17th District Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

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Date: June 17, 2005
Contact:Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski
(907) 487-5700
After 4 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, (907) 463-2000

Photo Release

Official Coast Guard Photo Release

Coast Guard C-130 crew keeps skills up

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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. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)

c-130 take off

C-130 landing

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