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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Five
HSL-45 "Wolfpack"
The primary mission of HSL-45 is to provide fully mission-capable detachments aboard cruisers, destroyers, and frigates assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. These detachments are an integral part of the ship's weapon system, extending the ship's undersea and anti-ship warfare capabilities beyond the horizon.
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A "Bravo" model SH-60 warms up on the tarmac at North Island. Hold on, it might be a "Foxtrot". Jeez, I can't tell -- is it a "Romeo"? OK, I'm absolutely certain it's not the "Sierra"
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LT Chris Moton was our host. Here he tries out the left seat of a Wolfpack Seahawk
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CDR Fry and LT Moton
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The Wolfpack flies the "Bravo" model Seahawk, but is scheduled to transition to the
"Romeo" in 2011. Looks like the Wolfpack may have 110,000 accident-free hours *
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It looks like a missile, but it's a
MAD (Magnetic Anomoly Detector
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MK-46 dummy torpedo and a Hellfire
AGM-114 captive air training missile
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Wolfpack safety bulletin board
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Welcome to the Wolfpack
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Note to photographer: Don't use the
flash in a room full of reflective helmets.
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Survival vests are stored in the paraloft.
(I wonder where they store the parachutes)
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* HSL-45 celebrated 110,000 mishap free flight hours and 17 years since having a class alpha mishap during a ceremony held in their hangar on board Naval base Coronado April 24, 2007. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shannon K. Cassidy)
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