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Student Naval Aviators at Meridian progress through intermediate and advanced jet training

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Today the squadron serves as the headquarters element of the 3rd MAW

Official HSM-78 Blue Hawks Tail Flash Patch VA-86 and airman involved in theOfficial HSM 78 Blue Hawks Tail Flash Patch The Newest Hawks in the Maritime Strike Community The Blue Hawks are the Navy's newest MH 60R squadron, and they've already proven they're among the best. Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 (HSM 78) the 'Blue Hawks' was established on March 1, 2012, at NAS North Island, San Diego, as the Navy's newest MH 60R Seahawk squadron. Assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group,