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Coast Guard staging at Cecil Field for possible Gustav rescue operations JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Coast Guard aircrews are pre-staging at Cecil Field in Jacksonville for post-storm rescue operations following the landfall of Hurricane Gustav. Media are invited to interview helicopter crews at 3 p.m. Monday at Cecil Field from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and aircrews from Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron from Jacksonville. The Coast Guard has flown 30 Coast Guardsmen to Jacksonville to take five helicopters to the Gulf Coast if the need for post-storm search and rescue is necessary. The majority of the aircrews are from Atlantic City, but they will be augmented by pilots from HITRON. The Coast Guard has pre-positioned crews and search and rescue assets throughout the Gulf Coast Region and have numerous other Coast Guard units standing by to assist with post-storm rescue and recovery operations as the need arises. ### Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790. The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future. |
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