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Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6
	CVW-17
Garrison/HQ	NAS North Island
Nickname(s)	Indians
Motto(s)	"One Team...One Scream"

Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron SIX (HSC-6), is a helicopter squadron of the

Carrier Air Wing 17 and deploys aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

.

History

Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron SIX (HS-6) was established on 1 June 1956 aboard

Sikorsky HO4S-3, but two years later transitioned to the Sikorsky HSS-1N Seabat

greatly enhancing the ability of the squadron to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

In April 1960, the squadron joined Carrier Anti-Submarine Group 53 aboard

Mercury Program astronauts Wally Schirra in 1962 and Gordon Cooper in 1963. In 1966, during U.S. strikes into Vietnam, the Indians rescued 16 downed aviators, for which the squadron received the Navy Unit Commendation. A 7th Fleet Commendation followed in 1969 for services provided following the collision at sea between USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) and HMAS Melbourne (R21). By the end of the decade the squadron had transitioned to the SH-3D Sea King. In 1971, the Indians recovered the crew of Apollo 14 returning from the Moon. Later that year, the squadron deployed to the east coast to join Carrier Air Wing 7 aboard USS Independence (CVA-62)

to conduct an evaluation of the emerging CV concept.

In 1974, the squadron began a nine-year association with

Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf

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In 2001, during the opening days of the

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom

during WESTPAC ’07, and their performance in the 7th Fleet throughout 2008 earned the Indians the 2007 Battle "E", and back-to-back CNO Safety ‘S’ Awards in 2007 and 2008. In March 2010, the squadron completed its final cruise with SH-60F/HH-60H helicopters, an eight-month deployment to 5th Fleet in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

HS-6 began the transition the

RIMPAC 2012. This was followed by a deployment aboard Nimitz to the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from March to December 2013. In 2016 the squadron was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) which deploys aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

.

In 2019, the squadron, along with the rest of

CVW-17 transferred to the USS Nimitz

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