Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469

HMLA-469

2009–2022

History C/N Photos

HMLA-469 Vengeance, tail code SE was activated on June 30, 2009 with AH-1W Super Cobra and the UH-1N Huey.

In 2011 they transitioned to the UH-1Y Venom.

HMLA-469, part of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), was deactivated on December 16, 2022 as part of the Force Design 2030 initiative.

News

Marines Deactivates HMLA-469 and Reactivates HMLA-367

Dec 28, 2022 · As part of Force Design 2030 initiative the US Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, CA deactivated Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA-469 and reactivated HMLA-367 which was stood down in Hawaii earlier this year
Marine Vipers Tests Strike Capabilities

Dec 22, 2019 · Twelve Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadrons 169 and 469 conducted training exercise in South ern California employing AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
Marines Received Last UH-1Y Venom

Jan 15, 2019 · After 11 years, production of Bell UH-1Y Venom for the US Marine Corps came to an end with the delivery of 160th aircraft to HMLA-469 in Camp Pendleton, CA
Fallen Marines Memorialized at US Embassy in Nepal

Nov 3, 2015 · A ceremony honoring the six Marines who lost their lives on the UH-1Y mishap during the Nepal Eartquake relief last May will be conducted at the U.S. Embassy
HMLA-469 quickly responds to fires on Pendleton

Aug 18, 2015 · Three UH-1Y Hueys with U.S. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA- 469 battled wildfires aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
Missing UH-1Y in Nepal

May 15, 2015 · An US Marine Corps UH-1Y helicopter assigned to HMLA-469 squadron and sent to Nepal following the earthquakes that hit the country went missing on May 12. Wreckage found on May 15