift for yourself, a loved one, for your event or your business. Product Type Zazzle Shirt. Style Hanes Mens Crew Tshirt 5250. Color Category White. Size S,m,l,xl.

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka located in Sitka, Alaska. Part of Coast Guard District Seventeen. Primary missions performed by the air station are Search and Rescue, law enforcement, and logistics. CGAS Sitka's Area of responsibility encompasses approximately 180,000 square miles of water and land extending across Southeast Alaska from Dixon Entrance to Icy Bay, and from the Alaskan-Canadian border to the central Gulf of Alaska. This includes 12,000 miles of coastline distinguished by a rugged coast, mountainous terrain, severe weather, and many remote villages. The station utilizes three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters and has 130 officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel. Each helicopter, is crewed by two pilots, a flight mechanic, and a rescue swimmer, has a 125-knot cruise speed, and 700-mile range. In a “ready” or “alert” status 24 hours a day for national defense, search and rescue. Sitka crews fly surveillance patrols and transport environmental response teams which protect the ecosystems located within the area. Additionally crews assists in the routine maintenance, outage response, and position verification of 75 aids-to-navigation. Other missions include law enforcement duties in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies.

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