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A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. HMH-463 has been presented with the following awards:
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HMH-463 was decommissioned on 22 April 2022 during a ceremony held at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. The squadron's stand down was part of a restructure of Marine Corps forces in Hawaii as part of the Commandant of the Marine Corps Force Design 2030 initiative.
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of gasoline and napalm that were sling-loaded to the bottom of the aircraft. Usually the force of impact would ignite the barrel mixture but they would occasionally need machine gun fire from the helicopter door guns or rockets from an
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transport of combat troops, supplies and equipment during expeditionary, joint or combined operations. Be prepared for short-notice, worldwide employment in support of
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On 14 January 2016 twelve Hawaii Marines were killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters collided off of Oahu’s
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U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Bitter End, 1973-1975 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series)
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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 was reactivated on 1 March 1966 at MCAS Santa Ana and assigned to
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and then on station in the Gulf of Thailand. On 12 April 1975, the squadron participated in
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only to be decommissioned on 28 July 1945. On 15 July 1945, the squadron was reactivated at
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transport helicopters. The squadron, also known as "Pegasus", was last based at
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the squadron dropped over 400 tons of the fuel mixture against entrenched
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for the next four years. On 8 January 1968, CH-53A #65-100 crashed in the
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and then decommissioned again less than a year later on 30 June 1959.
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The squadron was originally activated as Marine Bombing Squadron 463 (
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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List of inactive United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
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A CH-53 Sea Stallion from HMH-463 taxiing in Iraq in June 2006
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airframe. A four-plane detachment from HMH-463 deployed to
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to the Special Forces camp at Tra Bong to work at a local
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In 1973, HMH-463 returned to Vietnam and participated in
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Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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positions. After the Vietnam War, HMH-463 relocated to
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Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Action Medal
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before returning to MCAF Kaneohe Bay in March 1991.
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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463

United States
USMC
YH
Vietnam War
Operation Eagle Pull
Operation Frequent Wind
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
United States Marine Corps
CH-53E Super Stallion
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay
Marine Aircraft Group 24
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
assault support
Marine Air-Ground Task Force
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Marine Aircraft Group 62
9th Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Aircraft Group 34
Marine Operational Training Group 81
Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara
Marine Aircraft Group 51
Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana
Marine Air Group 36
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Wing Support Group 37
CH-53 Sea Stallion

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