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Searchers find body of missing Kodiak hiker

...Wielebski said Monday afternoon.Two search-dog teams arrived from Anchorage aboard a specially arranged Coast Guard C-130 on Christmas morning, and clear weather allowed helicopters to land the dogs and climbing teams at higher elevations...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-27/searchers-find-body-missing-kodiak-hike
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Drill ship, tows still battle Gulf of Alaska storm

...when part of the towline got wrapped around one of the Haley's propellers. The cutter left after the Coast Guard sent a C-130 aircraft.The Kulluk is one of two drill ships Shell operated this year in the short Arctic Ocean open water season...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-31/drill-ship-tows-still-battle-gulf-alask
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Coast Guard crew recognized for 1988 rescue

...half, and was getting ready to depart to refuel when a C-130 overhead picked up a strong emergency locator transmitter...and continue the search despite running low on fuel.The C-130 guided the helicopter to the survivors by dropping flares...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-07-30/coast-guard-crew-recognized-1988-rescue
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Aircraft deployments force fewer visits for Guard's Operation Santa Claus

...citizen volunteers. Instead of a sleigh, he enlists a C-130 Hercules cargo plane, packed full of food and presents...touched down just after noon, and as the front door of the C-130 opened, a tell-tale gust of air punished the participants...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-11-22/aircraft-deployments-force-fewer-visits
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Barge with 140,000 gallons of aviation fuel breaks loose in rough seas off Alaska's west coast

...aviation fuel and 5,800 gallons of gasoline. The Coast Guard, mindful of the amount of fuel that could be spilled, sent a C-130 airplane to the area on Wednesday."With the potential that this barge could run aground, the Coast Guard is working...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-22/barge-140000-gallons-aviation-fuel-brea
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USCG fires on ghost ship

...the cannons from several hundred feet away. The goal is to punch holes in the Ryou-Un Maru and sink it. A Coast Guard C-130 plane crew was monitoring the operation.A Canadian fishing vessel, the 62-foot Bernice C, claimed salvage rights...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-06/uscg-fires-ghost-ship
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'Games' find Navy ability lacking in the Arctic

...Guard has some resources in place and might take a lead role over the Navy. The Coast Guard routinely sends a Coast Guard C-130 from Kodiak to the Arctic to patrol, and it has relationships with people who live and work in the Arctic. During the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-29/games-find-navy-ability-lacking-arctic
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Interior Secretary Salazar continues 3-day tour of Alaska

...continue using $30 million Canadair CL-215 "Scoopers" in the fire aircraft arsenal, rather than replace them with C-130 airplanes. The Scoopers are amphibious aircraft able to snatch about 1,400 gallons of water out of lakes to dump on...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-09/interior-secretary-salazar-continues-3-
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Coast Guard braces for Arctic drilling protests

...our future capabilities," Custard said.They've also learned a lot recently, sometimes the hard way, he said. A C-130 that was parked on an Arctic runway overnight had its propeller seals freeze. The Coast Guard had to bring in a tent...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-03-18/coast-guard-braces-arctic-drilling-prot
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Alaska Digest

Elmendorf C-130 fleet takes final flight Sound off on the...Air Force Base is bidding farewell to the C-130 Hercules, a military workhorse cargo plane...years ago. A crew took one of the last two C-130 flights out of Elmendorf for the 517th Airlift...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032707/sta_20070327016.shtml
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