Happy Birthday!....

[Talyn]

U.S. Coast Guard.

Today is the 235th anniversary of the circa 1790 founding of Alexander Hamilton’s old Revenue Cutter Service/Revenue Marine, which became today’s U.S. Coast Guard.

It is also the rough 35th anniversary of the beginning of the USCG’s continuing service in the Arabian and Persian Gulfs, which is about 6,700 miles as the crow flies from the continental U.S.

Semper Paratus: Sandbox edition

Today is the 235th anniversary of the circa 1790 founding of Alexander Hamilton’s old Revenue Cutter Service/Revenue Marine, which became today’s U.S. Coast Guard. It is also the rough …

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When Saddam ordered scorched earth on the Kuwait oilfields during the liberation, on 13 February 1991, two USCG HU-25A Falcon jets, equipped with AIREYE side airborne looking radar (SILAR) and oil detection equipment, flew from Air Station Cape Cod to Saudi Arabia, supported by two Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from Air Station Clearwater packed with ground crew, spare aviation parts and support packages.

The Falcons were deployed for 84 days and mapped over 40,000 square miles of the Persian Gulf. They logged 427 flight hours in the region and maintained an aircraft readiness rate of over 96 percent. These flights provided daily updates on the size and direction of the spill.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

i believe those falcons were equipped with afterburners. as far as i know they only had 2 in service, but don't think they are in service anymore? the uscg had them for drug trafficking use against airborne tracking and attacking drug aircraft.

 

[Onewolf426]

Happy Birthday, Coasties!

 

[Talyn]

i believe those falcons were equipped with afterburners. as far as i know they only had 2 in service, but don't think they are in service anymore? the uscg had them for drug trafficking use against airborne tracking and attacking drug aircraft.

No afterburners in the HU-25As (Dassault French business jet).

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

No afterburners in the HU-25As (Dassault French business jet).

it's a falcon20 due to windshield design.............i've seen many over the years at airports when my dad flew. that particular 1 might not have the ab's, but the way the outlets look they're not normal engines

here's the link

hawker aircraft uscg aircraft with afterburners - Search Videos

www.bing.com

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

dassault makes the falcon or well used to

 

[Talyn]

it's a falcon20 due to windshield design.............i've seen many over the years at airports when my dad flew. that particular 1 might not have the ab's, but the way the outlets look they're not normal engines

here's the link

hawker aircraft uscg aircraft with afterburners - Search Videos

www.bing.com

Yes, the HU-25A was/is a French Dassault Falcon 20 business jet, as modified, for the USCG.

Aerial test bed

In 1988 the United States Coast Guard tested a Falcon 20C (tail-number N200GT) using a Garrett TFE1042 with an afterburners. This required adding a titanium heat shield to the tail due to the engine mount position.

That plane was a test-bed for Garrett Turbine Engine Company (now Honeywell). Only one of the engines was afterburning. It was the TFE1042 engine developed for the Taiwan Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF). That engine is now known as the F124/125.

Never used operationally by USCG HU-25s.

U.S. Coast Guard​

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) operated a model of the Falcon 20, designated as the HU-25 Guardian. The Guardian was operated as a high-speed spotter aircraft to locate shipwreck survivors and direct slower-moving aircraft and rescue vessels, and to interdict aerial and shipborne drug trafficking. In 1982, the first HU-25 was delivered to the USCG by December 1983, a total of 41 aircraft had been acquired. In USCG service, the HU-25 was eventually succeeded in its role by the EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry, a newer turboprop-powered aircraft.<a

Operationally, the HU-25 played a key role in the service's activities in search and rescue, counter drug missions; it had also been a critical asset deployed during the 1991 Gulf War.

Initial models of the HU-25 were delivered to the HU-25A standard; a number were later modified to become HU-25Bs, which were equipped with sensors capable of detecting oil spills and other environmental pollutants. Further numbers were re-configured to the HU-25C standard, for improved performance in the drug interdiction mission; when equipped with newer AN/APG-66(V)2 and AN/APS-143B(V)3 radar systems, these became the HU-25C+ and HU-25D respectively.

On 26 September 2014, following 32 years of service, the last operational HU-25 Falcon, the only jet ever to be a part of the operational air fleet of the US Coast Guard, was retired. The high-speed capability it provided was lost with the type's retirement due to its replacements being considerably slower aircraft.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

Yes, the HU-25A was/is a French Dassault Falcon 20 business jet, as modified, for the USCG.

Aerial test bed

In 1988 the United States Coast Guard tested a Falcon 20C (tail-number N200GT) using a Garrett TFE1042 with an afterburners. This required adding a titanium heat shield to the tail due to the engine mount position.

That plane was a test-bed for Garrett Turbine Engine Company (now Honeywell). Only one of the engines was afterburning. It was the TFE1042 engine developed for the Taiwan Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF). That engine is now known as the F124/125.

Never used operationally by USCG HU-25s.

U.S. Coast Guard​

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) operated a model of the Falcon 20, designated as the HU-25 Guardian. The Guardian was operated as a high-speed spotter aircraft to locate shipwreck survivors and direct slower-moving aircraft and rescue vessels, and to interdict aerial and shipborne drug trafficking. In 1982, the first HU-25 was delivered to the USCG by December 1983, a total of 41 aircraft had been acquired. In USCG service, the HU-25 was eventually succeeded in its role by the EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry, a newer turboprop-powered aircraft.<a

Operationally, the HU-25 played a key role in the service's activities in search and rescue, counter drug missions; it had also been a critical asset deployed during the 1991 Gulf War.

Initial models of the HU-25 were delivered to the HU-25A standard; a number were later modified to become HU-25Bs, which were equipped with sensors capable of detecting oil spills and other environmental pollutants. Further numbers were re-configured to the HU-25C standard, for improved performance in the drug interdiction mission; when equipped with newer AN/APG-66(V)2 and AN/APS-143B(V)3 radar systems, these became the HU-25C+ and HU-25D respectively.

On 26 September 2014, following 32 years of service, the last operational HU-25 Falcon, the only jet ever to be a part of the operational air fleet of the US Coast Guard, was retired. The high-speed capability it provided was lost with the type's retirement due to its replacements being considerably slower aircraft.

plus the cost of maintenance