Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 (HSC-26), nicknamed the "Chargers", is a
United States Navy helicopter squadron based at
Naval Station Norfolk,
Virginia. The squadron was established on 1 September 1967 as Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6), before being redesignated to its current name on 24 August 2005.
Since 2005, the squadron's Detachment 1, nicknamed the "Desert Hawks", have been stationed at
Naval Support Activity Bahrain, conducting combat support for the
United States Fifth Fleet. In 2017, HSC-26 deployed aboard to provide
disaster relief
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...
to the
U.S. Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
and
Puerto Rico in the aftermath of
Hurricanes
Irma,
Jose and
Maria. In 2021, members of HSC-26 deployed to the
Gulf of Oman
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا ...
aboard .
References
Helicopter sea combat squadrons of the United States Navy
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