Coast Guard Mobile sending aircraft

MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Coast Guard has assigned the new HU-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft based out of Mobile's Coast Guard Aviation Training Center to help with relief efforts in Haiti. The Ocean Sentry is the new medium-range fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft, replacing the HU-25A Falcon jets that have been used by the Coast Guard for about 30 years. The Ocean Sentry is powered by two turboprop engines and has a longer range than the Falcon and normally carry a crew of five. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 01/15/10)