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US Marine Corps - Marine Light Attack
Helicopter Squadron 773 HMLA-773 'Red Dog' |
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 AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - February 2024  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) - Mobile, Alabama - November 2023  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2023  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2023  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2023  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2023  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, New York - February 2023  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi - October 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana - September 2022  AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise UNITAS LXII - Brazil - September 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - August 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) during Exercise Gunslinger 22 - Salina, Kansas - June 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Southern Strike at Gulfport Biloxi Airport, Mississippi - April 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) during Exercise Southern Strike at Gulfport Biloxi Airport, Mississippi - April 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana - March 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana - March 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana - March 2022  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana - March 2022  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - July 2021  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - July 2021  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - July 2021  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi - June 2021  AH-1Z Viper (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - September 2020  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) - New York City - May 2020  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - October 2019  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - October 2019  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at NAS/JRB New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana after hurricane Harvey - August 2017  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS Yuma, Arizona - April 2017  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - September 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - September 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - September 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - September 2016  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - September 2016  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2015  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - December 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - December 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - December 2014  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) final flight at at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - August 2014  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) final flight at at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - August 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - August 2014  UH-1Y Venom (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - June 2014  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2014  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) final flight at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia - April 2014  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) - New York City - March 2014  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia - July 2013  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California - June 2013  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - November 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Marine Week Cleveland, Ohio - June 2012  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2012  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - October 2011  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2011  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - March 2011  UH-1N Twin Huey and AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Robins AFB, Georgia - June 2010  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) at Robins AFB, Georgia - June 2010  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Robins AFB, Georgia - July 2008  UH-1N Twin Huey (HMLA-773) - West Africa - March 2008  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) - Iraq - December 2007  LAU-68 unguided rocket launcher reload on an AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq - November 2007  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at MCAS Yuma, Arizona - June 2007  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) - Afghanistan - October 2004  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - April 2004  AH-1W Super Cobra (HMLA-773) at Hurlburt Field, Florida - 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Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773) is a United
States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of Bell AH-1Z
Viper attack helicopters and Bell UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters.
The squadron is based at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, NJ and
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans and falls under the
command of Marine Aircraft Group 49 (MAG-49) and the 4th Marine
Aircraft Wing (4th MAW). The squadron was originally established in September 1958 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 773 (HMR-773) at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan and assigned to the Marine Air Reserve Training Command. They operated the Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever which were shared with the Naval Reserve. On 1 April 1962, the squadron was redesignated Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMM-773). Four months later 31 August the squadron was deactivated. On 15 April 1968, HMM-773 was reactivated at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 46 of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. The squadron's personnel and aircraft, HUS-1 Sea Horses, came from sister squadron HMM-764. HMM-773's existence was short-lived; the squadron deactivated in September 1969. On 1 September 1971, Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMA-773) was reactivated at Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana. The squadron was assigned AH-1G Cobras, many of which had seen action with Marine squadrons in Vietnam. HMA-773 relocated to NAS Atlanta, Georgia during June 1976, absorbing the personnel of HML-765 which had just been deactivated. In late 1978, HMA-773 transitioned to the twin-engine AH-1J Sea Cobra which they operated for the next fourteen years. In November 1990, HMA-773 was the first reserve helicopter squadron to be activated and deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. While embarked aboard the USS New Orleans and USS Tripoli, the squadron distinguished itself with minesweeping escort and combat missions during the war. In recognition of their exemplary performance during combat HMA-773 received the Navy Unit Commendation. In the fall of 1992, the squadron received eight, state of the art AH-1W SuperCobras. In November 1993, HMA-773 began receiving UH-1Ns and personnel from other disestablished units. In October 1994, HMA-773 reorganized and re-equipped with the addition of the UH-1N utility helicopter, pilots, and personnel from HML-776, NAS Glenview, Illinois. Having re-designated as a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, the squadron now mirrored the active-duty HMLA structure and enabled rapid total force integration for current and future combat and contingency operations. Since reorganizing, the "Red Dogs" of HMLA-773 have deployed on numerous counter-narcotics operations throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and the West Indies. In May 1995 the Squadron deployed to the island nation of Antigua for the first in a series of "Weed eater" marijuana destruction missions. They have further developed their eradication tactics on the islands of St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, and Nassau, Bahamas. HMLA-773 counter-narcotics missions in the United States have included joint operations with the Army, Coast Guard and several US Law Enforcement Agencies in Kingsville, Texas, El Paso, Texas, Naco, Arizona, Palm Beach, Florida, and El Centro, California. In the space of two years, the Red Dogs aided in the destruction of over $20 billion worth of illegal narcotics. In 2009, HMLA-773(-), HMLA-773 Det A and HMLA-773 Det B, separated to three locations yet come together to form one complete HMLA squadron that was capable of fulfilling any assigned HMLA mission in the Marine Corps. The current squadron organization is structured to maintain 1/3 of the squadron at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, LA (Det A) and 2/3 of the squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, HMLA-773 prepared for participation in the Global War on Terror. The squadron activated in October 2003 and deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, for further deployment along the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Since 3 Oct, the Red Dogs have been flying combat missions in support of Combined Joint Task Force 180 and Combined Joint Task Force 76. In addition, the Red Dogs have instituted Operation Red Dog, in which the Marines and Sailors of the unit gather school supplies and other humanitarian items and distribute them to the local population. The squadron was the subject of exclusive documentaries for the Military Channel and ABC Nightline in Afghanistan during its deployment there. This film, "Task Force Red Dog" captured the squadron at war in a way that no other documentaries had done on helicopters in recent memory. Filmmakers Richard Mackenzie and William Skinner spent six months with the Marines of HMLA-773 at the front line in Afghanistan. After 18 months of continuous combat operations in Afghanistan, the squadron deployed to Camp Pendleton, CA in support of Revised Combined Arms Exercise (RCAX) to assist in the preparation of ground forces for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. During this time, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the home to many of the Marines of HMLA-773. The squadron was one of the first military units to arrive in the city for rescue and relief operations. Beginning in October 2005, the reserve Marines of HMLA-773 began to demobilize and return to civilian life. And in February 2006, HMLA-773 returned to the status of drilling reserve unit. In September 2007, HMLA-773 replaced HMLA-269 in Al Asad Air Base in Iraq for a 6 to 7-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 30 July 2008, a ground breaking ceremony was held at Robins Air Force Base for the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) hangar that is being constructed for HMLA-773. The hangar was completed in early 2010 and the squadron officially moved on 1 July 2010 during a change of command ceremony. Due to re-organization within Marine aviation, the squadron headquarters relocated to Joint Base MDL on 1 July 2016 with Detachment A remaining at NASJRB New Orleans. The Bell AH-1W SuperCobra was retired on 14 October 2020. source: wikipedia |
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