Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans | |
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![]() Unit Patch CGAS New Orleans | |
Active | 1955–Present |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | United States Coast Guard |
Type | Air Station |
Role | To patrol coast of the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico from the border of Florida to Texas |
Website | Official website |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officer | CDR Armell Balmaceda |
Executive Officer | CDR Scott Koser |
Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | [MH-60T Jayhawk] |
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.
Operations and missions
Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) New Orleans support a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station New Orleans provides Search & Rescue (SAR) coverage with MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 655 nautical miles of shoreline from Apalachicola, Florida to the eastern border of Texas, and 735 nautical miles of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the river to Memphis, Tennessee, averaging more than 320 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety, Marine Environmental Protection, Protection of Natural Resources, Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction, Drug Interdiction, and Defense Readiness.
External links
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans official site
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Category:United States Coast Guard
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- History
- Coast Guard Act
- Coast Guard City
- Life-Saving Service
- Revenue Cutter Service
- Lighthouse Service
- Steamboat Inspection Service
- Bureau of Navigation
- "Semper Paratus"
- Flag
- Ensign
- Racing Stripe
- United States Coast Guard Band
- United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard
- United States Coast Guard Pipe Band
- Fleet Week
- Coast Guard service numbers
- Coast Guardsman's Creed
- United States Coast Guard Cutters
- Coast Guard Bears
- SPARS
- Quasi-War
- War of 1812
- West Indies anti-piracy operations
- Capture of the schooner Bravo
- Ingham Incident
- Amistad Incident
- Great Lakes Patrol
- Mexican–American War
- American Civil War
- Battle of Fort Sumter
- Battle of Pig Point
- Battle of Galveston Harbor
- Battle of Portland Harbor
- Overland Relief Expedition
- Spanish–American War
- Battle of Manila Bay
- Battle of Cárdenas
- Ice Patrol
- World War I
- 1st Battle of the Atlantic
- Great Mississippi Flood
- Rum Patrol
- World War II
- 2nd Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of Guam
- Operation Overlord
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Coast Guard Squadron One
- Operation Market Time
- Operation Sealords
- Action of 1 March 1968
- Persian Gulf War
- War on terror
- Afghanistan War
- Iraq War
- Operation Enduring Freedom HOA