First CG District crews, assets deploy to Hurricane Harvey response
by U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Northeast on 28 Aug 2017
A runway with Coast Guard helicopters responding to search and rescue calls resulting from Hurricane Harvey is viewed from the cockpit of a deployed Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Two Air Station Cape Cod Jayhawk helicopters and one HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed wing aircraft along with 19 crewmembers have been sent to support the search and rescue efforts. Lt. Cmdr. Simon Greene
Personnel and assets from the First Coast Guard District are being deployed to support rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. On Saturday Air Station Cape Cod deployed two MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopters and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed wing aircraft, along with 18 crewmembers, to Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, to assist with search and rescue operations.
In addition to the aircrews, nine personnel from the First District have been sent to the area to assist with other various aspects of the response coordination. As of Sunday morning, Air Station Cape Cod crews had conducted 14 rescues in the Houston area.
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