Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
United States Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater (CGAS Clearwater) is the United States Coast Guard's largest air station. It is located at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Clearwater, Florida and is home to nearly 700 USCG aviation and support personnel. As of March 2021, there are ten MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters and four HC-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to CGAS Clearwater. Also on static display is USCG 1023, a restored Grumman HU-16 Albatross.
| Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater | |
|---|---|
Unit Patch | |
| Active | 1934 – present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Coast Guard |
| Motto(s) | Anytime, Anywhere |
| Engagements | World War II Cuban Missile Crisis Cold War Operation Urgent Fury Operation Desert Storm September 11, 2001 attacks |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Captain Scott Phy |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Helicopter | MH-60T Jayhawk |
| Patrol | HC-130H Hercules |
Air Station Clearwater also operates two aviation facilities in The Bahamas, one at Great Inagua and the other at the United States Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) installation at Andros Island. These facilities support continually deployed MH-60Ts from various Coast Guard air stations for Operations Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), a joint U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Coast Guard counter-narcotics (CN) and migrant smuggling interdiction operation.