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The first Guardian, built by Dassault-Breguet of France, which was a modified Falcon 20H, made it's first flight at Merignac on April 24th 1979. A new version of the Falcon 20, the HU-25 Guardian, was bought by the USA Coast Guard (41 planes were ordered), and deliveries started in 1979. They were widely used in the 1991 Gulf War. The HU-25A Guardian's ability to operate from sea level to altitudes of 42,000 feet makes it suitable for Coast Guard's missions of search and rescue, drug interdiction and marine law enforcement.
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