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HS-10 closed its chapter on the SH-3H helicopter with more than 70,000 mishap-free flight hours when the last students completed in June 1989. The squadron immediately began operations with the Navy's newest aircraft, the Sikorsky SH-60F "Seahawk," a derivative of the successful Army UH-60 "Blackhawk." [citation needed]
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 ...
The Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Designation was created in 2005 after the Helicopter Combat Support (HC) squadrons equipped with the H-46 Sea Knight had completed their transitions to the new multi-mission MH-60S Seahawk, and in anticipation of the upcoming transition of the Helicopter Antisubmarine (HS) squadrons from the SH-60F and HH-60H ...
Pages in category "Helicopter anti-submarine squadrons of the United States Navy" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the 1990s, E Squadron was known to the wider military under its cover name, "Flight Concepts Division". It also had several cover and code names including "Latent Arrow". [ 7 ] By 2017, the organization's cover identity had been renamed to the Aviation Technology Office.
In 1951, Ream Field Imperial Beach became home to its first helicopter squadron when HU-1 moved aboard. HS-2 and HS-4 were also commissioned there in 1952. They were followed by many others, HS-6 and HS-8 in 1956, and HS-10 in 1960. In 1967, the oldest of the helicopter squadrons, HC-1, commissioned in 1948 at NAS Lakehurst, was divided into ...
24th Helicopter Squadron: several: to 24th Tactical Air Support Flight 37th Helicopter Squadron: F.E. Warren AFB: 40th Helicopter Squadron: Malmstrom AFB: 54th Helicopter Squadron: Minot AFB "Nomads of the North" 72nd Helicopter Squadron: Langley AFB "Eager Beavers" / "Eight Balls" 76th Helicopter Squadron: Vandenberg AFB: Inactivated 1001st ...
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref. CGAS Atlantic City: Atlantic City, New Jersey: 1998 Active Located at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and provides aircrews and aircraft to the Washington, D.C. area as part of Operation Noble Eagle, a Department of Defense mission to protect the air space around the nation's capital.