Kustwacht Caribisch Gebied

Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard

History Tracking

Established 1996 as the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coast Guard serving Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire by the Dutch Coast Guard. When needed they also cover Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Between 2012 and 2022, the KWCARIB (DCCG in english) was operated by Cobham Caribbean n.v / DRAKEN.

Since September 2022 contract awarded to Bristow which also operates in mainland Netherlands.

News

Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard New Helicopters

Mar 4, 2023 · The Cobham/Draken 10-years contract with the Dutch Caribbean Coast contract to operate two AW139 ended last year and the new helicopters, of the same type, supplied by Bristow are now in operation
Nova Mission System for Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard

Jul 18, 2022 · Bristow selected Nova Systems to provide next-generation mission system for the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (DCCG) AW139 search and rescue helicopters
Pilots Database for Cobham SAR Operations

Feb 19, 2020 · UK-based aviation support specialist HeliSpeed signed agreement with Cobham to support its search and rescue (SAR) operations with the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard by offering helicopter pilots and crew from its HeliTrax database

Units

		Abrev	Nick	From	To
Security Forces
DCCG

Locations

Hato Curaçao International Airport

TNCC

Models

2012-

AgustaWestland AW139

Airframes (5)

Reg	Model	C/N	Built
N739BG P4-CRH	aw139	41350	2013
P4-DCC	aw139	31383	2012
P4-NAC	aw139	31390	2012
PH-DCG	aw139	31231	2009
PH-FBH	aw139	31223	2009

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