| Air Station Kodiak | |
|---|---|
 Unit Patch CGAS Kodiak | |
| Active | 1947–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Coast Guard |
| Type | Air Station |
| Role | Search and rescue,maritime patrol, logistics |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Helicopter | MH-60 Jayhawk,MH-65 Dolphin |
| Patrol | HC-130 Hercules |
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is anAir Station of theUnited States Coast Guard located inKodiak, Alaska. It is the largest in the service's Pacific Area, with a crew of 85 officers and 517 enlisted personnel, and the largest Coast Guard Base in terms of physical size at 23,000 acres.[1] It is a tenant command ofBase Support Unit Kodiak, and shares its airfield withKodiak Airport. The station operatesMH-60 Jayhawk helicopters and theHC-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft.[2]
TheUnited States Navy started construction of anaval air station at Kodiak in September 1939, and the station was commissioned on 15 June 1941. Home toPBY patrol squadrons early inWorld War II, Kodiak supported theAleutian Islands Campaign of 1943, also operating scouting and air transport squadrons. In October 1950, NAS Kodiak was redesignated as Naval Station Kodiak, and in 1972 the site was turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard.[3]
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak was originally commissioned as an Air Detachment in April 1947, with seven pilots and 30 enlisted men operating a singlePBY Catalina. This was the Coast Guard's first aircraft permanently stationed in Alaska.
The station's primary mission is aerial search and rescue in a 4,000,000-square-mile (10,000,000 km2) area of responsibility covering theGulf of Alaska,Bristol Bay, theBering Sea, and Alaska's Pacific coast. It is also responsible for patrolling offshore fisheries, deploying HH-65 helicopters aboardHigh Endurance Cutters operating off Alaska, and providing logistical support to various Coast Guard units in the area.[4] The latter mission includes transporting aids to navigation personnel who maintain remote shore beacons that are only accessible by air.
CGAS Kodiak is one of the main locations of the 2006 action-adventure drama filmThe Guardian, starringKevin Costner,Ashton Kutcher, andMelissa Sagemiller. However, the film was shot at Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina, with snow being brought in by trucks to resemble an Alaskan landscape. Thesetting for the film is theUnited States Coast Guard and theirAviation Survival Technician (AST) program.
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