Technically proficient and highly versatile, Air Crew personnel perform a full range of vital duties aboard Coast Guard aircraft.
Working on the ground and in the air, Air Crew personnel ensure that all Coast Guard aircraft operate to their maximum potential. These highly trained individuals maintain, troubleshoot, and repair vital communication systems and navigation instrument before, during, and after flight, serve as in-flight technicians and intelligence specialists, and perform emergency safety procedures when necessary. Essential to the success of search and rescue, law enforcement, and strategic defense operations, Air Crew members enable the Coast Guard to complete its mission throughout the world.
This coin is dedicated to the advanced skill and boundless courage of all those serve as Air Crew personnel in the U.S. Coast Guard.