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The Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard (company designation S-62) is an early amphibious helicopter designed and produced by American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.It was the first of the company's amphibious rotorcraft to fly and the United States Coast Guard's first turbine-powered helicopter and first amphibious helicopter.
Coast Guard Air Station Salem was a United States Coast Guard air station located in Salem, ... HH-52A Seaguard, Piasecki HUP Army Mule, and the Piasecki HRP-1.
A United States Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard, 1427, crashed near Mobile, Alabama, United States, four crew killed. 29 October A United States Navy Grumman EA-6B Prowler, BuNo 159582, 'AC-604', of VAQ-138, from NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, crashed at 0850 hrs. in a rural field near Virginia Beach, Virginia, killing three crew ...
The last fixed wing aircraft, the Grumman HU-16E Albatross (the "Goat") was retired in 1973. Since then the Air Station has been home to helicopters only, starting with the HH-52A Seaguard, first acquired in 1965. The HH-52A was replaced in 1988 with the new American Eurocopter HH-65A Dolphin twin turbine helicopter.
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard of USCG Los Angeles over LAX in 1973. The unit began as an aviation detachment in August 1962, with one HO-4S helicopter from CGAS San Diego. ASLA was commissioned in November 1962 with two HO-4S helicopters, nine officers, and twenty enlisted personnel. In May 1963, the unit switched to three HH-52A Seaguard helicopters.
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Two HH-52A Sea Guard helicopters, seven Officer/pilots, and 18 enlisted mechanics/aircrewmen set up shop in a 24,000-foot (7,300 m) World War II era hangar built in 1942. CDR David W. DeFreest assumed command as the Air Station's first Commanding Officer.
In 1964, the Coast Guard's original HH-52A Basic Operational Training Unit (BOTU) was established in Savannah. This unit was the forerunner of the Coast Guard's specialized aviator training program now located at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. [2]