The aircrew from Air Facility Newport assists the Coos Bay Aids to Navigation Team in the removal of the Yaquina Bay jetty sound signal in preparation for the winter storms that would damage the signal. It will be replaced again next spring.
The United States Coast Guard Aids To Navigation Team, ANT COOS BAY was established in 1976 and is located near the mouth of Coos Bay in the fishing and tourist community of Charleston, Oregon, southwest of the city of Coos Bay.
ANT Coos Bay’s area of responsibility ranges over 240 miles of the Oregon coast and includes 3 lighthouses, 18 primary buoys, 43 secondary buoys and 156 other lights, day beacons and fog signals.
