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USCG Air Station Port Angeles | |
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Active | 1935–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Coast Guard |
Type | Air Station |
Role | Air Station Port Angeles is responsible for conducting Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement/Homeland Security and Resource Protection activities in an area that includes the Strait of Juan De Fuca and the north western coast of Washington around the Olympic Peninsula to the mouth of Puget Sound. |
Base | Port Angeles CGAS (NOW) |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officer | CDR Brent Schmadeke |
Executive Officer | CDR Roger Barr |
Command Senior Chief | AETCS Chad Jones |
Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | MH-65E |
48°08′27″N 123°24′39″W / 48.14083°N 123.41083°W
US Coast Guard Air Station (formerly AirSta/Sector Field Office) Port Angeles[1] (ICAO: KNOW, FAA LID: NOW) is located at the end of the Ediz Hook[2] peninsula in Port Angeles, Washington.