The US Navy is organised globally by Fleet, around Areas of Operation. - US 2nd Fleet - HQ Hampton Roads, Area of Operation: Western Atlantic
- US 3rd Fleet - HQ Point Loma, Area of Operation: Eastern Pacific
- US 4th Fleet - HQ Mayport, Area of Operation: Caribbean, South & Central America
- US 5th Fleet - HQ Bahrain, Area of Operation: Red Sea, Horn of Africa, Arabian Sea & Persian Gulf
- US 6th Fleet - HQ Naples, Area of Operation: Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean
- US 7th Fleet - HQ Yokosuka, Area of Operation: Indian Ocean, China Seas & Western Pacific
In 2024, a proposal to reactivate the US 1st Fleet, to focus on the Indian Ocean was made. The first two helicopters squadrons, HU-1 and HU-2, were commissioned 1948 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ with HU-1 moving to North Island, CA and the first training unit, HTU-1, at Ellyson Field, FL. In the 1950s the HS (Anti-submarine) squadrons introduced new revolutionary helicopter types that changed for ever the war at sea. In 1965, HU were redesignated as HC ( Helicopter Combat Support Squadron ) reflecting the more complex missions assigned to them. By the 1970s , small helicopters became so sophisticated that allowed the creation of the HSL squadrons which embark on escort ships. With the new century there was a new redesignation of units after the introduction of the last variants of the SH-60 Seahawk.
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Andersen AFB | HSC-25
| Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō | HSM-77 , HSC-12 , HSM-51
| China Lake | VX-31 , VX-9 , NAWS
| MCAS Cherry Point | FRCE
| MCAS Kaneohe Bay | HSM-37
| NAS Fallon | Longhorns
| NAS Jacksonville | HSM-74 , HSM-72 , HSM-70 , HSM-60
| NAS Key West | NAS Key West SAR
| NAS Lemoore | NAS Lemoore SAR
| NAS Mayport / McDonald Field | HSM-40 , HSM-46 , HSM-48 , HSM-50
| NAS Meridian | NAS Meridian SAR
| NAS Norfolk | HSC-26 , HSC-9 , HSC-28 , HM-15 , HM-12 , HSC-7 , HSC-2 , HSC-5 , HSC-11 , VRM-40
| NAS North Island | HSM-78 , HSC-3 , HSM-71 , HSC-8 , HSC-21 , HS-4 , HSC-6 , HSM-75 , HSC-4 , HSC-15 , HSM-41 , HSC-23 , HSM-73 , HSM-35 , HSC-14 , HSM-49 , HSM-79 , VRM-30 , VRM-50 , FRCSW
| NAS Patuxent River | USNTPS , HX-21 , VX-1 , VX-20
| NAS Point Mugu | VX-30 , VTUAV
| NAS Whidbey Island - Ault Field | NAS Whidbey Island SAR
| NAS Whiting Field | HT-8 , HT-18 , HT-28 , TW-5
| NSA PC | NSWC PCD
| Rota | HSM-79
| Saufley Field | HT-8
| Shaikh Isa Air Base | HSC-26
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