Established 1977 after relocating from Annette, Sitka is Southeast Alaska's Premier Search and Rescue Service Air Station. Sitka area of responsibility (AOR) encompasses the entire Southeast region of Alaska from Dixon Entrance north to Central Alaska and from the U.S./Canadian border west to the central Gulf of Alaska.
Sitka has the most demanding flight environment for US Coast Guard aircraft operations. With 12,000 miles of isolated and rugged coastline including numerous remote villages and characterized by mountainous terrain, severe weather and vast distances between fuel caches and landing sites.
As of 2017, operates three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters.
Sitka has the most demanding flight environment for US Coast Guard aircraft operations. With 12,000 miles of isolated and rugged coastline including numerous remote villages and characterized by mountainous terrain, severe weather and vast distances between fuel caches and landing sites.
As of 2017, operates three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters.
News about Coast Guard Air Station Sitka |
Coast Guard Sitka Hangar Equipment
07-Feb-19 - SAFE Structure Designs contracted to provide aviation maintenance tools for the Sikorsky MH-60T fleet based at US Coast Guard Station Sitka in Alaska #HangarEquipment
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Models Coast Guard Air Station Sitka List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61-599 | hh-3f | 1434 : 1986- asg CGAS Sitka  | |||||
| 61-629 | hh-3f | 1467 : 30 asg CGAS Sitka, Alaska, I flew on this aircraft during a Northern Fish + | - 1467 | ||||
| 61-634 w/o 2000 | hh-3f | 1969 | 1472 : -1980 asg CGAS Sitka, Alaska. PO2 Collins, USCG aircrewman on many SAR mis+ | - N500XL | |||
| 61-639 | hh-3f | 1477 : -1980 asg CGAS Sitka, Alaksa. I flew as an aircrewman on many missions in + | |||||
| 61-657 | hh-3f | 1480 : 1979-1980 asg CGAS Sitka, Alaska; a/c 1480 was the first aircraft on sce+ | - | ||||
| 61-659 | hh-3f | 1482 : asg CGAS Sitka | |||||
| 61-663 | hh-3f | 1972 | 1486 : Sikorsky S-61R c/n 61-663, ff?; del USCG as HH-3F 1486, 26Jul72; xfer AVTR+ : May/June 1978: While doing Platform Pickup training at Sitka Alaska in Cre+ | ||||
| 61-667 | hh-3f | 1490 : asg CGAS Sitka, Alaska. I was a PO3 aircrewman on many SAR missions in th+ : Sitka, Alaska. I was ASM2 on 1490 Lt. Cronin was pilot and Lt. Simpson was+ | |||||
| 70-623 | hh-60j | 6002 : pictured (pic3) at CGAS Sitka, Alaska on training. Dormant volcan Mount Ed+ : MH-60T type, Alaska | |||||
| 70-1588 | hh-60j | 6015 : 2018 asg CGAS Sitka | |||||
| 70-1698 | hh-60j | 6016 : w/o 13no23 at Read Island, near Juneau, Alaska . 2 of 4 crewmen injured | |||||
| 70-1699 w/o 2010 | hh-60j | 6017 : conv MH-60T;
jul10 CGAS Sitka : w/o 07jul10 en route from Astoria, Oregon to Coast Guard station Sitka, Al+ | |||||
| 70-1706 | hh-60j | 6024 : pictured (pic1) at CGAS Sitka following the annual Alaska Day Parade | |||||
| 70-1784 | hh-60j | 6025 : pictured in CGAS Sitka, Alaska : | |||||
| 70-1791 | hh-60j | 6032 : pictured in CGAS Sitka, Alaska | |||||
| 70-1955 | hh-60j | 6034 : conv to MH-60T;
2011 CGAS Sitka | |||||
| 70-1957 | hh-60j | 6036 : MH-60T type asg CGAS Sitka, Alaska | |||||
| 70-1959 | hh-60j | 6038 : MH-60J type asg CGAS Sitka | |||||
| 70-1576 | sh-60f | 6043 : pictured in CGAS Sitka, Alaska |  164097 | ||||
