HSM-79

HSM-79

HSM-79

Military unit

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Nine (HSM-79) "Griffins" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron[2] based at Naval Base Rota, Rota , Spain.

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The unit operates the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk which provides deployed aircraft and crews to ships of the Sixth Fleet.[3]

The unit has a detachment deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain,[4] by the end of 2022 the entire squadron will permanently deploy to Rota, to support European based ships.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "HSM-79 Organization". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. August 2016. p. 22.
  3. [3]
    "About Us". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    "HSM-79 Rota Detachment". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "The Griffins are permanently deployed to COMNAVFOREUR". Scramble. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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