Coast Guard Helicopter History
Early USCG Helicopter History
The following early US Coast Guard Helicopter History was kindly shared by the Coast Guard Aviation Association, their Coast Guard Aviation History website and John Bear Moseley, Historian, Coast Guard Aviation Association. John Bear Moseley is the principal author of these short historical stories unless otherwise annotated, about Coast Guard Aviation using research documents and materials from the Coast Guard Aviation Association.
Coast Guard Aviation in Vietnam-Combat Rescue and Recovery
1980 Mariel Boat lift -Cuban Exodus
2005 Hurricane Katrina -NAM Foundation
CGAA Hall of Honor
MacDee & Swede
CDR Frank Erickson USCG
Coast Guard Aviation Association-the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl
The Coast Guard Aviation Association, formerly known as the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl is a fraternal association founded in 1977. The organization has the purpose of focusing on United States Coast Guard aviation history.
1943-Coast Guard Assigned Sea Going Development of the Helicopter
1943 CoastGuard assigned Sea Going Development of the Helicopter