"CG 1"--the Coast Guard's first aircraft
September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news:
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"CG 1"--the Coast Guard's first aircraft
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The first aircraft built for the United States Coast Guard was a Loening OL-5 delivered to the service in October 1926.
A decade earlier, Coast Guard aviation was established by an act of Congress. It authorized the Treasury Department to establish 10 Coast Guard Ai . . .
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"CG 1"--the Coast Guard's first aircraft
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The first aircraft built for the United States Coast Guard was a Loening OL-5 delivered to the service in October 1926.
A decade earlier, Coast Guard aviation was established by an act of Congress. It authorized the Treasury Department to establish 10 Coast Guard Ai . . .