DATE: June 17, 2005 11:46:49 AM AKDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - Coast Guard C-130 landing - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo
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KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft crew based out of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak practices take-offs and landings at the Kodiak Airport here. The C-130 is the Coast Guard’s primary long range search aircraft. Each year C-130 air crews here conduct thousands of missions ranging from living marine resource patrols to long range search and rescue missions. There are four C-130 aircraft stationed in Kodiak. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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