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US Marine Corps - Marine Light Attack
Helicopter Squadron 467 HMLA-467 'Sabers' |
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 HMLA-467 deactivation ceremony at MCAS New River, North Carolina - June 16, 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-264(REIN), aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - March 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-264(REIN), aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - March 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) - Camp Davis, North Carolina - February 2015  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - January 2014  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - September 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - September 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - September 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - August 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - June 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - June 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - June 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - June 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) arriving at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan - June 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - May 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - August 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - June 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - June 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2012  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2012  UH-1N Twin Huey and AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2012  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) - Florida - September 2011  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - June 2011  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - November 2010  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - July 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - May 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - May 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - April 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - April 2010  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-467), part of VMM-266(REIN), aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - April 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) - off Haiti - January 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-467) aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) - off Haiti - January 2010  activation ceremony - October 23, 2008 |
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HMLA-467 began as a cadre in April 2008, and began to stand up using
aircraft from the reserve squadron HMLA-775. During September 2008,
pilots and aircrew from HMLA-467 received their first aircraft from
HMLA-775 and flew them to MCAS Cherry Point for the squadron's
activation ceremony on 23 October 2008, becoming the first HMLA to
be activated in 37 years. Fifteen weeks later, in January, HMLA-467
supported Marine Aircraft Group 31 at Exercise Southern Fury. During the months of September and October 2009, the Sabers supported Enhanced Mojave Viper (EMV) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. During this exercise the Sabers executed day/night close air support, FAC(A), Escort, Command and Control, SCAR/AR, and weapons delivery training, flying 74 total sorties. During Mojave Viper, on 1 October, the one-year anniversary of the squadron, HMLA-467 reached Full Operational Capability (FOC). In January 2010, a detachment of UH-1N Hueys deployed with HMH-461 as part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in order to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response in support of Operation Unified Response following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In 2010 HMLA-467 Det A attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and supported HADR operations in Pakistan as well as combat operations in Afghanistan and Libya. In 2011 HMLA-467 Det B was the first east coast HMLA to support the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit attaching to HMM-265 (REIN) and supporting exercises such as PHIBLEX. In 2014, a detachment of UH-1N Hueys along with 1st Lt Eric Ducommun deployed to Retalhuleu Guatemala in support of Operation Martillo. As a result of force structure reductions, HMLA-467 was deactivated on 16 June 2016. - - - - - USMC press release - June 16, 2016 As the final hours of the day passed on the flight line, Marines stowed supplies, logged aircraft records, and stood in formation for the last time as members of Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 467 at Marine Corps air Station New River at June 16. “When 467 gets called upon again, they’re going to have to pry these colors from my cold, dead hands and I’m going to get to come out and pass these off to the next great leader of this squadron,” said Lt. Col. Moore, the commanding officer of HMLA-467, as he addressed the Marines before securing for the day. HMLA-467, known as the Sabers, was activated in October 2008 to form up in support of the global war on terror. After eight years and many missions, the Marines and sailors with the squadron marched past family and friends before the final dismissal command was received during the deactivation of the squadron. “I remember, we were a group of about six officers and four enlisted back in ’08 and they came to us and said that we were going to be a squadron in four months,” said Maj. Lee Hemming, an aircraft maintenance officer with the squadron. “We started from the ground up.” Hemming says that the squadron was formed to help build and maintain the mission capacity on the east coast and to provide support in the global war on terror. “As the squadron grew and came together and built up its own capabilities, we were ready to leave the nest,” Moore said. “We became self-sustaining by 2010 and we were ready to go wherever they sent us.” The squadron has operated in many theaters, to include supporting Unit Deployment Programs, attachment to Marine Expeditionary Units, and serving a successful tour in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2014. “We actually had troops take contact on our very first day in theater,” Hemming said, recalling the squadron’s deployment during OEF. “It was a testament that regardless of our experience at the time, we worked a lot of long and hard hours and we were professional and successful because of it.” As an HMLA in Afghanistan, the unit fulfilled a broad spectrum of roles to include attack and support roles for the troops on the ground. “If the ground troops come across direct fire from the enemy, but they cannot make it to them and they feel their safety is in jeopardy, they’ll call us to provide close-air support,” said Gunnery Sgt. Charles Skibo, the flight line chief and quality assurance chief with the squadron. “We can reach out and touch the enemy that they can’t.” Hemming says that the squadron executed exactly what it was supposed to do and served as an expeditionary unit, executing contingency operations around the clock. “I’ve never had the opportunity to see colors cased and to see it happen here, it was emotional for me,” Hemming said. In the days to come, most of the Marines and sailors will work only a short drive from where their hangar once was, down the road at HMLA-167 and HMLA-269. “Every Marine is an essential part of the team,” Moore said. “Innovation and adaptability played a huge part in this squadron’s success.” |
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