HCS-5 Disestablished

[VFA-203 Forever]

Happen to see this while browsing thru on Navy.mil, Any former or current Redhawks on AW?
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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=26887

 

[Gatordev]

Not affiliated w/ either -4 or -5, but have been keeping my eye on them. It was my understanding that while -5 was going away, it was becoming something else (HSC). That may still happen, and the article was just the official "we're done for now" and they'll reconstitute in a new mission (see the decom'ing squadrons thread).

My data is about 6 months old, but the word I got about -4 is that it will be around until Iraq is done. Time will tell.

 

[BigIron]

I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?

 

[ChuckMK23]

I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?

Nope! Who remembers HAL-4 and HAL-5?

Bonus if you know what HC-9 was!

 

[squorch2]

That's weird, HSC-84 is on the sim schedule a good bit...

 

[Gatordev]

I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?

I couldn't remember the numbers, but that's what I was getting at. Maybe the changed the plan after the rewrite of post-change plans.

 

[VFA-203 Forever]

I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?

Interesting you bring that up, I happened to call the # on HCS-5's website today and I got HSC-85. I wanted to buy some Redhawk merchandise and hell the guy had to tell me it was HSC-85 (Formerly HC-85) not HCS-5.

Then I check Navy.mil and found out they got chopped two weeks ago..So much for wanting to buy a patch before they got axed

 

[BigIron]

I couldn't remember the numbers, but that's what I was getting at. Maybe the changed the plan after the rewrite of post-change plans.

Probably so...

I have a lot of cohorts looking to go FTS with either of these squadrons.

 

[hscs]

HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....

 

[BigIron]

HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....

Yeah, unless you HSC types are going to take it over ....??...

 

[hscs]

Not going to happen any time soon -- HS squadrons are tied to the boat and HSC doesn't have the background, manning, nor the equipment at this time.

 

[Pags]

The Master Plan must progress!

 

[Gatordev]

Probably so...

I have a lot of cohorts looking to go FTS with either of these squadrons.

Yeah, I know of one person in particular who's looking at either one of those...

 

[bobbybrock]

HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....

Talked to some 160th buddies of mine and they had nothing but great things to say about both 4 and 5 and the work they did with them in country.
I talked with 5 while I was leaving the Army and it seemed as if they had some really experienced bubbas flying for them.

 

[NeoCortex]

Not going to happen any time soon -- HS squadrons are tied to the boat and HSC doesn't have the background, manning, nor the equipment at this time.

So we're just not going to be doing those missions anymore?