HSM-71

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Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One
Carrier Air Wing 9
Garrison/HQNaval Air Station North Island
Nickname(s)"Raptors"
Motto(s)"The First and the Finest"
Commanders
Current
commander
CDR Joshua Starr

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One (HSM-71) is a

strike group centred on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) . The squadron was formed on 4 October 2007 and was the first fleet squadron to receive the MH-60R Seahawk
. It received its first Battle "E" in 2009, and was also awarded the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy for superior air antisubmarine warfare (ASW) in 2009 and again in 2010.

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