This article was written to honor ALASKA PATROL aviation support crews on the 60th Anniversary of ALASKA PATROL that was established on September 4, 1964. There is little to no reference material available on this topic, hence, much of the content here was accumulated via phone interviews, aviator logbooks reviews, emails and social media discussions. ... Read more| Coast Guard Aviation History
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The following autobiographical interview was held on April 14, 1993, with Mr. Tom Walters, a retired U.S. Coast Guard Commander and helicopter pilot. The interview was held in Mr. Walters home on Kodiak Island in Alaska. The interviewer was James D. Metza, a student at Kodiak Island College. Continue Reading| Coast Guard Aviation History
Background: Cocaine is made from the leaves of the Coca plant. After the leaves are harvested and soaked, the base for the powdered drug is extracted and the resulting crystallized substance is dried into bricks. In 1980 Cocaine was not yet on the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) radar screen. The emphasis was on heroin. This ... Read more| Coast Guard Aviation History
As early as 2013 the Coast Guard recognized that the legacy processors in its fixed wing aircraft assets would be unable to run the updated systems needed for optimal mission execution. After careful consideration, the Minotaur mission system architecture was chosen to upgrade and replace the legacy systems. Minotaur integrates…| Coast Guard Aviation History
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The Bahamas, a sparsely settled group of islands extending from a point seventy miles off the east coast of Florida to just northwest of Haiti, gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1973. Carlos Lehder, one of the kingpins of the Medellin Drug Cartel, arrived there in 1978 and started…| Coast Guard Aviation History
