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EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry is a search-and-rescue aircraft originating in Spain. It was built by Airbus Military (prime contractor EADS North America ) CASA. Reported operators include United States Coast Guard.
SpainSearch-and-rescue aircraft
Spain
Airbus Military (prime contractor EADS North America ) CASA
In active service
United States Coast Guard
18
2009
CASA/IPTN CN-235
six
70 ft 3 in (21.41 m)
84 ft 8 in (25.81 m)
26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
636 sq ft (59.1 m 2 )
21,605 lb (9,800 kg)
36,380 lb (16,502 kg)
2 × General Electric CT7 turboprop , 1,870 shp (1,390 kW) each
272 mph (437 km/h, 236 kn)
1,801 mi (2,898 km, 1,565 nmi)
8.7 hours
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 21.41 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Coast Guard Aviation exact named equipment holdings: HC-144A. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / SAR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Service scope: United States Coast Guard; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 18. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.