Pacific Area Commander Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson supported the dismissal, which was approved at the Coast Guard Headquarters level. In October, District Eleven public affairs officer Lt.

According to the Kitakyushu-based 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and other sources, the helicopter was operated by SGC Saga Aviation under consignment from Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital in ...

The company will also support the operations at NIWC Atlantic in Charleston, South Carolina; USCG headquarters in Washington, D.C.; and field sites in Norfolk, Virginia. It will also maintain ...

AP In this image released by the 7th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, rescuers work near people aboard a medical transport helicopter after it fell into the sea in southwestern Japan Sunday, ...

TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, killing the patient and two other people, the Japan coast guard said. The pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, killing the patient and two other people, the Japan coast guard said. The pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66; Kazuto ...