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Learn about Bay Area Coast Guard history in our photography exhibition, “United States Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco: Honoring the Guardians of the Golden Gate 75th”, located pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. The Aviation Museum and Library is open from Sunday through Friday, 10am to 4:30pm. See more at our online exhibition: http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/united-states-coast-guard-air-station-san-francisco A Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly helicopter is displayed on a flatbed truck during the Moose Parade sponsored by the Loyal Order of Moose in San Francisco 1949 SFO Museum Gift of United States Coast Guard, Air Station San Francisco 2014.114.023
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