DHS Secretary Lauds Pilots of Coast Guard C-37A After Emergency Landing

Military aircraft carrying Secretary Markwayne Mullin entered service in 2002 and is close to 25 years old.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 02:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

A U.S. Air Force C-37A taxis at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho in 2020. [Credit: U.S. Air Force/Andrew Kobialka]

Key Takeaways:

A nearly 25-year-old Coast Guard C-37A aircraft carrying DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and a dozen others safely made an emergency landing at Reagan National Airport after losing an engine.
Secretary Mullin praised the pilots for their exceptional professionalism during the single-engine landing, noting no injuries were reported and no other flights were disrupted.
The incident highlighted long-standing concerns about the aging Coast Guard fleet and its obsolescence, reopening debates surrounding the necessity and funding for replacement aircraft.

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised the pilots of a nearly 25-year-old U.S. Coast Guard aircraft after they safely landed Mullin and about a dozen others at Reagan National Airport (KDCA) in Washington, D.C., following an engine loss on Wednesday.

The Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) said in a statement shared with FLYING that the aircraft—a Gulfstream V operating for the Coast Guard as C-37A with the call sign “Coast Guard 101”—landed safely at Reagan National after pilots reported a “possible mechanical issue” around 1:35 p.m. EDT. No injuries were reported, and the MWAA said there was no disruption to other flights.