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Every aircraft in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet in June 2024. From left: HC-130, C-27J, HC-144, C-37, MH-60T, MH-65. The Coast Guard operates about 210 aircraft. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as Lockheed HC-130 Hercules turboprops, operate from Air Stations on long-duration missions.
The Coast Guard operates 202 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft – airplanes and helicopters – to support its work as a law enforcement arm, a military service branch, and a seafaring service. Nearly all Coast Guard aircraft have some role in homeland security operations, and some are now armed.
THE CUTTERS, BOATS, AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD. PROFESSIONALLY AND PROFICIENTLY OPERATED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD, the service’s cutters, aircraft, and boats are stand-ing by 24/7 to respond to safety and security threats in all weather condi-tions, day or night.
Did you know the U.S. Coast Guard has the highest percentage of officers that are pilots out of any U.S. military service? As a Coast Guard aviator, you’ll fly in challenging, high-risk environments—such as rescuing people in distress, stopping smugglers, or monitoring illegal activities.
The Coast Guard operates from 24 Air Stations across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Only a few of them are independent Coast Guard facilities, as most air bases are located at civilian airports. The Coast Guard is also active on other service branch air bases.
On completion of basic flight training, you will report to Coast Guard Aviation Training Center (ATC) Mobile, Alabama, and learn to fly a Coast Guard aircraft. On completion of training in Mobile you are designated as a Co-Pilot and are ready to report to your first Air Station.
The Coast Guard medium range surveillance aircraft is instrumental in helping the Coast Guard fulfill its maritime patrol, drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and search and rescue missions more effectively.
Also known as the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl, the CGAA is dedicated to the support of the men, women, and families making up Coast Guard Aviation, as well as the preservation of Coast Guard Aviation history from its earliest period to the present day. Learn More.
The Coast Guard’s premiere long-range surveillance aircraft. Five currently operate from Air Station Elizabeth City, with plans for replacement of the aging HC-130H fleet.
The EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry is a medium-range, twin-engined turboprop aircraft used by the United States Coast Guard in the search-and-rescue and maritime patrol missions. Based on the Airbus Military CN-235, it was procured as a "Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft."