US Coast Guard retires last HC-130H

The last remaining HC-130H Hercules in US Coast Guard (USCG) service was retired after making its final flight from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Clearwater in Florida on September 24.Before touching down at the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center at CGAS Elizabeth City in North Carolina, CGNR 1712 conducted a pass over the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, the site of the first powered flight. This HC-130H was the last of 36 in the USCG