MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability
On October 1, 2009, the US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate's HH-60 Conversion Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., in honor of the Medium Range Recovery Helicopter achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
The air station received its third MH-60T aircraft in September, a key step towards establishing the first operational MH-60T unit in the Coast Guard.
The achievement of IOC means that this unit is now capable of maintaining "Bravo Zero" readiness, which is the ability to launch within 30 minutes of receiving a request for assistance.
The MH-60T has already achieved operational success in the field. In August 2009, an MH-60T aircrew was diverted from a routine training flight to assist a diver suffering from symptoms of decompression sickness off the coast of Wilmington, N.C.
The diver was flown to Duke University Hospital Center for treatment.
Two MH-60Ts support aircrew training at the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala. The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center H-60 Product Line in Elizabeth City executes the conversion and sustainment work for the project.
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