page_title: List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry (CASA CN-235-300 MP Persuader). Español: HC-144A Ocean Sentry (CASA CN-235-300 MP Persuader) de la Guardia Costera Estadounidense.
context_page_description: The United States Coast Guard uses cutters and small boats on the water, and fixed- and rotary wing aircraft in the air. The Coast Guard employs various small arms including handguns, shotguns, rifles, and machine guns.
context_section_description: The Coast Guard operates about 210 aircraft. Fixed-wing aircraft (such as Lockheed HC-130 Hercules turboprops) operate from Air Stations on long-duration missions.  Helicopters (Aérospatiale HH-65 Dolphin, Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk, and Agusta MH-68 Stingray) operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities, and flight-deck equipped cutters, and can rescue people or intercept smuggling vessels. Some special MH- designated helicopters are armed with guns and some are equipped with armor to protect against small arms fire.
  The Coast Guard flies several aircraft types:
  27 Lockheed HC-130 Hercules
  42 Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk
  102 Airbus MH-65 Dolphin
  11 HC-27J Spartan Out of 14 on order.
  18 CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry.
  2 Gulfstream C-37A aircraft as a VIP transport for high-ranking Coast Guard and Homeland Security officials.
  An unspecified number of RG-8A Condors.
  The Coast Guard was to purchase the Bell Eagle Eye UAV as part of the Deepwater program, but this has been cancelled. The Coast Guard is currently preparing to launch a small UAS competition for the Legend-class NSC and future Heritage-class cutter.
  In addition to regular Coast Guard aircraft, privately owned general aviation aircraft are used by Coast Guard Auxiliarists for patrols and search-and-rescue missions.
caption: HC-144A Ocean Sentry (CASA CN-235-300 MP Persuader).
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