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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) was the designation of two helicopter antisubmarine warfare squadrons of the United States Navy. The first squadron bearing the designation HS-9 was established on 1 June 1956 at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island with five HSS-1N “Seabat” helicopters. The squadron was disestablished on ...
HS9, HS-9, or HS.9 may refer to: HS9, in the HS postcode area, a postcode district in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom; HS9, the rocket used for the Hypersonic Flight Experiment; Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9), the designation of two Helicopter Antisubmarine Warfare Squadrons of the United States Navy
English: A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) "Sea Griffins" in flight, in 1965. HS-9 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60) aboard the anti-submarine carrier USS Essex (CVS-9) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from June to September 1965.
HSC-9 was established as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Three (HS-3) on 18 June 1952, at the Naval Air Facility Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The Tridents commenced operations flying the Piasecki HUP-2S Retriever helicopter, and later transitioned to the Sikorsky HO4S and Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat helicopters.
The "Anti-submarine Squadron (Light)" (HSL) designation was established in 1972 to designate anti-submarine squadrons which operated the "light" Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopter (as compared to the HS squadrons' much larger Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopters) in detachments aboard surface force ships as a part of the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose ...
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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron SIX (HS-6) was established on 1 June 1956 aboard USS Princeton (CVS-37) midway between the islands of Formosa and Okinawa.Initially, the squadron flew the Sikorsky HO4S-3, but two years later transitioned to the Sikorsky HSS-1N Seabat greatly enhancing the ability of the squadron to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International's Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition was a competition to achieve the first human-powered helicopter flight to reach an altitude of 3 m (10 ft) during a flight lasting at least 60 seconds, while remaining within a 10 m (32.8 ft) x 10 m (32.8 ft) square, and complying with other competition requirements. [1]