Helicopters

Tail code JA, they test and evaluate the newest and most advanced technology in ASW, Electronic Warfare (EW), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), and Airborne Mine Counter-Measures (AMCM) mission areas.
As of 2012 their rotary wing aircraft includes the MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk and the MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV.
As of 2012 their rotary wing aircraft includes the MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk and the MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV.
In Memory of our three VX-1 shipmates who all perished in a SH-2F helicopter aircraft # 149765 on June 24th, 1977 https://www.forevermissed.com/lost-shipmates-vx1/

That was a sad day. I can picture the hangar deck covered with helo parts. M. Torres

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Locations | |
Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
1970/ | NAS Patuxent River | KNHK |
1943/70 | NAS Key West | KNQX |
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Years | Models | |
2006/ | MQ-8A/B Fire Scout ![]() | |
1983/ | S-70 H-60 ![]() | |
VX-1 List of helicopters | Help Us | |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
58-11 ![]() | hss-1 | 1955 | 137855 : Sikorsky HSS-1, c/n 58-11, ff?; del USN as HSS-1 137855, 15Feb55; xfer NAS+ ![]() | ||||
52 | UH-2A | 149750 : 1988 SH-2F type as VX-1 /JA ![]() | |||||
67 ![]() | UH-2A | 149765 : Aug76-Apr77 flown at Pax River by Laron Stoker XO of VX-1 with Butler Cre+ ![]() : SH-2F Helicopter /JA-31 was assigned to VX-1 at NAS Patuxent River, MD an+ ![]() | |||||
61-183 | hss-2 | 149913 : USN; conv SH-3H; Nov.79 as /JA-22 VX-1 at Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patux+ | |||||
61-304 ![]() | sh-3a | 152111 : USN; VX-1 w/o 17mar69 : Helicopter went down of the coast of Key West Florida during night operati+ ![]() | |||||
61-310 | sh-3a | 152116 : US Navy; 1988 SH-3H type VX-1./JA-24 ![]() | |||||
185 | UH-2B | 152201 : flown as an SH-2F by Laron Stoker XO VX-1 Pax River with Creighton, Howdys+ ![]() : 1988 SH-2F type VX-1 /JA-30 ![]() | |||||
70-372 | sh-60b | 161561 : US Navy; 1989 VX-1./JA-41; 1995 HSL-40./HK-411 ![]() | |||||
70-387 ![]() | sh-60b | 162097 : USN; JA-42/VX-1 w/o 23feb85 ditched North of Bermuda | |||||
70-462 | sh-60b | 162977 : USN; VX-1, conv to YSH-60R; 2012 HSM-40 /HK-412 | |||||
70-628 | sh-60f | 164070 : USN; VX-1 | |||||
![]() | 70-630 | sh-60f | 164072 JA-46 : pictured (pic1) operating from AUTEC, Andros Island ![]() | ![]() | |||
70-1765 | sh-60b | 164462 JA-39 : Nova Scotia International Air Show ![]() | |||||
70-2265 ![]() | hh-60h | 165154 : USN; from SH-60F; JA-51/VX-1 w/o 26sep98 | |||||
![]() | mh-60s | 166336 : USN; VX-1 /JA-336 | |||||
70-2880 | mh-60s | 166338 : USN; 2008 VX-1 /JA-338; 2010 HSC-22 /AM-17 | |||||
70-2893 | mh-60r | 166519 : USN; 2010 VX-1 /JA-519; 2017 CAG /519 | |||||
70-2932 | mh-60r | 166521 : USN; VX-1 | |||||
![]() | mh-60s | 167813 : USN; VX-1 /JA-813 | |||||
![]() | mh-60s | 167831 : VX-1 JA-831 : |