HMH-362

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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362
HMH-362 Unit insignia
Active	April 30, 1952 - present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron
Role	Assault Support
Part of	Marine Aircraft Group 24 1st Marine Aircraft Wing
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Nickname	"Ugly Angels" "Dogma"
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53D Sea Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Ugly Angels", is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).

1 Mission
2 History
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Mission

The mission of HMH-362 is to provide assault support transport of combat troops, supplies and equipment during expeditionary, joint or combined operations. Be prepared for short-notice, worldwide employment in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations.

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii was activated on April 30, 1952 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 362.

[edit] Vietnam War

The Marine Corps' operational involvement in the Vietnam War began on April 9, 1962 when the HMM-362, Archie's Angels, with their Sikorsky UH-34s, arrived at Soc Trang in the Mekong Delta south of Saigon^[1]. The task unit was called "Shufly" and its first operational employment involved lifting Vietnamese troops into battle.

[edit] 1990s

2 CH-53D helicopters from HMH-362 coming into the landing zone.

The unit has additionally been involved in numerous contingency and combat operations since. These include deploying to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm and service aboard an aircraft carrier during Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.

[edit] Global War on Terror

In March of 2002, HMH-362 opened a new chapter when it became the first CH-53D squadron from MAG-24 assigned to the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan for a six-month period. HMH-362 ended 2002 with a culmination of over 59,000 Class A mishap-free flight hours.