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I loved the movie The Guardian! Some of it was filmed at Air Station Elizabeth City and snow was piled up made to look like Kodiak.  . A few of my fathers friends are in the film. As a son of a USCG C-130 pilot I’ve always had a fondness and appreciation for the men and women who join the Coast Guard.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Worked the State Patrol with an ex Coastie who had been a swimmer/rescue guy. Super fit and strong. I always liked a story he told. A dozen years after getting out he went up to Alaska with his wife to fish for 3 or 4 days, sightsee, then fly back. They went out on a fairly small boat IIRC out of Ketchikan? Few days out the Skipper figured out Clark had been a rescue guy. When it came time to pay for the trip as well as SHIPPING their halibut home there was no charge. Seemed the Coast Guard had rescued the Skipper and one of the crew members at some point. And they wanted to extend some thanks. Clark always mentioned a guy could get in trouble in the fishing village bars as they seldom charged them for drinks. LOL. True heroes. Especially the flight crews! | |||
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Any number of reasons - money (equipment, training, currency, etc) as well as weight on the Jayhawks could be an issue as well. Formation flight and inflight refueling is a perishable skill set; I imagine even more so for helicopters and C-130s slowing down enough to let them catch up. Add in typical USCG rescue scenarios, bad weather, etc and it could be they just don't think the juice is worth the squeeze. | |||
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The air crews get all the glory. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ   God bless the Motor Life Boat and the men & women that run them! | |||
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Sigmund, The USCG Jayhawks don’t have refueling probes because their range is already good enough. A refueling probe would require an additional refueling aircraft which the USCG doesn’t have. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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1. Costs 2. One more system to add weight and fail at a bad time 3. There are CG ships at sea where these things fly and they can land and refuel (usually if it’s not over 20ft seas) on them. 4. The refueling planes are usually around zoomie planes and navy ships doing their stuff...which is not usually near the coasts doing SAR. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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You just gotta LOVE the US Coast Guard. USCG just plain rocks. Thery're like technical rescue squad x technical paramedics x infinity. That's one helluva big pair of shoes to fill. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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