Media Advisory: Coast Guard receives new helicopter

WHAT: Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point will be receiving a new MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, which will be replacing one of the current HH-65's. The new model will improve Coast Guard operability throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The Dolphin will be arriving partially dismantled in the back of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft.

WHERE: Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.

WHEN: Approximately 6 p.m. Staurday.

WHO: Interviews with air station subject matter experts will be coordianted for interested media.

Media who would like to film the offload of the MH-65 should contact the Coast Guard public affairs office no later than 10 a.m. Saturday to verify arrival time of the aircraft and to arrange interviews.

For more information contact the 14th Coast Guard District public affairs office at 808-535-3230.

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