Air Station Kodiak
Scenery for Flight Simulator 2004 and higher

Introduction
This scenery is designed solely in GMAX and so should be compatible with any future Flight Simulator programs. This is a recreation based on photos of Air Station Kodiak in Alaska. It should work well in FS2002, FS2004, and future versions as well.

Acknowledgements

This scenery was designed thanks to a lot of help from Dave Gillespie. Thanks a lot Dave. Without you I would not have the materials I needed to work on this. I hope you, most of all, enjoy this. This is also for my friends at the Virtual United States Coast Guard. If you want something really different to do with Flight Simulator, visit www.vuscg.org. They are a great group and have a lot of fun.

Installation

This is a self-install/extraction scenery. You should need to give it no assistance save adding it to your scenery library. On the main FS2004 screen, go to 'Settings' then 'Scenery Library' and 'Add'. Click on the Air Station Kodiak directory and then exit Flight Simulator and restart it.

The Air Station

If you tune you NAV2 radio to 112.00, the doors on Hangar #1 will open. To close the doors, change the freq of Nav2. Hangar #1 can fit 2 C-130's side by side.

I recommend you also download Dave Gillespie's Air Station Kodiak AI traffic. When you install it, make sure you place the air station above it in priority in you scenery list or the traffic will not work properly and the layout of the air station will change.

From here out I thought I would let the men of Kodiak tell you about their home:


A little about our Air Station!

Air Station History... in a nut shell
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is a Seventeenth Coast Guard District (D17) unit on beautiful Kodiak Island approximately 250 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Air Station was commissioned as an Air Detachment April 17, 1947 with one PBY Catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and thirty crewmen. It represented the first permanent Coast Guard aviation resource in Alaska. The Air Station is the major tenant of Integrated Support Command (ISC) Kodiak, and the largest Coast Guard command in D17 and the entire Pacific Area (PACAREA). The present complement of HC-130H's, HH-60J's, HH-65A's aids in completing our mission and saving lives.

Our Mission
The primary mission of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is to provide aircraft and crews in support of the Coast Guard's core missions which include: Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, covering 4 million square miles including the Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, and the Pacific Ocean above 40N latitude; Enforcement of Laws and Treaties (ELT), primarily focused on the nation's most active fisheries; logistical support of isolated D17 units; Marine Environmental Protection (MEP); Aids to Navigation (ATON); Military Defense; disaster control services and relief; and assistance to numerous local, state, and federal agencies. The HC-130H and HH-60J aircraft serve as the primary SAR response assets.

HH-65B Dolphin Helicopters
HH-65B helicopters augment Alaska Patrols (ALPAT) by deploying aboard 378' High Endurance Cutters to make our presence known to the outer edges of the largest operational area of responsibility in the Coast Guard (over 3.9 million square miles). Supported by extremely motivated and professional ALPAT maintenance personnel, HH-65A Helicopters achieve a remarkable 98% availability during deployments. Without that type of support, operational effectiveness on the high seas would be substantially diminished.

HH-60J Jayhawk Helicopters
Protection of living marine natural resources doesn't end with the close monitoring of U.S. and International fishing fleets far from Kodiak. Air Station HH-60J crews remain intensely involved with state and local officials to equally ensure nearby sea-lion rookeries remain unmolested, halibut fishery openings and closings are closely monitored for violators, and local herring fisheries are properly conducted.

HC-130H Hercules Fixed-Wing
In addition to Search and Rescue operations and Fisheries Law Enforcement patrols, the Air Station flies missions involving logistic support of outlying Coast Guard units as far as Barrow to the north and Attu to the west, deployed helicopter SAR support out of Cordova from April through September, and support of federal agencies throughout the state.

Maintenance
Air Station Kodiak's maintenance professionals "keep'em flying". Keeping aircraft mission capable in some of the most demanding weather conditions found anywhere in the world requires a special sense of dedication and commitment. With aircraft availability rates that routinely surpass Commandant requirements, the men and women of Air Station Kodiak continue to meet this challenge. Aviation enlisted personnel can expect to be assigned to one of the three airframe types (C-130, H-60, H-65) at Kodiak. Assignment to ALPAT (H-65) is normally a second tour of duty for qualified aircrew members.

Air Station Awards
Air >Station continues to be recognized nationally for the accomplishments of the crew. Recent awards include; the 2002 Naval Helicopter Award for Aircrew of the Year, the Seventeenth CoastGuard District Operational Excellence Award for a Large Unit, 2001 Association of Naval Aviators Award for Helicopter Aviation, the 2001 National Defense Transportation Association Unit Award, and a Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Award in 2000. Individual recognition includes presentation of the prestigious Admiral Bender, Admiral Hayes, and Admiral Gracey awards.

The officers and enlisted men and women of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak have consistently demonstrated heroism and professionalism, remaining SEMPER PARATUS to serve their country, and more closely to home, the people of the great state of Alaska.