HML-776 Gangsters Marine Light Helicopter Squadron USMC

US Marine Corps - Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 776
HML-776 'Gangsters'

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STATUS:	activated as HMR-776 on September 15, 1959 HMR-776 redesignated HMM-776 on April 1, 1962 HMM-776 redesignated HML-776 in July 1972 HML-776 deactivated on July 1, 1994 Tailcodes: 7V / 5V / QL
AIRCRAFT:	Piasecki HUP Retriever Sikorsky HUS-1 / UH-34 Seahorse Bell UH-1E Iroquois Bell UH-1N Twin Huey
DEPLOYMENTS:	-

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Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 776 (HMR-776) was commissioned at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, on 1 April 1959. They were the second helicopter squadron to form at NAS Glenview after HMR-763 was activated in April 1958. In April 1962, the squadron was redesignated Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 776 (HMM-776). The redesignated HMM-763 was deactivated 30 September 1962 and its personnel reassigned to HMM-776. Another change in designation took place in 1972 when the squadron traded in its UH-34Ds for UH-1Es, and was again redesignated to its final name, HML-776. In January 1979 the squadron was reassigned to Marine Air Control Group 48.

In 1990, HML-776 was called to active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm and was deployed to Okinawa to fill a gap in forces left by the deployment of active duty forces to Southwest Asia. In 1991, while assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, HML-776 was sent to the Philippines to assist in relief operations following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. The squadron returned to NAS Glenview in 1991 and returned to reserve status. In 1994, as part of the reorganization of the Marine Forces Reserve, HML-776 was deactivated. The squadron’s personnel and aircraft were transferred to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, and formed HMLA-773, Detachment A.

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