Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles

CGAS Los Angeles was founded in August 1962 through the combined efforts of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Senator Thomas Kuchel, and U.S. Representative James Roosevelt.^{[citation needed]}

The unit began as an aviation detachment in August 1962, with one HO-4S helicopter from CGAS San Diego. ASLA was commissioned in November 1962 with two HO-4S helicopters, nine officers, and twenty enlisted personnel. In May 1963, the unit switched to three HH-52A Seaguard helicopters. These helicopters were flown for 24 years, until in 1987 the Air Station transitioned to HH-65A Dolphin helicopters.^[2]

In 2004, Los Angeles World Airports informed USCG that the 25-year lease which would expire in 2011 would not be renewed for another 25 years. Instead, LAWA would only grant a 5-year extension to 2016. In September 2016, CGAS Los Angeles was closed when the lease on the existing facility at Los Angeles International Airport ended. This allowed LAX to accommodate the planned improvements for LAX's midfield, including the Midfield Satellite Concourse North (MSC North; now known as the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal).^[3][4]

CGAS Los Angeles's component units were relocated to a Coast Guard Forward Operating Base located at NVBC Point Mugu.^[2] Administratively, it merged with/became a satellite FOB of the Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, until the commissioning of Coast Guard Air Station Ventura in 2024.^[3][5]

• "Home Of Hollywood's Real Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

• "Air Station Los Angeles, California". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

• "EIR LAX Midfield, Description of Project" (PDF). Los Angeles World Airports. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

• "American Heroes Air Show Official Web Site". Retrieved 2009-08-13.

• "Torrance, California Armed Forces Day Parade". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

• Official Coast Guard Air Station−CGAS Los Angeles website
• HH-65 Air Stations