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US Marine Corps - Marine Medium
Helicopter Squadron 166 HMM-166 'Sea Elk' |
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 redesignation ceremony (HMM-166 to VMM-166) at MCAS Miramar, California - June 23, 2010  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) at MCAS Miramar, California - April 2010  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Cleveland (LPD 7) - October 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Cleveland (LPD 7) - October 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - October 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - August 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - July 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - July 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - July 2009  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - May 2008  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - March 2008  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - March 2008  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - March 2008  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - February 2008  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Bangladesh - December 2007  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Bangladesh - December 2007  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Bangladesh - December 2007  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - November 2007  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - May 2006  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) - Doha, Qatar - May 2006  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) - Doha, Qatar - May 2006  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - January 2006  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - January 2006  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - November 2005  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) - Victorville, California - October 2005  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - September 2005  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) - July 2005  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) during Operation Iraqi Freedom - August 2004  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) - May 2004  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) - May 2004  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) at NAF El Centro, California - June 2001  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) during exercise RIMPAC 96 - Hawaii - August 1996  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) during exercise Eager Mace 92-1 - Kuwait - March 1992  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) during exercise Kernel Potlatch 89 - Alaska - September 1989  CH-46E Sea Knight (VMM-166) embarked on USS Tripoli (LPH 10) - May 1987 |
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Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166
(HMM-166) was a United States Marine Corps aviation squadron
consisting of CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. Activated in 1985,
HMM-166 was the youngest CH-46 helicopter squadron in the Marine
Corps. The squadron was redesignated as a tiltrotor squadron on June
23, 2010. The squadron was activated on September 13, 1985 at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, California and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16. They relocated during 1995 to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California and again during 1999 to MCAS Miramar, California. They participated in the following operations: 1990 - Operation Desert Shield 1991 - Operation Desert Storm 1994 - Operation Support Hope 1994 - Operation Restore Hope 1998 - Operation Southern Watch 2004 - Operation Iraqi Freedom In 2004, HMM-166 deployed as the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During this deployment they participated in the Battle of Najaf (2004). On November 5, 2007 the squadron deployed to the Western Pacific as the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. From December 4 to 6, as part of the 11th MEU, HMM-166 flew 29 humanitarian assistance missions over Bangladesh to transport more than 54,165 pounds of food and supplies and 1875 gallons of water to the people most affected by Tropical Cyclone Sidr. On 5 May 2009 a SuperCobra belonging to the squadron crashed at 1154 hrs PST into the Cleveland National Forest, California. The crash resulted in the fatalities of the aircraft's two pilots, Jessica Conkling, 27, and Aaron Cox, 26. The SuperCobra had departed Naval Air Facility El Centro 30-40 minutes earlier for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The cause of the crash was an improperly secured transmission cover which came off in flight and struck the tail rotor. In September 2009, HMM-166(REIN) again deployed as the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. They participated in exercises in East Timor, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Djibouti. They returned from the deployment in April 2010. The squadron was redesignated as VMM-166 on June 23, 2010, flying the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. source: wikipedia |
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