1959-1962 served in HS-3, home based at NAS Norfolk, Va, deployed on USS Valley Forge CVS-45 to the Med, North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Atlantic Ops Area.

HS-3 was the first Atlantic Fleet operational squadron to operate with the gas turbine powered SH-A Sea King, followed later by the SH-3D, and finally the SH-3H TACNAV equipped...

HSC-9 was established as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Three (HS-3) on 18 June 1952, at the Naval Air Facility Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The Tridents commenced operations flying the Piasecki HUP-2S Retriever helicopter, and later transitioned to the Sikorsky HO4S and Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat helicopters.

HS-3 is one of five east coast operational squadrons tasked with antisubmarine warfare, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue, and logistics services. HS-3, established 18 June...

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Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron THREE (HELSEACOMBATRON 3 or HSC-3 Merlins) (previously Helicopter Combat Support Squadron THREE (HELSUPPRON 3 or HC-3 Packrats)), is a United States Navy multi-role combat helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, which operates the Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter ...

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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 (HELANTISUBRON 3) HS-3 ‘Tridents’ STATUS: redesignated HSC-9 in 2009 . images . history . patches |

The following day we received our first aircraft, two temporarily assigned SNJ-5's and one TBM-3. These three aircraft and one small office space in Dock Two at the Naval Air Facility, Weeksville, North Carolina, marked the beginning of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet …