People on a Coast Guard flight being transported to Texas and California. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Below is a news release. More on this operation here.
I have to wonder if we are using Minitour equipped aircraft for this? If so, is this the best use for aircraft that have been modified at great expense in time and money for maritime patrol, including supporting Alien Migrant interdiction?
I think we still have some unmodified HC-130Hs at Clearwater. Are they the ones doing this? “Inquiring Minds Want to Know?”
Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas
SAN DIEGO – Jan. 28, 2025, the Coast Guard conducted Alien Expulsion Flight Operations between California and Texas, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
In accordance with the President’s Executive Orders, these flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to enforce the immigration laws of our country. Through these ongoing operations, and in close cooperation with our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense teammates, the Coast Guard is detecting, deterring, and interdicting aliens, drug smugglers, and individuals intent on terrorism or other hostile activity before they reach our border.
Led by the Eleventh Coast Guard District in California, the Coast Guard is coordinating the actions of multiple units in support of this operation. The Coast Guard is surging assets and personnel from around the nation – including Air Stations Elizabeth City, Kodiak, Sacramento, San Diego, and Hawaii – to support this Department of Homeland Security-led operation.
The Coast Guard’s current role is to assist with the national transport of aliens to designated locations in Texas and California, where the Department of Defense will transport the aliens internationally.
For more information about the Coast Guard, visit www.uscg.mil.
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Looking more closely at the photos, I see that we are using at least one C-130Js
The C-130Js were upgraded with the six-bladed props from the original 4 right? Not sure about the sensor on the nose…some of the H models might have those to
All C-130Js have six bladed props.
As far as I have seen, all CG C-130Hs retained four bladed props.
I really wish they would call it something other than “alien expulsion.” When people hear “alien expulsion,” they think of expelling space aliens, such as the sci-fi movie “Independence Day” starring Will Smith, or the sci-fi movies “Alien,” “Aliens,” etc. starring Sigourney Weaver.
Silly wasteful political theater.
Could have easily used CRAF charters which would likely be significantly cheaper, and would not expend operational flight hours of the USCG (and military as a whole) airlift fleet.
Amen! Also Firing Admiral Fagan was political theater.
We don’t need 30 ,000 beds at Gitmo to house illegal criminal gangs. What we need are parachute riggers and a kicker to show a plane load of criminal gang members out the ramp of a C-130 over Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Colombia. And they don’t have to be good parachute riggers.
Feb. 9, 2025
Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas, and Washington
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard conducted alien expulsion flights Sunday between California, Texas, and Washington.
These flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to enforce the immigration laws of our country, in accordance with the president’s executive orders. Led by the Eleventh Coast Guard District in California, the Coast Guard is coordinating multiple units in support of this Department of Homeland Security-led operation.
Through these ongoing operations, the Coast Guard is detecting, deterring and interdicting aliens, drug smugglers and individuals intent on terrorism or other hostile activity before they reach our border. The Coast Guard’s role is to assist with the transporting of aliens to designated locations in Texas and California, where the Department of Defense will transport the aliens internationally.