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Article: Air Station Cape Cod: the help from above in the great North East.(Greetings From)
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- Coast Guard Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 U.S. Coast Guard. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is located at the foot of the Upper Cape, approximately one hour south of Boston, Mass., and is a part of the Massachusetts Military Reservation at Otis Air National Guard Base. The MMR is also host to other Coast Guard Commands such as Port Security Unit 301, Electronics Support Division Boston and the New England Regional Fisheries Training Center.
Air Station Cape Cod traces its roots to the first officially designated U.S. Air-Sea Rescue service on the eastern seaboard, Air Station Salem. Following the Second World War, the Coast Guard found itself with a varied inventory of aircraft including helicopters, multi-engined patrol ...