Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron THREE HELSEACOMBATRON 3 (HSC-3) | |
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![]() HSC-3 Merlins Insignia | |
Active | 1 September 1967 - present |
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Branch | ![]() |
Type | Navy Helicopter Squadron |
Role | Fleet Replacement Squadron |
Size | Squadron |
Nickname(s) | "Merlins" |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officer | Captain Thomas “Smokey” Butts NAS North Island |
Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | MH-60S Knighthawk |
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 to train aircrew and support fleet development on the MH-60S for the Commander Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.[1] The squadron was established on 1 September 1967 at Naval Air Station Imperial Beach with the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight to provide vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services on the West Coast, and was redesignated HSC-3 on 1 April 2005.[2]
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