Squadron Nostalgia LLC HMX-1 PVC Patch – Hook and Loop
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- HMX-1 PVC Patch - Hook and Loop A 4" HMX-1 PVC Patch - Hook and Loop Active December 1, 1947 - present Country United States of America Branch United States Marine Corps Type Medium Helicopter Squadron Role VIP Transport Operational Testing and Evaluation Part of Headquarters Marine Corps Garrison/HQ Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico Nickname(s) "The Nighthawks", "Marine One" Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the President of the United States, Vice President, Cabinet members and other VIPs. A Marine helicopter which has the President aboard uses the call sign "Marine One". In addition to its VIP transport role, it is also tasked with operational test and evaluation of new flight systems for Marine Corps helicopters. Nicknamed "Nighthawks", they are headquartered at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Virginia, and maintain detachments at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. and Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility in Maryland. In 1946 General Roy S. Geiger observed the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and instantly recognized that atomic bombs could render amphibious landings difficult because of the dense concentrations of troops, ships and material at the beachhead. The Commandant of the Marine Corps convened a special board, the Hogaboom Board, that recommended that the Marine Corps develop transport helicopters in order to allow a more diffuse attack on enemy shores. It also recommended that they stand up an experimental helicopter squadron. HMX-1 was commissioned on December 1, 1947 and based in MCAS Quantico, Virginia because of its relative proximity to the Sikorsky and Piasecki plants in Connecticut, and to the Marine Corps schools where most of the original personnel would come. They operated the Sikorsky HO3S-1 and the Piasecki HRP-1 and saw their first test of capabilities
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