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AgustaWestland: MH-68A "Stingray" helicopter patrols US ports against terrorist attacks

Cascina Costa, Italy - On January 1st for the first time, the US Coast Guard flew with this aircraft

"AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica and GKN company, proudly announces its participation in another success story of the US Coast Guard in support of Homeland Security. On January 1st for the first time, the Coast Guard flew the MH-68A 'Stingray' helicopter to patrol the New York and Valdez, AK ports to secure our homeland. Responding to HSAS Condition Orange, the Coast Guard deployed an armed MH-68A...

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Rome, Italy, 01/30/2004 14:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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