An extraordinary distance of over 4,200 nautical miles was covered by an HC-130 aircraft from the United States Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point to rescue a U.S. government employee facing a life-threatening medical emergency in the Marshall Islands. As detailed in a social media post by the USCG Hawaii Pacific, the aircrew embarked on a mission Thursday to swiftly transport the patient to the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu for higher-level care…