An HC-130 Hercules aircrew returned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, in late January after a two-week Joint Interagency Task Force South counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. During deployment the aircrew monitored and detected the movement of narcotics from drug smuggling vessels into the U.S. resulting in the interdiction of 1,872 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $28.2 million. The aircrew flew 60 hours and more than 7,250 miles in support of the counter-narcotics mission. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa E. McKenzie/Released)
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