US Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak

USA / Alaska / Kodiak / West Rezanof Drive
 airport, military, United States Coast Guard, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark
USCG Air Station Kodiak is a Seventeenth Coast Guard District (D17) unit on beautiful Kodiak Island approximately 250 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Air Station was commissioned as an Air Detachment April 17, 1947 with one PBY Catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and thirty crewmen. It represented the first permanent Coast Guard aviation resource in Alaska.

The Air Station is the major tenant of Integrated Support Command (ISC) Kodiak, and the largest Coast Guard command in D17 and the entire Pacific Area (PACAREA). The present complement of HC-130H's, HH-60J's, HH-65A's aids in completing our mission and saving lives.

USCG Air Station Kodiak has an Area of Responsibility (AOR) encompassing 4 million square miles including the Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, and the Pacific Ocean above 40N latitude. The unit's aircraft are tasked with conducting Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, Enforcement of Laws and Treaties, logistical support of isolated D17 units and Aids to Navigation, Marine Environmental Protection (MEP), Military Defense, disaster control services and relief and assistance to numerous local, state, and federal agencies within their AOR.

www.uscg.mil/d17/airstakodiak/

Photos:
www.kadiak.org/uscg/index.html


-----------------
Photo credit:
Alaska Division of Community & Regional Affairs
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Support_Command_Kodiak
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   57°44'33"N   152°29'57"W

Comments

  • My father was stationed here on Kodiak from 1967-1969 as an RM2 at Navradsta which we as a family got to see when we were fairly new there. This is where I found out what it was like to camp, track, hike, and be exposed to the incredible blizzards and long summer nights. I went to 2 different types of schools. The regular K-5 was just a few minutes away from outside our duplex. The special education school was located on the High School grounds in T-buildings.
This article was last modified 10 years ago