HSM-74

{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Four

|image= HSM-74 Squadron Patch.jpg

|image_size= 150px

|caption= HSM-74 Insignia

|dates= 21 Aug 1986 to present

|country= {{flag|United States of America}}

|allegiance=

|branch= {{nowrap|File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg United States Navy}}

|type= Navy Helicopter Squadron

|role= Surface Warfare (SUW)
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

|command_structure= Carrier Air Wing Three

| commander1= CDR Phillip R Krites

| commander1_label = Commanding Officer

| commander2= CDR Eric Kohut

| commander2_label = Executive Officer

| commander3= CMDCM Simone C Milo

| commander3_label = Command Master Chief

|garrison= Naval Air Station Jacksonville

|nickname= "Swamp Foxes"

|decorations ={{Cite web |url=http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/hsm74/Pages/MISSION.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-13 |archive-date=2014-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513034944/http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/hsm74/Pages/MISSION.aspx |url-status=dead }}

2015 Battle Effectiveness Award
2013 Battle Effectiveness Award
2013 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy
2013 Captain Arnold J. Isbell Trophy
2013 COMHSMWINGLANT Aviation Safety

Award

FY15 Retention Excellence Award
FY14 Retention Excellence Award
FY13 Retention Excellence Award
FY12 Retention Excellence Award

|battles= Operation Inherent Resolve
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Global War on Terror
Operation Prosperity Guardian

| website= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626003850/http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/hsm74/Pages/default.aspx]

}}

Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Four (HSM-74), the "Swamp Foxes", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. HSM-74 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Three and deploys aboard cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and aircraft carriers in support of a carrier strike group. It was established on 21 August 1986 as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) Forty Four (HSL-44)

Mission

The squadron employs the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. Primary missions include Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (SUW), Command, Control, Communications (CCC), Command and Control Warfare (C2W), Mobility (MOB), and Non-Combat Operations (NCO). Secondary missions consist of Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Communications Relay (COMREL).{{cite web| url = http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/MH60R/index.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019123151/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/MH60R/index.html| archive-date = 2007-10-19| title = MH-60R}}

Transition from HSL-44

File:HSL-44_squadron_insignia.jpg

HSL-44 was redesignated HSM-74 on 9 June 2011 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The change reflected their transition from employing the SH-60B to the MH-60R, as well as from a detachment-based, expeditionary squadron to its realignment in support of a carrier air wing. As part of this transition, then-HSL-44 relocated to NAS Jacksonville from their previous home of Naval Station Mayport in November 2009.{{fact|date=February 2024}}

General Information

HSM-74 operates twelve MH-60R helicopters in four combat elements. These combat elements (or CELs) consist of the carrier element and Detachments 1, 2, and 3. The carrier element deploys and maintains five helicopters while the detachments maintain two each. Each CEL can work independently of every other CEL.{{fact|date=February 2024}}

In October 2023, HSM-74 deployed with Air Wing Three onboard the USS Eisenhower. HSM-74 and Air Wing Three were deployed immediately to the CENTCOM AOR and began defensive and offensive combat operations against the Houthi-Iranian military units in Yemen. HSM-74's usage of Hellfire missiles during the cruise against enemy targets was praised by Carrier Strike Group 2's Rear Admiral Marc Miguez.

References

External links

[http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/hsm74/ HSM-74 Official Website]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Category:Helicopter maritime strike squadrons of the United States Navy

Category:Military units and formations in Florida