HT-8, along with its sister squadrons, HT-18 and HT-28, provides advanced helicopter flight instruction to all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flight students as well as international students from several allied nations.

Helicopter Training Squadron EIGHT (HT-8), based aboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field, is the United States Navy's oldest helicopter training squadron, and also bears the honor of being the oldest helicopter squadron in continuous Naval service.

HT-8's mission remains what it was when you were a student pilot here at Whiting Field: to provide primary and advanced helicopter training to student naval aviators of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and several allied nations.

Stockman currently serves as the Commanding Officer for the "Eightballers" of HT-8 in NAS Whiting Field, Florida. CDR Stockman has accumulated over 2,000 flight hours in 7 different aircraft.

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Contact Us HT-8 Contact Information Mailing Address HT-8 Eightballers 7413 USS Enterprise St. Milton, FL 32570 CNATRA Public Affairs Office *All contact must be for public affairs/media inquiries only. This website is maintained by the Chief …

HT-8 provides advanced helicopter flight instruction to all US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Coast Guard helicopter flight students as well as international students from several allied nations.

Aircraft Information The best helicopter pilots in the world are trained here. In January 1986, the TH-57B model replaced the TH-57A, an aircraft flown by the squadron for seventeen years. HT-8 currently utilizes both B and C models of the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger.

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Training Program Information Student Avaitors The overall time to train for student aviators is approximately six months. During this time, the student aviator will complete the following: 11 day familiarization flights, known as "contact flights", to learn autorotations, regular landing pattern maneuvers, hovering skills, and emergency procedures 16 instrument flights culminating in the ...