with its basic roots in the Army H-60 Blackhawk. The service began to operate the MH-60J in 1990 as a replacement to the now-retired HH-3F Pelican, and it is typically operated by a crew of four.

A Coast Guard Air Station San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a crew on an inflatable boat from the destroyer USS Spruance responded to the scene. All 18 people were rescued from the ...