HMH-462 - US Marine Corps

Heavy Haulers, tail code YF, trace back their history to:

Apr 1944-Sep 1945: Marine Fighting Squadron 462 (VMF-462)
Sep 1945-Oct 1957: Cadre Status
Nov 1957-Jun 1965: Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (Medium) 462 (HMR(M)-462)
Jun 1965-Mar 1967: Cadre Status
Mar 1967-Current: Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462)

Apr 1944-Sep 1945: Vought F4U-1, FG-1, F3A-1 Corsair
Nov 1957-Jun 1965: Sikorsky HR2S-1 "Deuce" (CH-37C)
Mar 1967-1983?: CH-53A Sea Stallion
1983?-Jun 1992: CH-53D Sea Stallion
Jun 1992- Present: CH-53E Super Stallion

Deployed 6 months to Afghanistan second half 2009

was there when the new planes came in, started with 5 planes. we used one of the old blimp hangers for our shops and office. we lost one plane and 2 good marines at El Centro. wonderful part of my life as a crew chief on ole

1957-59 when the new planeshr2s came in started with 5 planes, Amanda Blake came out to see it all .best time in my life. -

Jan71, I was in 462, all ch53d but a couple of As

Nov78-Nov79, I was assigned to HMH 462 while the squadron was stationed a Futema Air Station in Okinawa. All the Squadron aircraft were CH-53D's

1990, HMH-462 flew the CH-53A model all the way up to August of 1990 when at that time we transferred all remaining A models to other Squadrons and took only D models with elastomeric rotor heads to Desert Shield / Desert Storm! HMH-462 flew the A & D models together for quite some time! -

News about HMH-462

HMH-462 Super Stallions in Mountain Exercise

04-Feb-17 - U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron HMH-462 “Heavy Haulers” conducted cold weather training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) in Bridgeport, California

Japan JSDF and U.S. Marines Train for Disasters

24-Jul-15 - U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron HMH-462 worked alongside the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) in the Churashima Rescue Exercise, aboard Camp Naha, Okinawa, Japan

HMH-462 squadron celebrates 70 years of service

28-Apr-14 - MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif by Lance Cpl Christopher Johns, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing – Marines, Sailors, families and former members of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 celebrated the squadron’s 70th anniversary aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 26.

HMH-462 delivers raids to Al Anbar

08-May-08 - AL-ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq by Cpl Scott McAdam - Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), inserted and extracted a raid force here, today.

Locations

Years	Location	ICAO/FAA
1998-	MCAS Miramar	KNKX
1957/98	MCAS Santa Ana / Tustin	KNTK

Models

Years	Models
1992-	S-80 H-53E	CH-53E Super Stallion
1983/92	S-65 H-53	CH-53D Sea Stallion
1967/83	S-65 H-53	CH-53A Sea Stallion
1957/65	S-56 H-37	HR2S-1

HMH-462 List of helicopters

C/N	Version	Built	In this Org	In other Org
65-019	ch-53a		152392 : 1991 as HMH-462 /41 after returning from the Gulf war
65-113	ch-53a		153727 : w/o 10feb81 HMH-462 /YF-
65-116	ch-53a		153730 : w/o 05may69 HMH-462 /YF-
65-124	ch-53a		153738 : asg HMH-462; w/o 09apr69 hit ammo crates with tail rotor at the ammo dump+
2336	CH-46D	1967	153985 : BV-107M, c/n 2336, ff:?; accepted BuWepsRep FR Morton, PA as CH-46D 153985+
2362	CH-46D	1967	154011 : BV-107M, c/n 2362, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, Morton, PA as CH-46D 154011, 2+	154011
2365	CH-46D	1967	154014 : BV-107M, c/n 2365, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, Morton, PA as CH-46D 154014, 2+
2391	CH-46D	1967	154040 : BV-107M, c/n 2391, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46D 15404+
2396	CH-46D	1968	154789 : BV-107M, c/n 2396, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46D 15478+	- 154789
2405	CH-46D	1968	154798 : BV-107M, c/n 2405, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46D 15479+
2407	CH-46D	1968	154800 : BV-107M, c/n 2407, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46D 15480+
2438	CH-46D	1968	154831 : BV-107M, c/n 2438, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46D 15483+	N461WY
65-138	ch-53a		154875 : w/o 16may68 HMH-462 /YF-
65-218	ch-53d		157127 : 1974-1975 I was the Marine Crew Chief that owned this bird in HMH-462. Too+
65-231	ch-53d		157138 : w/o 06may85 HMH-462 /YF-50 : 17 Marines died, 11 from HMH-462, 15 miles south of Yakushima, Japan. Main+
65-232	ch-53d		157139 : HMH-462 /YF. w/o 21oct77 at Mindoro Philippines 24 fatalities of 37 aboard
65-280	ch-53d		157154 : w/o 22jan87 HMH-462 /YF; 24mar95 on El Mirage Field, CA scrapyard, only ta+
65-289	ch-53d		157163 : w/o 25jun88 HMH-462 /YF-
65-310	ch-53d		157734 : asg HMH-462 /YF-57 in sand/grey camo in Gulf war
65-315	ch-53d		157739 : w/o 27jan73 HMH-462 /YF-
65-319	ch-53d		157743 : w/o 04nov76 HMH-462 /YF-
65-324	ch-53d		157748 : asg HMH-462 /YF-54 in sand/grey camo in Gulf war with Coors Light nose art
26036	ah-1j		157792 : This aircraft was assigned to HMH-462 when it crashed at sea during Operat+
65-334	ch-53d	1971	157931 : asg HMH-462 /YF-61 in sand/grey camo in Gulf war; now Broken tail, repaire+
65-423	ch-53e		161184 : Oct12 HMH-462 /YF-24
65-479	ch-53e		162002 : Oct14 HMH-462 /YF-38
65-486	ch-53e		162009 : Oct12 HMH-462 /YF-29
65-495	ch-53e		162483 : Apr12 HMH-462 /YF-03
65-500	ch-53e		162488 : Apr12 HMH-462 /YF-23
65-514	ch-53e		162502 : Oct14 HMH-462 /YF-23
65-560	ch-53e		163073 : 11mar17 HMH-462./YF-25 at El Centro Airshow
65-571	ch-53e		163078 : w/o as HMH-462 /YF-21 emergency landing near North Training Area, Takae, +
65-578	ch-53e		163084 : Oct14 HMH-462 /YF-
65-588	ch-53e		164360 : HMH-462 /YF-28 : as HMH-462 /YF-360 pictured aboard USS Somerset (LPD-25) in Peru for exerc+
65-589	ch-53e		164361 : Dec13 HMH-462 /YF-51
65-590	ch-53e		164362 : Oct14 HMH-462 /YF-27
65-592	ch-53e		164363 : Oct14 HMH-462 /YF-23
65-593	ch-53e		164364 : 2012 HMH-462 /YF-26
65-591	ch-53e		164539 YF-10 :
65-639	ch-53e		165245 : 2013 HMH-462 /YF-20

1944 to present

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462

US Marine Corps