Air Station Cape Cod Massachusetts
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is located on Otis Air National Guard Base in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The primary mission of the base is to patrol the Northeast coast from Canada to New York City with its 4 Sikorsky MH-60J Jayhawk Helicopters and 4 Falcon HU-25 Jets. In an average year, Air Station Cape Cod conducts 249 search and rescue cases, saves 51 lives, medevacs 50 people, and assists 89 people in distress.
Originally intended to replace Coast Guard Air Station Salem, the base was commissioned on August 29, 1970. The original HH-3F Pelicans and HU-16E Albatrosses were transferred from CGAS Salem and CGAD Quonset Point Rhode Island. The base’s current fleet is highly capable of fulfilling its duties, having the only HU-25 with Aireye, an airborne oil spill tracking and mapping system.
Location: 41.6583, -70.5219
Phone: (508) 968-6800August 2, 2011
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