Coast Guard HC-130 delivers typhoon relief teams to Saipan

ARCHIVE U.S. Coast Guard photo from April 17, 2026 showing an HC-130 Hercules crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, offloading personnel and supplies at Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport. The Coast Guard says its aircrews flew personnel from FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Public Health and Social Services and the Department of War to Saipan to support recovery after Typhoon Sinlaku. It is added as context for Super Typhoon Champi, which passed just south of Guam on Oct. 18, 2026, per Guam's Joint Information Center.
- What
- Coast Guard HC-130 delivers typhoon relief teams to Saipan
- Where
- Saipan International Airport, Saipan
- When
- 2026-04-19
- Source
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Credit
- U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Corinne Zilnicki (DVIDS 9623600, VIRIN 260417-G-IA165-1103)
- License
- Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
- Details
- Official release · U.S. Coast Guard (Air Station Barbers Point) · Saipan International Airport, Saipan
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