A Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Barbers Point (at Kalaeloa Airport) based US Coast Guard HH-65C Dauphin helicopter crashed off the southern coast of O‘ahu last evening. The crash took the lives of three of the crew members, while a fourth is missing, which occurred during a training mission. There are four Dauphins at CGAS Barbers Point, that are assigned to the Coast Guard's 14th District.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims. A big thank you for serving and protecting our country, and for their sacrifice for our country.
Read more in The Honolulu Advertiser's article link.
Shown above, is USCG Dauphin #6505 during the "Blues On The Bay 2007" airshow doing a rescue demonstration. Not sure which of the four went down.
It was indeed aircraft 6505. cn6038.
ReplyDeleteI had a chance to meet some of these guys once, and I've been real sad.
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