Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-362 [HMH-362]
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-362 [HMH-362] was activated 30 April 1952 at Santa Ana, California, as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 362 and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific.
The squadron was reassigned in June 1952 to Marine Aircraft Group 36, Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific. It was reassigned in January 1953 to Marine Aircraft Group 16, Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific. It was, a few months later in July 1953, reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific and again, in September 1955 to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing.
The squadron was redesignated 31 December 1956 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (Light) 362 and deployed in May 1959 to Yokosuka, Japan, where it was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. The squadron redeployed, in May 1960, to Futenma, Okinawa.The squadron was then relocated in July 1960 to Santa Ana, California, and reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing.
During July 1961, the squadron deployed to Futenma, Okinawa, and was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Wing 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. It was redesignated on 1 February 1962 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362, before being redeployed in April 1962 to the Republic of Vietnam where it participated in the war in Vietnam, from April to July 1962, and again from September 1965 to August 1969. There, the squadron operated from Soc Trang, Ky Ha, Hue/Phu Bai and Marble Mountain.
The suqadron relocated in August 1962 to Santa Ana, California, and was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing. It again relocated in August 1969 to New River, North Carolina where it was redesignated on 21 August 1969 as Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 and reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing. HMH-362 participated in numerous training exercises throughout the 1970s and 1980s as well as in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, from January to March 1991.
