Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Cushion

Coast Guard and Air Station (CGAS) Savannah support a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station Savannah provides Search & Rescue(SAR) coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 450 miles of shoreline from the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida, averaging more than 250 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety, Marine Environmental Protection, Fisheries Enforcement, Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction, Drug Interdiction, Other Law Enforcement and Defence Readiness. Many of these missions require deployment of aviation detachments about Coast Guard Cutters.