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Chronological History
The Early Years: 1915-1938
The Growth Years: 1939-1956
Coming of Age: 1957-1975
The Modern Era: 1976 – 1994
The Present Era: 1995-2018
Search & Rescue
In Their Own Words
Historical Narratives
Hangar Tales
Oral History
Aircraft
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Chronological History
The Early Years: 1915-1938
The Growth Years: 1939-1956
Coming of Age: 1957-1975
The Modern Era: 1976 – 1994
The Present Era: 1995-2018
Search & Rescue
In Their Own Words
Historical Narratives
Hangar Tales
Oral History
Aircraft
CGAS Sangley Point History
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Historical Narratives
The Rescue of MISTY 11
1432 Remembrance Ceremony
First Coast Guard Overflight of the Geographic North Pole May 7, 1969
Expedition to the Arctic: Coast Guard Aviation and the Distant Early Warning Line (1955)
USCG Helos to the Rescue
The Story of Chief Gus Jablonski
The Cold War: CG Reconnaissance Flights
John M. “Muddy” Waters Jr. USCG
Elmer Stone: Aviation Visionary
Hank Pfeiffer and the HO4S-3G 1305
A Job Well Done: Captain Michael D. Emerson USCG
Casey Quinn: One of a Kind
Cosmic Overseas Airways
Captain David Gershowitz USCG
Making A Difference
CDR Frank Lawler Shelly, USCG The HH-52A Helicopter
On the Edge
Walter C. Bolton: A Chronology of Events and Achievements
First Coast Guard African American Woman to Receive the Air Medal
First Women of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation
Coast Guard Aviation and the Drug War
And That’s The Way It Was: Combat SAR in Vietnam
Out of the Wreckage
The Coast Guard’s Air War At Sea
Rough Seas and Cigars
Alaskan Monarch Trapped by Ice
Hafa Adai and Salty Dogs
Did You Really Do That?
Betsy: The Other Hurricane
Genesis of the Coast Guard HH-65 Helicopter
The Sinking That Never Happened by an Airplane That Never Flew
Cap’n Mac and Flying Coffins
JATO – The Early Days
Who Saw This Coming
Bernie’s Air Stories
Eyes of the Icebreakers
U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Pilots
The Indispensable Men
Hurricane Katrina
A Different Time – A Different Environment
A Hand Salute to an Outstanding Group
Nostalgic Sea Language
Number 66260
CGAS Sangley Point History
Grand Fun While It Lasted
Special Unit Profile USCG Air Station Miami
CDR Elmer Archie Stone
Coast Guard Aviation
Rotary Wings and Other Things
The Story of Coast Guard Aviation
The Future Of CG Aviation
Story of CF Edge – Locating First CG Air Station Alaska
A Star is Born – Story of the RD Dolphin Pterodactyls placed in the Naval Air Museum
Naval Air Station Sidney WWI
The Grumman Albatross – A World Beater
Cigars and Rough Weather
First Helo Ice Breaker Deployment
North Star J2F Duck
The Day I Was Ten Feet Tall
CG Aviation Beginning Demise Resurrection
The Legacy of Commander Elmer F. Stone – Coast Guard Aviator #1
The First Transatlantic Flight
A Brief History of Coast Guard Aviation
Some Recollections of Early Coast Guard Aviation
The Norther
Operation Tight Reign
Wolfpack and Sunday Comics
A History of the United States Coast Guard Catalina, PBY-5, No. V-189
CGAS Port Angeles WWII Diary
Waco J2W-1 and El Paso Detachment