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Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. [1] As of 2024, it denotes a presidential transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One ( HMX-1 ) "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large new VH-92A Patriot and smaller VH-60N "White Hawk" .
Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other VIPs as directed by the Marine Corps and White House Military Office.
Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps operational test squadron consisting of multiple aircraft types. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. VMX-22 stood up in August 2003 and was redesignated VMX-1 in May 2016.
Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which operates the aircraft, has been using the VH-92 helicopters for several years in regular service, including test flights around Washington, D.C. and to carry ...
VXX, officially the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program, is a procurement program to replace aging Marine One helicopters that transport the President of the United States. The current VH-3 helicopters have aging airframes, having entered service with United States Marine Corps Marine Helicopter Squadron One ( HMX-1 ) in 1963.
Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which operates the aircraft, has been using the VH-92 helicopters for several years in regular service, including test flights around Washington, D.C. and to carry White House staff and security personnel.
U.S. Marine Corps VH-3 Sea King, operating as Marine One, landing on the south lawn of the White House. The SH-3 was the primary helicopter for retrieving crewed space capsules starting with Mercury-Atlas 7 in May 1962. [44] Helicopter 66 was the primary recovery vehicle for Apollo missions 8 and 10 to 13. [45]
Lighting on a Houston radio tower reportedly failed just days before it was hit by a helicopter on Sunday, killing four people in a fiery explosion that toppled the tower and left debris scattered ...