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HS-7 Husky Dogs Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Seven

 

7" Japanese made 1976 Bicentennial Med Cruise Loyal Order of the Line Rats

 

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On 6/22/2017 at 5:44 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

 

HSL-36 Detachment 7, LAMPS Helos - Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System

MED CRUISE 86-87 aboard USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF-1082)

 

 

HSL-36 LAMPLIGHTERS Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 36 In service 1975 to 1992 LAMPS helos. This came with the Det 7 patch I posted here http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/289432-naval-air-squadrons-rotary-h-helicopter-squadrons/?p=2349319

 

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HSL-48 VIPERS NAS MAYPORT, FL, Velcro backed

 

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Established September 7, 1989, tail code HR, HSL-48 deploy SH-60B Seahawks on LAMPS III capable US Atlantic Fleet ships.
On May 2014, redesignated HSM-48
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I know that this HC-11 Gunbearers patch has already been shared. I was an ASAC and, though it was overkill for an AOE-2, I was the only qualified OS to provide safety of flight for our ship's detachment during flight ops. My friend was one of the senior aviators for our det and he gave me this pair of patches.post-9529-0-55500300-1516435688_thumb.jpg

 

 

The DET 6 patch from our '89 deployment...post-9529-0-60753900-1516435779_thumb.jpg

 

post-9529-0-01206500-1516436007_thumb.jpgMy first ship was a CG and our SH-60B (LAMPS MK III) squadron was HSL-43 Battlecats. I have their patch on one of my jackets...perhaps my blue utility (I have to dig it out). Until then, I'm sharing the LAMPS and HSL-41's patches...

 

 

 

And now, the Seahawks:

 

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Sikorsky CH-53E Super Sea Stallion patch, well used on Velcro.

 

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Two HSL-48 Det 2 and 3 patches.

 

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HSL-49, HT-8, and HX-21 patches all on Velcro.

 

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On 12/14/2017 at 5:15 AM, hink441 said:

Here is another HM-16 patch. This was my first squadron.

 

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Really nice patch Mike,

 

HELMINRON FIFTEEN BLACKHAWKS - (MH-15) PLANE CAPTAIN

 

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Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) was established in 1987 and based at Naval Station Norfolk flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon It is staffed by both active duty and reserve personnel. The Sea Dragon, built in the 1980's, is the only U.S. helicopter powerful enough to pull equipment through the water to clear underwater minefields, a critical mission in contested Middle East waterways and the waters off North Korea. The Navy's recently completed "Helicopter Master Plan" was a plan to reduce the number of type/model/series from eight down to two (MH-60R and MH-60S). It recognized that the replacement of the MH-53 in the mine countermeasures role was dependent on technology which has not yet matured. As a result, the MH-53E continues in service as the only helicopter capable now and in the near future of effectively conducting airborne mine countermeasures.

 

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Other USN Squadrons flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon are

 

HM-12 SEADRAGONS

HM-14 VANGUARDS

 

HM-15 BLACKHAWKS - 1994 Exercise CASUAL GANDER from NAS Whidbey Island

 

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Developing deep water Minehunting procedures and tactics to allow hunting in the deeper Sea Lanes of Communications (SLOCs), normal transit channels that our forces would use to speed to a conflict area.

 

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HSL-30 Neptunes Horsemen

Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 30 active 1972 to 1993

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Cut edge and merrowed edge versions

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HC-1 Det-27....predecessors to the HAL-3 SEAWOLVES

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HSL-37 EASYRIDERS

HELANTISUBRON LIGHT THIRTY SEVEN Established in 1975, Barbers Point NAS, Oahu, Hawaii

 

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Philippine made 1970's

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HSL-37 Easyriders - HELANTISUBRON LIGHT THIRTY SEVEN Established in 1975, Barbers Point NAS, Oahu, Hawaii

 

2002 Liquid Aloha - They are now HSM-37 Based at MCBH Kaneohe Bay, flying the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk. As the only HSM squadron in the Middle Pacific (MIDPAC) region, the Easyriders provide a variety of helicopter services to MIDPAC based ships in addition to deploying detachments

 

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HS-246 PTERODACTYLS, USNR

"We've been around longer than you"

 

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HSC-9 TRIDENTS (Established in 1952 as HS-3 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/289432-naval-air-squadrons-rotary-h-helicopter-squadrons/?p=2370351 )

 

Operation Desert Storm (SAR) Search and Rescue

Crusin' for Bush, The Louder you Scream The Faster We Come

 

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The Tridents deployed in 2003 aboard Theodore Roosevelt after a compressed inter-deployment readiness cycle. During the course of the deployment, HS-3 conducted ASW, logistics, and SAR operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

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HSL-45 WOLFPACK - "The Gumbies" 1987-1988 Persian Gulf deployment

MAC - Mediterranean Air Club - MEF - Middle East Force

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Established October 1986 at NAS North Island with the SH-60B Seahawk. Reflecting their transition to the MH-60R variant the squadron was redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Five ( HSM-75 ) on February 2011.

 

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HSL-45 WOLFPACK - "The Gumbies" 1987-1988 Persian Gulf deployment MAC - Mediterranean Air Club - MEF - Middle East Force. Photo from http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/index.php/project/hsl-45-squadron-plaques/

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HSL-45 WOLFPACK Det Five WESTPAC 2000

 

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On 8/9/2017 at 2:44 PM, Siamundo said:

Quite a bit of accolades going on in the this HS-6 patch.

 

Really nice HS-6 patch, thanks for posting it.

 

This is an early HS-6 INDIANS patch with the designation as HSRON SIX and the scroll above rather than below

 

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).

 

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HS-6 INDIANS 1960's - In April 1960, the squadron joined Carrier Anti-Submarine Group 53 aboard USS Kearsarge (CVS-33). In March 1962 the squadron again changed aircraft when the Sikorsky HSS-2 Sea King entered the fleet. In September of that year the HSS-2 was redesignated the SH-3A Sea King with the Navy's adoption of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system. The Sea King, incorporating upgrades over the years, would take HS-6 into the 1990s. HS-6 recovered Mercury Program astronauts Wally Schirra in 1962 and Gordon Cooper in 1963. In 1966, during U.S. strikes into Vietnam, the Indians rescued 16 downed aviators, for which the squadron received the Navy Unit Commendation. A 7th Fleet Commendation followed in 1969 for services provided following the collision at sea between USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) and HMAS Melbourne (R21). By the end of the decade the squadron had transitioned to the SH-3D Sea King. In 1971, the Indians recovered the crew of Apollo 14 returning from the moon. Later that year, the squadron deployed to the east coast to join Carrier Air Wing 7 aboard USS Independence (CVA-62) to conduct an evaluation of the emerging CV concept.

 

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HS-6 INDIANS 1980-1990, HS-6 later joined Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN (CVW-11) and began deploying on board USS Enterprise (CVN-65) until 1989 when the Indians finished with an Around the World cruise. On that cruise, HS-6 won the first ever DESRON 21 “Order of the Pummeled Dolphin” award for excellence in ASW. In 1992, the squadron transitioned to the Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk and HH-60H Seahawk helicopters. Armed with these new aircraft, the Indians remained part of CVW-11 and from 1990 to 2003 conducted several deployments aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and USS Nimitz (CVN-68), to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.

 

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HELANTISUBRON FIVE (HS-5) NIGHTDIPPERS

Established in 1956, redesignated HSC-5 in 2009

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Pulled from a display board

 

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HELANTISUBRON FIVE (HS-5) NIGHTDIPPERS - Established in 1956, redesignated HSC-5 in 2009

 

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First version decal and second version patch

 

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HELANTISUBRON FIVE (HS-5) NIGHTDIPPERS - Established in 1956, redesignated HSC-5 in 2009

 

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Second version patch

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