It’s all in the data – Advocates use mapping to save Newport Coast Guard helicopter
Last year, the Coast Guard wanted to withdraw a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Newport because of budget constraints. Search and rescue operations would have been handled by crews at Air Station North Bend to the south and Air Station Astoria to the north, roughly 45 minutes to an hour in flight time from Newport. While the Coast Guard maintained that emergency response times would still have fallen within its two-hour national standard, countered,,, Read the rest here 12:31
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