Delivery of aircraft continued until 5 August of 1985, when the squadron received its sixteenth CH-53E. In its first seven months as an operational squadron, HMH-466 had flown 1100 hours, carried 1000 passengers, and lifted 175,000 pounds of cargo. The Wolfpack conducted its first operation flight on 19 December 1984, and by 30 June 1985, the squadron had accepted eleven of its sixteen aircraft. By December 1984, the squadron was 180 Marines strong and growing, and had accepted two of sixteen CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Company in Stratford, Connecticut. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), the â?Wolfpack,â? was commissioned on 30 November 1984, as the Marine Corpsâ? third, and Marine Aircraft Group 16â?s (MAG-16), second CH-53E squadron. JMUAÂ 5Dec92-4May93Â SU Unified TF Somalia "RESTORE HOPE" NUC 1Jan03-31May03 SU III MEF & MCB Japan
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