January 1st, 2010 | 
I happened upon this great five-some shot via aviationnews.eu depicting our legacy “H” model HC-130 Hercules, a new HC-144 Ocean Sentry, the aging HU-25 Falcon, and HH-60 Jayhawk, and the HH-65 Tupperwolf, ‘er, that is, the Dolphin. No big changes are en route with the site as of yet so I’ll just keep plugging away with the posts that I can. I hope you all have a great New Year and enjoy the time with your families before you start back to the grind of protecting our waters.
![coast guard aircraft Well look at that... the world didnt end; heres a nice CG aviation photo for ya [pic]](http://ryanerickson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/coast-guard-aircraft.jpg "coast-guard-aircraft")
Five airframes that comprise the Coast Guard's flying inventory were lined up at the Aviation Logistics Center (Formerly Aircraft Repair and Supply Center) in Elizabeth City, NC. From bottom left, HC-130, HC-144, HU-25, HH-60, and HH65 The EADS-CASA HC-144 is the newest addition to the fleet. The first one was delivered to ARSC in December 2006 followed by two more the following year. The first three were transferred to the CG Aviation Training Center Mobile, AL in October of 2007 to complete Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DTE) and are tentatively scheduled to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in February of 2009.
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