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13-689: Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City is a United States Coast Guard Air Station co-located at Elizabeth City Regional Airport in Elizabeth City, North Carolina , along the Pasquotank River near the opening of the Albemarle Sound . The Coast Guard air station is one of the busiest in the U.S. Coast Guard, operating missions as far away as Greenland , the Azores and the Caribbean . CGAS Elizabeth City

26-663: The United States and Puerto Rico . AMTs maintain Lockheed HC-130 , HC-27J Spartan , CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry , Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk and Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin aircraft. The five-month course covers basic aircraft-maintenance fundamentals. Other advanced courses cover specific aircraft systems and provide troubleshooting skills. The advanced courses are taught at the Aviation Technical Training Centers in Elizabeth City , North Carolina , for all but

39-655: The United States Coast Guard . The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC-130 Hercules , are built for long range missions and operate from air stations. The air stations and facilities are also home to locally based MH-65D Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters and support rotor craft assigned to flight deck equipped cutters . Unlike Coast Guard Boat Stations, which are subordinate to Sector Commanders ,

52-700: The United States Coast Guard . They inspect, service, maintain, troubleshoot and repair aircraft engines , auxiliary power units , propellers , rotor systems , power train systems, and associated airframe and systems-specific electrical components. They service, maintain and repair aircraft fuselages ; wings ; rotor blades; fixed and movable flight control surfaces; and also bleed aircraft air , hydraulic and fuel systems . AMTs fill aircrew positions such as flight engineer , flight mechanic , loadmaster , dropmaster, Aircraft Ground Handling , Flight Deck Handling, sensor-systems operator and basic aircrewman. AMTs are stationed at Coast Guard Air Stations throughout

65-645: The HC-130 aircraft. The Coast Guard also uses commercial training for advanced courses. An AMT may apply for the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program , which provides personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to fill billets requiring a high level of technical expertise. The program provides up to two years of full-time college attendance to achieve a minimum of an associate degree in aeronautical technology. Algebra, geometry, electronics and machine shop are typical courses for those seeking

78-682: The campus of the Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City . The base complex houses the Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC) (a headquarters level command which trains enlisted Coast Guardsmen in aviation ratings in "A" Schools and advanced "C" Schools ), the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) and Station Elizabeth City, the small boat search and rescue station. Base Elizabeth City also provides military healthcare including sick call, physicals, and dental at

91-681: The commanding officer of a Coast Guard Air Station reports to the appropriate District Commander. Air stations are typically commanded by an officer with the rank of captain . Air station planning and overall aviation policies are under the oversight of the Office of Aviation Forces (CG-711), which in turn reports to the Assistant Commandant for Capability. 42. https://cgaviationhistory.org/1969-coast-guard-air-station-chicago-established/ Aviation Maintenance Technician Aviation Maintenance Technicians ( AMT ) are an enlisted rating of

104-779: The on-board clinic, as well as emergency services with a staffed 24 hours a day Fire and Police Department (ambulance service is provided by local EMS). Base Fire & Police Departments, staffed by a mix of civilian GS positions and active duty members, frequently respond to off-base emergencies supporting local agencies on various types of incidents. The missions of CGAS Elizabeth City include search and rescue (SAR), Maritime Law enforcement , International Ice Patrol , aids to navigation support (such as operating lighthouses ), and marine environmental protection (such as responding to oil spills ). Currently, CGAS Elizabeth City maintains and operates five HC-130J Hercules aircraft and four MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters. Air Station Elizabeth City

117-719: The pilot episode, with two members having speaking roles. In the episode, the HH60J Jayhawk helicopter lands in the back yard of a dinner party, with an Aviation Survival Technician and Aviation Maintenance Technician exiting the aircraft to search for the main character. Support Center Elizabeth City is located at 36°15′38″N 76°10′29″W  /  36.26056°N 76.17472°W  / 36.26056; -76.17472 . [REDACTED] Media related to CGAS Elizabeth City at Wikimedia Commons United States Coast Guard Air Stations A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta ) provides aviation support for

130-557: Was commissioned on August 15, 1940, with four officers, 52 enlisted men and ten aircraft including three Hall PH-2 seaplanes , four Fairchild J2K landplanes , and three Grumman J2F Duck amphibious aircraft . It is located sixty miles north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina , north of Albemarle Sound and along the East Coast's northernmost ice-free river. Bayside Plantation, owned by the Hollowell family, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina,

143-486: Was in operation from 1941 to 1957. Since then, the AIRSTA Elizabeth City's missions and assigned aircraft have shifted and grown with changing national priorities and technologies. In 1966 Air Station Elizabeth City expanded after absorbing the coast guard air stations at Kindley AFB , Bermuda and NAS Argentia , Newfoundland . Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Elizabeth City is one of several commands located on

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156-468: Was selected by the United States Coast Guard in 1938 for its potential strategic value as a seaplane base. During World War II , the air station was under United States Navy control conducting Search and Rescue (SAR), Anti-submarine warfare , and training missions in tandem with Naval Air Station Weeksville , a lighter-than-air airship facility approximately two miles to the southeast that

169-494: Was the setting (and used as a double for Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak , Alaska) in the 2006 film The Guardian . Base personnel were instrumental in providing the infrastructure and support necessary to the filming of the motion picture. In 2018, the Air Station provided a helicopter and flight crew to assist in the filming of the reboot Jack Ryan series on Amazon Prime. Four crew members including two pilots were featured in

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