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HMH-462 Heavy Haulers PVC Glow Patch
Aviators! Are you looking for a high-quality patch you’ll proudly wear or display? Look no further than the HMH-462 Heavy Haulers PVC Glow Patch!
- 4.5 inch
- PVC
- US Naval Aviator Owned Business
- Hook and Look
- Glow in the Dark
- Free Shipping
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron operating CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the “Heavy Haulers”, is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
The Global War on Terror
HMH 462 served in Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 to October 2003 and Operation Enduring Freedom from September 2004 to May 2005. They flew many missions supporting logistics and combat missions involving insertion and extraction of special forces groups.[3]
Proposed Deactivation
Commandant Gen. David Berger released a news statement on the future of the USMC. In it he states that, “Developing a force that incorporates emerging technologies and a significant change to force structure within our current resource constraints will require the Marine Corps to become smaller and remove legacy capabilities.” As part of this significant change to force structure, in May 2020 the USMC reorganization plan proposed the squadron to be deactivated in 2022. However the proposed reorganization plan was changed to deactivate HMH-463 at MCAS Kaneohe Bay after a detailed cost analysis provided by HQMC Aviation.
