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USCG Aux Photo by Ralph Tolman
FAR LEFT: Coast Guard CDR Tim Eason, left, Executive Officer from Air Station Savannah, poses
for a photo with Ralph Tolman, Auxiliary Aviation Pilot. LEFT: Doug Armstrong, right, Auxiliary
Aircraft Commander transports CDR Eason, from Air Station Savannah to LANTAREA . ABOVE:
Auxiliary Aviation crews assigned to Air Station Savannah conduct pre-impact photo imagery
along Sector Charleston. More than 150 photos were sent to Sector Charleston for before/after
comparisons with respect to Florence damages.
September 21, 2018
Auxiliary Aircraft Commanders Bob Hastie and Ralph Tolman conducted
Return Logistic Transport mission with CDR Tim Eason Executive Officer, Air
Station Savannah, from deployment in Norfolk, VA where he assisted D5 in
coordinating hurricane recovery.
September 23, 2018
Auxiliary Aircraft Commander David Cristol departed Jacksonville’s Craig
Field to Charleston Executive Airport to pick up CAPT John Reed and Senior
Chief Kody Fraughton for a Logistic Transport mission to Myrtle Beach. There
were areas of low ceiling and visibility as well as isolated rain showers that
necessitated maneuvering to maintain suitable flight conditions.
AUXAIR is an Auxiliary operational program organized on a district level rather
than on a flotilla and division basis as an integral part of the Coast Guard.
AUXAIR mission responsibilities are Search and Rescue, Ports, Waterways
and Coastal Security, Marine Safety, Pollution Response, Aids to Navigation,
Ice Reconnaissance and Logistic Transport. Orders are issued based on
schedules created by crew and facility availability and the needs of the Coast
Guard. Coast Guard Air Stations are the Order Issuing Authority for AUXAIR.
Auxiliarists involved in AUXAIR take Auxiliary aviation training, completing
the syllabus for their level of qualification. After having their knowledge and
skills approved by an Auxiliary Flight Examiner, they may be certified Pilots,
Observers or Air Crew in the AUXAIR Program.
OR express
Review Team
Brian Harte
Mary Patton
CONTRIBUTORS
Doug Armstrong
District Seven
David Cristol
District Seven
Robert A. Fabich
District Seven
Bob Hastie
District Seven
John Hunt
District Seven
Ralph Tolman
District Seven
Scott Spillman
District Five Southern
Sherry Spillman
District Five Southern
NATIONAL STAFF
Richard F. Mihalcik
Director of Public Affairs
Thea Narkiewicz
Deputy Director, Publications
Thomas Ceniglio
Deputy Director, Support
Robert Miller, M.D.
Division Chief, Publications
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Auxiliary Association, Inc.
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