A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, rests in the Deadhorse Aviation Center hangar in Prudhoe Bay, June 27, 2015. A Jayhawk crew is deployed to a forward operating location in support of Arctic Shield 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, takes off in Prudhoe Bay, June 27, 2015. An aircrew from the air station was deployed to Prudhoe Bay to conduct maritime domain awareness flights. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Meredith Manning
Tech Sergeant Chase Carrier of the Alaska Air National Guard 249th Airlift Squadron directs Petty Officer 2nd Class Lance Nation as he backs a van aboard a C-17 Globemaster III airplane while demobilizing a Forward Operating Location in Deadhorse Oct. 14, 2015. The Alaska Air National Guard provided the C-17 in order to assist with the Coast Guard's demobilization of the FOL. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert.
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Samuel Pulliam of Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, and Staff Sergeant Peyton Wackerman of the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron prepare pallets of equipment for transport aboard a C-17 Globemaster III airplane while demobilizing a Forward Operating Location in Deadhorse Oct. 14, 2015. FOL Deadhorse was part of the Coast Guard's Arctic Shileld 2015 mission. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert
JUNEAU, Alaska - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, crews are transitioning seasonal forward operating locations throughout Alaska.
Crews are scheduled to close FOL Deadhorse Thursday. During the summer months, aircrews were deployed to FOL Deadhorse in support of Arctic Shield 2015.
Crews closed FOL Cordova Sept. 30 and are scheduled to open FOL Cold Bay, Thursday, in advance of winter fisheries.
Coast Guard aircrews transferred equipment and air assets to Cold Bay to reduce response time to Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands during peak fishing season.
Air Station Kodiak personnel who were deployed to FOL Cordova this summer flew on 13 cases, saved five lives and assisted three other lives in the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound.
"Air Station Kodiak establishes three FOLs annually to increase response times in different parts of Alaska," said Capt. Diane Durham, Coast Guard District 17 chief of response. "Having crews deploy across Alaska allows us to more efficiently help distressed mariners during busy summer months and peak fishing seasons."