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US Coast Guard Air Station Savannah

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
CGAS Savannah

Established 1963

History Tracking
Provides search and rescue (SAR) coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for the Atlantic coast from the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne Florida.
I was stationed at the USCG Air Station on Hunter Army Airfield from 1971 through Aug 1974. Saw the base training the Vietnamese Pilots in 1971 the Airfield shut down for a year or so and opened again. The Coasties kept to themselves for the most part except for the softball and flag football games. We had 3 HH52As - 2 always were ready to go - we stay one base every third night for 24 hours in addition to our regular duty. We had no major incidents while I was there - we did have one helicopter loose a tail rotor while in a hover on base. No on injured.

Locations

1963- KSVN SVN Hunter AAF Airport

Models

1963-1987 Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard
1987- Aerospatiale HH/MH-65 Dolphin

Airframes (30)

Reg Model C/N Built
1382 hh-52a 62-061 1964
1488 hh-3f 61-665
6513 hh-65 6125
6516 hh-65 6032
6523 hh-65 6166
6524 hh-65 6167
6525 hh-65 6169
6526 hh-65 6044
6530 hh-65 6175
6531 hh-65 6177
6533 hh-65 6182
6540 hh-65 6189
6542 hh-65 6195
6544 hh-65 6197
6547 hh-65 6221
6548 hh-65 6222
6551 hh-65 6227
6553 hh-65 6035
6555 hh-65 6232
6558 hh-65 6238
6560 hh-65 6243
6561 hh-65 6244
6565 hh-65 6253
6566 hh-65 6257
6567 hh-65 6258
6575 hh-65 6271
6581 hh-65 6279
6594 hh-65 6296
6595 hh-65 6297
6598 hh-65 6002 1984