Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) New Orleans support a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide.
Air Station New Orleans provides
Search & Rescue (SAR) coverage with
MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 655 nautical miles of shoreline from
Apalachicola, Florida to the eastern border of
Texas, and 735 nautical miles of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the river to
Memphis, Tennessee, averaging more than 320 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety,
Marine Environmental Protection, Protection of Natural Resources,
Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction,
Drug Interdiction, and Defense Readiness.
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