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US Marine Corps - Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469
HMLA-469 'Vengeance'
 
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STATUS:   activated as Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 (HMLA-469) on June 30, 2009
HMLA-469 deactivated on December 16, 2022
 

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Homebase: MCAS Camp Pendleton, California (former)
 AIRCRAFT:   Attack:
Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
Bell AH-1Z Viper
 
Utility:
Bell UH-1Y Venom
 DEPLOYMENTS:   > see history below
 
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HMLA-469 deactivation ceremony at Camp Pendleton, California - December 16, 2022

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HMLA-469 deactivation ceremony at Camp Pendleton, California - December 16, 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - December 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - November 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - November 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan - October 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan - October 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) during Exercise Resolute Dragon - Japan - October 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) - September 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) - September 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) - September 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - August 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - August 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - August 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) - Okinawa, Japan - August 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - August 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - August 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) - July 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-362(REIN), at MCAS Yuma, Arizona - June 2022

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) - off California - February 2022

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8) - December 2021

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at San Clemente Island, California - February 2021

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California - January 2021

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile off Okinawa, Japan - September 2020

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile off Okinawa, Japan - September 2020

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan - September 2020

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan - September 2020

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-262(REIN), aboard USS America (LHA 6) - September 2020

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-262(REIN), aboard USS America (LHA 6) - September 2020

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-262(REIN), aboard USS America (LHA 6) - September 2020

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at Camp Pendleton, California - February 2019

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - January 2019

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at Camp Pendleton, California - December 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - June 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - May 2018

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - May 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at a forward arming and refuelling point (FARP) near Camp Pendleton, California - April 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) at a forward arming and refuelling point (FARP) near Camp Pendleton, California - April 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - April 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - April 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - April 2018

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AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469), part of VMM-166(REIN), aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) - March 2018

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California - October 2017

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UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-469) - Detroit Marine Week, Michigan  - September 2017

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - May 2017

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California - February 2015

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) during Exercise Cobra Gold, Thailand - February 2015

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) during Exercise Cobra Gold, Thailand - February 2015

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) during Exercise Cobra Gold, Thailand - February 2015

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-262(REIN), aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - February 2015

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Camp Pendleton, California - November 2014

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) during San Francisco Fleet Week - October 2014

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-265(REIN), aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - April 2014

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469), part of VMM-265(REIN), aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - March 2014

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho - March 2014

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) - Afghanistan - November 2012

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan - October 2012

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan - September 2012

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UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-469) at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan - May 2012

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - October 2009

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AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-469) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - October 2009

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UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-469) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - October 2009
 
 
history
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 (HMLA-469) was a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W Super Cobra and AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters. The squadron was based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton in California and fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).

The squadron was commissioned on 30 June 2009 and decommissioned on 16 December 2022.


Ship based detachment deployments aboard:
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
USS Peleliu (LHA 5)
USS Essex (LHD 2)
USS Wasp (LHD 1)
USS America (LHA 6)
USS Tripoli (LHA 7)
USS Makin Island (LHD 8)

Shore based deployments:
Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan 
 
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