Newest Coast Guard Air Station opens in California

[@TheBeerDolt]

I was thrilled when I learned that there was going to be a permanent CGAS here in Ventura County. Always excited to see your aircraft flying overhead.

[@mbc2915]

The helmet patch at 1:29 😂

[@russianorctrash6591]

Why is there a ✡️ patch on his helmet 😂

[@monchichis333]

"peace is not an option"...that's something an infantryman would wear, not a coastie

[@mbc2915]

@@monchichis333 even the Coast Guard has to use violence every now and then.

[@monchichis333]

As tax payers, can we visit the air station and touch the helicopter?

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Keep an eye out for open house events. However, as this Air Station is co-located on a Naval Base, it might be a bit harder to get on.

[@benjo33]

Touching the helicopter is a bit of a weird ask, but I also would want to lol

[@tc1uscg65]

As a tax payer, you can get into trouble on the water and sure, you can not only touch the helo, but you can get up close and personal with the crew (Just kidding mate). But to answer your question, CG units get visits all the time. They sometimes host weekends where the public is invited to visit the unit. I would reach out to the unit and ask. Whats the worst that can happen (minus the boating incident), they could say no.

[@monchichis333]

@@benjo33 We paid for it, might as well touch it lol

[@monchichis333]

@@tc1uscg65 That's awesome, but they are inside a Naval base, so I would have to get a pass first to be allowed on base.

[@gus473]

Great images and comments! Semper Paratus!

[@SUPERICEMANJR]

Thank you all for your service and may Phoenix Hanna Rest In Peace

[@GetOutsideYourself]

We're grateful to have you in Ventura County!

[@FernyB58]

No wonder why ive been seeing them flying around more often

[@CausticLemons7]

I get to see the Coast Guard flying around Tampa/St Pete sometimes. I"m glad to know they're watching out for us!

[@DeckMower]

Thank you all so very much for all your service.

[@zf4hp24]

As a Santa Barbara resident, thank you USCG for being so close by. And welcome back.

[@thejuiceisloose]

thank God for the Coast Guard

[@mrwest5552]

and i imagine your ship and station are somehow involved in the Lincoln Fire from Malibu. Thank You for Serving.

[@martyb3783]

Congrats AirSta Ventura! Semper Paratus!

[@jonathanp1884]

I have seen many HH52A helos land on small flight decks on the 378s [Midgett and Hamilton]. Even in very bad weather in the Bearing Sea. What a show that was. Glad to see that are able to open new bases. the public needs USCG.

[@searchBLOC941]

My dad was in USCG for over three decades. Retired AMTC and went back as a civilian. Lots of memories in the airbases and traveling the country coastlines during my childhood. I spent more time in a 65 as a kid than on a bicycle 😂

[@xray606]

Nice to see the 60s now. I saw one of you guys going down the 101 the other day.

[@jonsmith197]

I’m happy to see they have found a home in Ventura County. Now, maybe they can use more promo footage of Ventura County and not footage from L.A. County.

[@fountainvalley100]

I remember your station at LAX. You were in the same complex as the FAA LAX TRACON

[@armandosoliz1455]

Welcome to Sunny SoCal, enjoy and Stay Safe.

[@nightfall22]

RIP and welcome home to those stationed at Ventura… you’re all very much appreciated 👊🏾

[@danielcarlson800]

Serving Morro Bay to Dana Point. That's a Hell of a region.

[@edezigner]

Glad to have you guys in our back yard! Welcome to Ventura County!

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Technically, we have been there since 2016. It was just a satellite unit of Air Station San Francisco. Now it is an independent unit with it's own administration and repair facilities.

[@Flancing]

@@U.S.CoastGuard Still, good job on becoming independent from CGAS San Francisco! We'll be rooting for you!

[@daveyoder9231]

Good video!

[@mb-zp6jd]

Only the best! Thank you for your sacrifice and service.

[@Underwaystudios]

I'm proud to have served in the Coast Guard aboard Cutter Taney and later earning my wings and being a Brown Shoe at ATC Mobile.

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Thank you for your service!

[@SkyWatchAviation]

Awesome too bad I just moved from Cali or I would have loved to see this

[@dave9351]

Didn't see or hear it mentioned ? Located at Port Hueneme or Point Mugu Naval Base ? Great to see you folks up there ! (especially when the boat is broke down in the middle of the shipping channel)

[@chefduane3742]

USCG '77-'83 MSO LA/LB Harbors. 82376 Point Evans (decommissioned) out of Terminal Island. Did drug runs, SAR, and general safety see/be seen patrols through the Channel Islands. At that time helos were still in HH52's.

[@tc1uscg65]

Don't forget the H3's. When I was on the Mobile Bay (80-81) they still had (and flew) a Albatross out of Traverse City MI along with the H3's. I was in Hawaii (86-89) when the 65's were just coming on line. LT Colleen A. Cain, the Coast Guard's first female HH-52 helicopter pilot, died in the line of duty when HH-52 CG-1420, on which she was co-pilot, crashed into a mountainside 50 miles east of Honolulu. We used the radio log for that incident from the Air-2-Ground position for training as to how important it is to never take your communications schedule for granted. We even used it in RM/TC "A" school during training. Oh, FWIW, Selfridge Air Nation Guard Base, out side of Detroit has a HH52 at it's museum.

[@Zarni-fv2fj]

Was at Group Humboldt Bay 80-83. The airstation had HH-52s. Flew in and under them many times.

[@Con-Doe]

There's a very similar photo of a CG Dolphin H 65 - flying by the Brooklyn Bridge - 1985 ish - The almost b/w background with the helicopter in full color is a great screen saver. You can find the photo on line NYC + Coast Guard

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

Sorry, but closing down the USCG air station out of LAX (8 years ago now) and moving to Ventura county, was the DUMBEST decision by the USCG in recent years. Now the response times to the LA/Long Beach Harbor area, or from Long Beach to Catalina Island have literally quadrupled since moving far away to Ventura, or should I say basically, “Oxnard” California. I worked air support for the LA Sheriff’s dept and nobody could believe that vacating your old facility out of LAX, was a “good idea.” The LA and Long Beach harbors are far busier and more dense in population in and around that area, than anywhere near Mugu, Oxnard, Camarillo, Ventura harbor and up to Santa Barbara.

[@MrSunlander]

Ventura is hardly LA. Good to have you back in the region, heli-Coasties. Mugu makes sense.

[@trackside8279]

Would really like to see AirSta LAX re-opened, much closer to the population center and faster response times to both harbors as well as Santa Monica Bay.I hear the former FedEx hangar is available....

[@daviouswey]

I served in Oregon at a Surf Station, so if my info about Cali is wrong, I apologize... but outside of Santa Monica aren't those other harbors major trading hubs? Wouldn't it make sense to have the Air Station closer to the smaller ports where the weekend boaters launch out of? I bring this up because most of our rescues involved the weekend boaters, not the fishing fleets or the cargo ships.

[@dgax65]

I don't know what the official reasoning is, but I'm going to make some assumptions. CGAS Ventura provides greater coverage farther North along the coast, where there are very few SAR assets. CGAS Ventura helicopters can quickly respond from Santa Monica Bay to Vandenburg and out to the northern Channel Islands. CGAS San Diego can provide mutual aid and reach the POLA/POLB in just over an hour. One thing to remember is the significant SAR capability in LA County. LACo Sheriff has 3 Aerospatiale Super Puma SAR helicopters based at Long Beach. Between LASD, LACoFD, LAPD, LAFD, OCSD, OCFA, LBPD and Huntington Beach PD there are 7X S-70 Firehawk, 3X Super Puma, 33X Eurocopter A-350 B, 4X AW-139, 7X Bell-412, 2X Bell 206, 2X Bell UH-1H. Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties probably have the highest concentration of LE/Public Safety helicopters in the country. Most of those helicopters have FLIR/CCTV turrets, and many are close enough to the coast to provide at least basic SAR capability if there is a call for mutual aid. While their primary mission is not necessarily SAR, they can and some have been used in that role. Additionally, there are many lifeguard, fire and police boats at the POLB/POLA and along the coast of the South Bay and Santa Monica Bay. It would be nice to have aviation assets at LA, but the USCG will be retiring the MH-65 Dolphins soon and many of the MH-60T are nearing end of their initial airframe lifespan. They are in the process of doing a service life extension program for existing MH-60T and expanding the fleet. The problem is that the USCG is badly underfunded for all its mission requirements. They have been laying up/retiring cutters and aircraft. They are doing the best they can with what they have and are spread thin.

[@BeachLife66]

Welcome back!

[@TheStabbyCyclist]

Congrats! Great place to get stationed.

[@aulasovich]

Stay safe out there guys!

[@colincrisostomo1490]

I live in Ventura, CA. Are these the guys out of Point Mugu??

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Correct! They have been stationed there since 2016, but as a satellite unit. Now they are an independent unit with their own administration and repair facilities.

[@colincrisostomo1490]

@ I was a little confused because I was thinking “I swore there was coasties out there already”

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

Awesome video. To the heroes that are in the video.. priceless. Thank you. ♥️🤍💙💯

[@AhmedDjeddou]

💚💖 Good Morning 💚💖 Coast Guard 💚💖🌏💖💚

[@edwinmontoya476]

That Patch tho!!!

[@joon4768]

I'll trade a few meals from Flightline Cafe for a ride along! I'll even throw in a few command patches and coins from the school house haha

[@robinbabcock4620]

LA needs all the help they can get but subjecting our Coasties to having to live in Southern California is hardship duty.

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

Ya uh, you're going to learn Ventura County (V.C.) is going to be a little sleepy if you thought, "Wow, SoCal nightlife!". The USCG work will be exciting but, the nightlife is not L.A., O.C., or S.D. (I've lived in all 4 Counties).

[@TheRockstarRampage]

Hell yeah!

[@tc1uscg65]

This really makes no sense, they moved the Air Station to NVBC Point Mugu when the lease expired at LAX. Could they have found a spot a little more north? ;-)

[@Alfeco-dm7uk]

Which is the toughest Coast Guard Station??? Kodiak???

[@johnbrennan9584]

A helicopter in the air might be the only thing that doesn't get tagged or stolen in LA.

[@angelofjustice913]

You never know that your enemy somewhere deep down in the Ocean near West Coast, better be ready

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Our enemy is the ocean. We work to save people from drowning in it.

[@sirjasonakana]

Why do some air stations use the mh60 and some use the dolphin helicopter

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Logistics. There are a couple of reasons including cost, operational expense, etc., but one of the simplest is that the Jayhawk can't be stored in the hangers of our older cutters. We are slowly working to phase out the Dolphin as the newer cutters with larger flight decks are completed.

[@sirjasonakana]

@ interesting, thank you, I didn’t even consider the hangers on the ships . I live in Humboldt County, CA. , and we have an air stations here that only has the dolphin helicopters. It’s always nice to see them flying/training .

[@timbradley5848]

Where is the station, Point Mugu?

[@dgax65]

Yes, NAS Pt. Magu

[@jayski9410]

I always wondered why they closed the LAX base? Too much commercial activity?

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Short answer, the lease expired and wasn't renewed.

[@ConnerColemanMSHS]

Hope you give them housing or else a big stipend!

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

All military members living off base receive Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH. BAH is determined by the current rental market rates + average cost of utilities + home type and the number of rooms. (information provided by FINRED.gov)

[@MaxEPR]

Why was LAX station closed?

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

The lease expired and wasn't renewed.

[@socalairshowreview7410]

Pt Mugu?

[@ONEBALLINMYBUTT]

Put the fries in the bag bro

[@mikeklinger1712]

Who can afford a "boat" to get in trouble with in Commifornia! 😂

[@CaptainRon13]

EXCELLENT!!! Our tax dollars at work. As a VC resident, makes me proud.

[@G3driver]

My son is interested in being a rescue swimmer. Do you ever have any open houses?

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

I recommend following facebook.com/USCoastGuardCalifornia/ and the air stations in the region. They would post open house events on their pages.

[@user-et9ww8do4f]

Awesome my Americans usa future team ❤️🇺🇸😊

[@Itsme._gh]

Why were you guys at Gillespie field in San Diego? There isn’t a base there

[@onthewater4189]

The Coast Guard has had an Air Station in San Diego since 1937. Most likely the air crew conducting an overland training flight.

[@joeyvelarde5562]

😇🌹

[@noob.168]

Waste of taxpayers' money!

[@ty5967]

I don't know, is it really necessary to have this station? Instead ,money could be spent on homeless.

[@papalonku916]

This is not good for RON lore.

[@rg6775]

Do they combat pay for being stationed there? F LA

[@gallardoo9]

Democrats love to close down bases and stations, I lost my job during BRAC under Clinton, and under Obama this was closed down, in 2016 and when USCG came under DHS its lost its protection of the US guarding our coasts, borders instead USCG is now deployed all over the world instead of right here where they used to be and should be. I am a USN vet and decades of service to the US, nice to see this NAS open I can only hope that the USCG will be split off of DHS and protect our people here. cheers!

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

The Coast Guard receives strong bipartisan support from all coastal states and the Great Lake states. In September 2016, Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles was closed when the lease on the existing facility at Los Angeles International Airport ended. This was LAX's decision, as they decided not to renew the lease. Former Air Station LA merged with and became a satellite unit of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco with the unit based out of Point Mugu on Naval Airbase Ventura. It was decided later that it would be better for it to be a separate unit, hence the new Coast Guard Air Station Ventura

[@wardhill1790]

BRAC was designed and initiated by former President H. W. Bush, a Republican. USCG Air Station Los Angeles closed down in 2016 because the Los Angeles International Airport did not renew the Air Stations’s Lease. It’s amazing how people will blame everything on Democrats hoping that the masses will go with what they are saying. A quick google search and all that is needed. The US Coast Guard was transferred from the Department of Treasury to the newly Created Department of Homeland Security by order of former President George W. Bush in 2002. The United States Coast NEVER STOPPED protecting American’s coast and waterways and have always been deployed all over the world at the same time! The United States Coast Guard is America’s oldest CONTINUOUS Seafaring service in America.

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

reagan started all the base closer.

[@jeffhuggins64]

Why not at Long Beach you know closer to the main Harbors? Government not being smart again...................

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

jeffhuggins64 Just wait till Jan. 21, 2025.

[@U.S.CoastGuard]

Good day! The majority of our near-shore helo rescues involves helping those on small boats, surfers, kayakers, cliffside hikers, swimmers, divers, etc. and are outside of major trade lanes and "tourist" beaches that have lifeguard organizations.

[@garthgraves6497]

SEMPER PARATUS!! USCG VETERAN from USCGC SPENCER WMEC905, BOSTON MA 89-91. 🛟 ⚓️. 🇺🇸