Navy to Re-Activate MH-53E Helicopter Training Squadron ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will resurrect a helicopter mine-countermeasures squadron next year for the purpose of training crews to operate and maintain the service’s MH-53E Sea Dragon mine-countermeasures helicopters. Helicopter Mine-Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12), the MH-53E replacement training squadron disestablished in 1994, will be re-activated on Oct. 1, 2015, at Chambers Field on Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The squadron will take over the training role from the Airborne Mine Countermeasures Weapon Systems Training School, which will be disestablished the same day. HM-12 will take custody of five MH-53E helicopters assigned to a detachment of HM-14 for fleet replacement instruction and will train crews for the two operational squadrons, HM-14 and HM-15, both also at Norfolk. The syllabi will include advanced tactical and weapon system training. HM-14 and HM-15 are combined active-duty and reserve squadrons that maintain detachments of MH-53Es in Japan and Bahrain for mine countermeasures duty and fleet logistics.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:44:36 +0000
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