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The Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin is a twin-engined helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for medevac-capable search and rescue (SAR) and armed Airborne Use of Force missions. It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin .
The Agusta A109E Power was given the military designation MH-68A Stingray. [6] In 2008 the Coast Guard allowed the lease for the MH-68As to expire and replaced them with the first of the new MH-65C Dolphins. The MH-65C is an upgraded version of the HH-65B which includes, among other upgrades, new avionics and communications equipment and the ...
Aircraft as a VIP transport for high-ranking Coast Guard and Homeland Security officials. [26] MH-65 Dolphin: 102 To be retired. MH-60T Jayhawk: 42 Fleet to expand to 127 aircraft to replace Dolphin. [27] RG-8A Condor: unspecified number Boeing Insitu ScanEagle: unspecified number [28]
In 2023, the USCG obtained approval to begin acquisition of 12 additional MH-60T to replace some MH-65 Dolphin aircraft, the other helicopter type in the Coast Guard's inventory. In 2023, USCG received approval to transition to an all MH-60T helicopter fleet, and grow the fleet to 127 aircraft.
A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire while searching for survivors. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew.
A man and his cat are safe after a United States Coast Guard crew rescued them from a boat near the Barren Islands in Alaska. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew saved the man and his cat ...
World War II the base was called Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Mills Field and Coast Guard Air Station, San Francisco. [2] After World War II, the Air Station resumed normal operations under Coast Guard control after release from the Navy on June 30, 1946. The first helicopter stationed here in San Francisco was the HO3S-1 Dragonfly in 1947.
The Coast Guard suspended their search for survivors at 9:40 a.m. on September 3 after spending 23 hours combing 160 sq mi (410 km 2) of the waters north of Santa Cruz Island with five MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews, two Response Boat – Medium crews, and the Narwhal. [39]