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US Marine Corps - Marine Heavy
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 CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - deactivation ceremony at MCAS New River, North Carolina - December 16, 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas - July 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R 09) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard HMS Prince of Wales (R 09) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Bardufoss Air Base, Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Bardufoss Air Base, Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Bardufoss Air Base, Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Bardufoss Air Base, Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Bardufoss Air Base, Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Norway - March 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 - Harstad, Norway - February 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) ready to be loaded onto a ship for transfer to a NATO exercise in Norway - Morehead City, North Carolina - January 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) ready to be loaded onto a ship for transfer to a NATO exercise in Norway - Morehead City, North Carolina - January 2022  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - Brunswick, Maine - December 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - Brunswick, Maine - December 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - Brunswick, Maine - December 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - Brunswick, Maine - December 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - April 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - April 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - April 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - April 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - April 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - March 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - March 2021  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - July 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - July 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during cold-weather training at Fort Carson, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during cold-weather training at Fort Carson, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during cold-weather training at Fort Carson, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during cold-weather training at Fort Carson, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Peterson AFB, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Peterson AFB, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Peterson AFB, Colorado - February 2020  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - October 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - October 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during Exercise Raven 20-1 at Gulfport, Mississippi - October 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during Exercise Raven 20-1 at Gulfport, Mississippi - October 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during Exercise Raven 20-1 at Gulfport, Mississippi - October 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Charleston, West Virginia - July 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis, North Carolina - June 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis, North Carolina - June 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis, North Carolina - June 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis, North Carolina - June 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Camp Davis, North Carolina - June 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - April 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Kuwait - April 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Kuwait - April 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - March 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - February 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - January 2019  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - December 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - December 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - December 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 - Norway - November 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 - Norway - November 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), embarked on USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - October 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 - October 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 - October 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Keflavik Airport, Iceland - October 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - September 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - September 2018  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) - Exercise Bold Alligator - October 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) - Exercise Bold Alligator - October 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Douglas-Charles Airport, Dominica - September 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico - September 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - September 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) - September 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - July 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2017  June 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2017  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366), part of VMM-264(REIN), aboard USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) - November 2016  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - August 2016  CH-53E Super Stallion (VMM-266) in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York as part of New York Fleet Week - May 2016  CH-53E Super Stallion (VMM-266) in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York as part of New York Fleet Week - May 2016  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS New River, North Carolina - February 2016  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - July 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Yuma, Arizona - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Yuma, Arizona - April 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - March 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - February 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - January 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - January 2015  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Exercise Bold Alligator 14 - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Exercise Bold Alligator 14 - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Exercise Bold Alligator 14 - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - October 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - February 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - February 2014  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - December 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - August 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - August 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - August 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - July 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - July 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - March 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) during a refueling exercise over North Carolina - January 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - January 2013  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - December 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina - December 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) flies in support of Hurricane Sandy disaster relief efforts in New York and New Jersey - November 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey - November 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - September 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - June 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2012  February 2012  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2011  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2011  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - October 2011  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) was loaded into an USAF C-5B Galaxy aircraft - Djibouti - July 2011  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) was loaded into an USAF C-5B Galaxy aircraft - Djibouti - July 2011  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2010  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - March 2010  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) - off Haiti - January 2010  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - October 2009  CH-53E Super Stallion (HMH-366) over the coast of North Carolina - October 2009 |
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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-366
(HMH-366) was originally activated on 30 September 1994 at MCAS
Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. As the fourth active CH-53D Sea Stallion
squadron, it was the only Hawaiian home-grown helicopter squadron in
active service in the Marine Corps.The squadron's
callsign"Hammerhead," was inspired by the fact that Kaneohe Bay is
home to the world's largest hammerhead shark population, and the
original unit patch featured a hammerhead shark leaping over an
airborne CH-53D. While active in Hawaii, the squadron deployed to the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands on Kauai, the PohokoluaTraining Area on the Big Island, and completed a successful mainland deployment in support of Combined Arms Exercises (CAX) 9-98 and 10-98, and Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course (WTI) 2-00. The squadron also supported a four aircraft deployment to Dhaka, Bangladesh for presidential support of President Clinton’s visit to the country. On 1 October 2000, with a limited number of available CH-53Ds in the Marine Corps, and no addition CH-53Ds being produced, the squadron was de-activated as part of a realignment plan to redistribute the units’personnel and aircraft to the remaining three CH-53D squadrons in Hawaii (HMH-362, HMH-363, HMH-463), thereby increasing the Primary Authorized Aircraft (PAA) of those squadrons from eight to ten aircraft. 366In January 2007, the President of the United States, on the recommendation of the Secretary Defense, announced that the Marine Corps would increase its end strength from 175,000 to 202,000 Marines by 2011. This increase is needed to provide adequate time to recover between deployments, train to meet combat readiness, and preparefor redeployment. The purpose of the this action is to ensure that Marines are properly prepared and trained for existing combat and homeland protection missions and future conflicts. As part of this growth plan, it was determined through a HQMC study that additional heavy lift capabilities would be required in order to support the added personnel and equipment inherent to this growth. In early 2008 the Marine Corps started transferring reserve CH-53 aircraft and personnel to active status as a precursor to the planned decommissioning of HMH-769 from the reserve forces. These aircraft, and personnel, along with the forward staffing of selected individuals from around the fleet by HQMC, formed the basis for the development of the CADRE and activating unit that is present today. Over the past six months, this group has worked together from the ground up, to build the infrastructure of this unit, and posture the command for a successful activation and to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on 1 Oct 2008. The Squadron is activating with 140 Marines, and8 Aircraft, and will continue to grow over Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, reaching Full Operational Capability (FOC) with 16 aircraft, and over 300personnel by 4thQTR FY09. HMH-366 was selected as the name for the Marine Corps seventh CH-53E squadron, because it was the only active duty HMH to have been previously decommissioned. The name Hammerheads is also fitting, because one of the largest populations of hammerhead sharks on the East Coast is off of North Carolina. The original squadron patch wasmodified to replace the CH-53D with a CH-53E, and the colors were changed to reflect those of the North Carolina State Flag. The squadron has also adopted the original motto of the Hammerheads: “NO’U KAPONO, O KO’U, MAHELE KOA”, which translated means: The Honor of my squadron in my own. source: USMC - - - - - another bit history: Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-366 (HMH-366) was originally activated on September 30, 1994 at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii as part of Aviation Support Element Kaneohe (ASEK). As the fourth active CH-53D Sea Stallion squadron, it was the only Hawaiian home-grown helicopter squadron in active service in the Marine Corps. The squadron's callsign, "Hammerhead," was inspired by the fact that Kaneohe Bay is home to the world's largest hammerhead shark population, and the original unit patch featured a hammerhead shark leaping over an airborne CH-53D. While active in Hawaii, the squadron deployed to the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands on Kauai, the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island, and completed a successful mainland deployment in support of Combined Arms Exercises (CAX) 9-98 and 10-98, and Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course (WTI) 2-00. The squadron also supported a four aircraft deployment to Dhaka, Bangladesh for presidential support of President Clinton's visit to the country. On 1 October 2000, with a limited number of available CH-53Ds in the Marine Corps, and no addition CH-53Ds being produced, the squadron was de-activated as part of a realignment plan to redistribute the units’ personnel and aircraft to the remaining three CH-53D squadrons in Hawaii (HMH-362, HMH-363, HMH-463), thereby increasing the Primary Authorized Aircraft (PAA) of those squadrons from eight to ten aircraft. The squadron was reactivated under Marine Aircraft Group 29 on 30 September 2008 as part of the Marine Corp's expansion at the time which demanded additional heavy-lift capability. The squadron was temporarily garrisoned at MCAS Cherry Point while awaiting for new hangars to be constructed at their permanent station at MCAS New River. The squadron was fully transferred to MCAS New River in 2012. Flying the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, the Squadron deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom from late-2009 until 2 February 2010. The squadron deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The first deployment took place in 2012, and the second deployment was the final HMH deployment of Enduring Freedom, taking place in 2014. Additionally, the squadron provided heavy lift and troop transportation support during both Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 and Exercise Cold Response 2022 in Norway. At the request of Commandant of the Marine Corps David H. Berger, the Marine Corps would begin the divestment of three HMH squadrons as a part of Force Design 2030 (FD2030), a restructuring program which seeks to reshape the Marine Corps into a fighting force designed to tackle future threats. An update to the plan in March 2020 sought the divestment of these HMH squadrons under advisory from internal sources which cited that the capabilities of the five (as opposed to the original eight) heavy lift squadrons would satisfy the force requirements under FD2030. HMH-366 was selected as one of the three squadrons to be decommissioned, and its decommissioning ceremony was held at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina on 16 December 2022. source: wikipedia   |
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