Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.
| Coast Guard Air Station Savannah | |
|---|---|
 Unit Patch CGAS Savannah | |
| Active | 1963-Present |
| Country |  |
| Branch |  |
| Type | Air Station |
| Role | To patrol coast of the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | CDR Brian C. Erickson |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Helicopter | HH-65 Dolphin |
Operations and missions
Coast Guard and Air Station (CGAS) Savannah support a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station Savannah provides Search & Rescue (SAR) coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 450 miles of shoreline from the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida, averaging more than 250 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety, Marine Environmental Protection, Fisheries Enforcement, Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction, Drug Interdiction, Other Law Enforcement and Defense Readiness. Many of these missions require deployment of aviation detachments aboard Coast Guard Cutters.
History
CGAS Savannah was commissioned in the summer of 1963 on what was then known as Hunter Air Force Base, which became Hunter Army Airfield in 1967. 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 at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.[1]
External links
- United States Coast Guard official site
- CGAS Savannah official site
- Seventh Coast Guard District official site
- HH-65 Air Stations
