Aero Linx: The Coast Guard Aviation Association Coast Guard Aviation Association, The Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl: Objectives (from CGAA By Laws) To actively contribute to the enlargement and perpetuation of the history of Coast Guard Aviation and the recognition thereof, both internally and to areas external to the service. To support Coast Guard Aviation and its goals, and to promote interest in such matters in areas external to the service. To maintain informational liaison between present and past members of the Coast Guard Aviation establishment. To promote social contact and camaraderie between all Coast Guard aviation personne

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"Today, we obtained the first-ever focused images of the high-energy X-ray universe. It's like putting on a new pair of glasses and seeing aspects of the world around us clearly for the first time." Source: Fiona Harrison, the mission's principal investigator at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who first conceived of NuSTAR about 15 years ago -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe.