U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball interdicts drug smuggling vessel in Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 1 of 9]

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03.23.2025

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11

.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crewmembers secure an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter to the cutter’s flight deck after a drug interdiction involving Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron’s (HITRON) utilization of disabling fire on the engines of a suspected drug smuggling vessel while on patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. HITRON is the Coast Guard’s single provider of forward-deployed airborne use of force aviation detachments across Western Hemisphere narcotics transit zones. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)

• Date Taken: 03.23.2025
• Date Posted: 04.07.2025 18:39
• Photo ID: 8958589
• VIRIN: 250323-G-BB085-2005
• Resolution: 8256x5504
• Size: 9.88 MB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)