Video: Coast Guard uses infrared radar to locate overdue Klawock hunter
Air Station Sitka located an overdue hunter near Klawock Saturday night (11-26-22) using night-vision technology.
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Good preparation helps avert tragedy after fisherman, dogs abandon ship in Freshwater Bay
A fisherman's exceptional preparation made his rescue (and that of his two dogs) a fairly straightforward matter, after the Bailey Bay sank in Freshwater Bay early Wednesday morning.
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Coast Guard recovers body of missing hunter near Lake Diana
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka recovered the body of a missing hunter on Tuesday morning (10-11-22).
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Video: Handheld flares aid rescue of stranded boaters in Pavlov Harbor
After their landing craft Windchaser went on the rocks in Pavlov Harbor in last Saturday's storm (10-1-22), the stranded couple on board relied on handheld flares to signal an Air Station Sitka helicopter.
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Air Station Sitka welcomes new commander
Just a week after the cutter Kukui changed hands, Air Station Sitka has a new commanding officer. The station held a change of command ceremony this/Friday morning at the hangar. An audience of Coast Guard officers, community members, friends and family recognized outgoing Captain Brian McLaughlin, and incoming Commander Vincent Jansen.
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