Final flights
Thu, 02/01/2018 - 11:32am
Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft depart for CC Int’l, new home
Jason Kucera
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi has called NAS Corpus Christi’s Hangar 41 home for more than 67 years.
Established November 1950, the Sector was originally designated USCG Air Detachment Corpus Christi. It was later re-designated as Group Corpus Christi 30 years later and deemed fully operational as one of 13 Coast Guard Group units responsible for all coast lines and waterways between Port O’Connor, Texas, and the Mexican border.
In May 2005, the Group then commissioned to USCG Sector Corpus Christi, combining air and sea assets in the region.
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