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Coast Guard tests new helipad in Craig

 

June 19, 2004
Saturday


Craig, Alaska - A Coast Guard Jayhawk rescue helicopter and crew lift off from a recently completed helipad in Craig, Alaska during a test run Thursday. The $900,000 helipad will allow the Coast Guard to safely airlift medevac patients.


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Official U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Thomas McKenzie

 

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Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph by
Petty Officer Thomas McKenzie

 A Coast Guard Jayhawk rescue helicopter and crew hover over the water near the recently completed helipad in Craig, Alaska during a test run Thursday.

In the foreground is a perimeter light from the $900,000 helipad that will aid the Coast Guard to safely airlift medevac patients in bad weather.

 

Source of News Release:

USCG
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