Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Air National Guard, for the first time, will be the sole operator of a new aircraft straight off the assembly line when it starts operations with C-27J Spartan cargo planes.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
U.S. Coast Guard pilot Lt. Josh Nelson, center, speaks at a news conference as Rear Admiral Joseph Castillo, left, and Capt. Tom Farris, right, look on at the San Diego Coast Guard Station Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in San Diego. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The search continues tonight for survivors from last night’s midair collision of a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter off the Southern California coast, but hopes grow ever slimmer of finding any of the nine crew members alive. Officials have yet to re-examine air traffic recordings for any clues...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
A Vermont Air National Guard pilot is back on the ground and safe after his plane had mechanical problems shortly after take off from the Burlington International Airport.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Investigators were trying Friday to determine why a Coast Guard airplane on a nighttime search for a missing boater collided with one of four Marine Corps helicopters flying in formation to deliver troops to a training exercise on a military island off Southern California.
iCommandant (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
... events coincided with the Annual "Roost" of the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl (the Coast Guard Aviation Association). We will be blogging about each of the events over the next day or so. The following report was carried in the Daily Advance in Elizabeth City . Blore replaces Crea as Ancient Albatross USCG commandant attends ceremony By DIANA MAZZELLA Staff Writer Thursday,...
