Tales and Tails from the Heartland

Boeing has completed final assembly of its T-7A Red Hawk prototype for the United States Air Force. In a June statement, the aerospace titan announced the aft section of the T-7A Red Hawk’s fuselage—produced by Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab—was mated to the aircraft’s forward structure in less than thirty-minutes. The completion of the prototype marked the end of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the T-X program—of which the T-7A derives.

Changing of the Guard at U.S.C.G. Air Station San Francisco

Coast Guard Capt. Christopher Huberty has replaced Capt. Thomas Cooper as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Brian K. Penoyer presided over the change-of-command ceremony which was held in San Francisco on Friday 17 June 2022. Huberty takes command of approximately 175 Air Station San Francisco personnel and eight MH-65 Dolphin helicopters, which conduct search and rescue, law enforcement, homeland security and maritime environmental protection missions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as similar operations in the greater Los Angeles region with aircraft and crews working from the unit’s Forward Operating Base Po