Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship Celebrity Millennium Wednesday
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka medevaced a passenger from a cruise ship, Celebrity Millennium, Wednesday morning
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The night a Guardian Flight vanished, the Coast Guard’s nearest helicopters couldn’t fly
When a Guardian Flight air ambulance plane inexplicably vanished January 29 over Frederick Sound, mechanical failures grounded the nearest Coast Guard helicopters at Air Station Sitka.
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Air Station Sitka: An airborne mission over Alaska’s maritime landscape
Somewhere over Southeast Alaska, just about every day of the year, one of three Coast Guard helicopters is on patrol or training. Air Station Sitka commander Chip Lewin discussed the capabilities of his crews and their equipment in a presentation to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce.
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Air Station Sitka rescues five from grounded tug and barge
The 100-foot Ocean Eagle was sailing through Sumner Strait, 80 miles southeast of Sitka, with a barge in tow when it ran aground on Mariposa Reef.
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