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    Airframe Family: Aerospatiale AS-360/SA-360 Dauphin / H-65 Dolphin / AS-565 Panther
    Latest Model:MH-65D Dolphin
    Last Military Serial:6595 USCG
    Construction Number:6297
    Compressed ID:Eurocopter MH-65D sn 6595 USCG cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Forward Operating Base (FOB) Point Mugu, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-65A by Eurocopter.

    November 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 6595.

    By September 1989

    Transferred to CGAS Chicago, IL.

    6 October 1989


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    6 October 1989


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    By 1995

    Transferred to CGAS Brooklyn, NY.

    By November 1998

    Transferred to CGAS Houston, TX.

    Circa 2002

    Converted to a HH-65B by Eurocopter.

    By September 2002

    Transferred to CGAS Savannah, GA.

    From By October 2007 to After November 2008

    Transferred to CGAS Atlantic City, NJ.

    2008

    Converted to a HH-65C by Eurocopter.

    By January 2015

    Converted to a MH-65D by Eurocopter.

    From By December 2016 to After December 2019

    Transferred to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Point Mugu, CA.
    Operated with markings: SAN FRANCISCO
    Satellite of CGAS San Francisco.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
    An preliminary review of the submitted data is pending.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aero Flight
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Helis.com
    Jet Photos
    Milcom Monitoring Post
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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