Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 770
HML-770
From 1958 to 1980/81,Washington-based HML-770 served Marine Reservists in the Pacific Northwest.
LINEAGE
1958-80/81
Activated 15 September 1958 at Seattle, Washington, as Marine
Helicopter Transport Squadron 770 (HMR-770).
Assigned during November 1960 to Marine Air Reserve Training
Detachment, Marine Air Reserve Training Command, Naval Air
Station Seattle.
Redesignated 1 April 1962 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
770 (HMM-770).
Relocated during May 1970 to Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor,
Washington and reassigned to Marine Air Reserve Training
Detachment, Marine Air Reserve Training Command, Naval Air
Station Whidbey Island.
Redesignated September 1977 as Marine Light Helicopter Squadron
770 (HML-770).
Deactivated 1980/81.
UNIT HONORS
None Authorized
- Nicknames:
- ID Code: 7T 1958-70*; 5T 1970-72*;
MN 1972-80/81
* Station Code: 7T - Seattle/Whidbey Island, WA; 5T Whidbey Island, WA - Aircraft: HSS (SH-34); HUP (UH-25); UH-34D; CH-46A/D; UH-1N
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