HMX-1
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överst VH-3D (en variant av "Sea King") och nederst VH-60N (en variant av "Black Hawk"). | ||
Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) är en skvadron i USA:s marinkår baserad vid Marine Corps Base Quantico och med detachement vid Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling och Joint Base Andrews som har till uppdrag att bistå med helikoptertransport för USA:s president, vicepresident och försvarsminister samt andra VIP:s i enlighet med försvars- och marindepartementens regelverk.
När presidenten stiger ombord på någon av skvadronens helikoptrar, eller någon annan av marinkårens helikoptrar, så ändras anropssignalen till Marine One.[1]
Bakgrund
Förbandet bildades 1947 för utprovning av helikoptrar och taktik för användning inom marinkåren. 1957 under Dwight Eisenhowers tid som president fick HMX-1 i uppdrag att transportera USA:s president med helikopter.[2] Fram till 1976 delades uppdraget med ett förband inom USA:s armé.
Verksamhet
Skvadronen är i praktiken uppdelad i två avdelningar: Executive Flight Detachment ("Whiteside") som genomför VIP-transporter samt "Greenside".[1]
"Whiteside" förfogar över ett tiotal VH-3D (en variant av "Sea King") och VH-60N (en variant av "Black Hawk"). Helikoptertypen VH-3D har rum för 14 passagerare och VH-60N har plats för 10 passagerare.[1]
"Greenside", eller "Green Top", förfogar över flera tiltrotorflygplan av typ MV-22B Osprey som utför helikopteruppdrag åt Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) som är marinkårens doktrin och materielkommando.
VH-60N används i synnerhet vid presidentens utlandsresor då helikopterns topprotor kan med enkelhet fällas ned, jämfört med VH-3D, och därför transporteras ombord på Air Mobility Commands C-5 Galaxy och C-17 Globemaster III.[1]
Se även
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- 89th Airlift Wing
- Camp David
- United States Secret Service
- White House Military Office
Referenser
- Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, HMX-1, tidigare version.
Noter
- ^ [a b c d] Patterson, Bradley H. (2000). The White House Staff: Inside the West Wing and Beyond. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. sid. 372. ISBN 0-8157-6950-4
- ^ ”History of HMX-1” (på engelska). marines.mil. United States Marine Corps. https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hmx-1/About/. Läst 10 juni 2021.
Externa länkar
- www.hqmc.marines.mil/hmx-1
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U.S. Department of The Army Emblem.
- In the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported on the sword point, all between on the right an esponton and on the left a musket with fixed bayonet crossed in saltire behind the cuirass and passing under the sword guard.
- To the right of the cuirass and esponton is a flag of unidentified designs with cords and tassels, on a flagstaff with spearhead, above a cannon barrel, the muzzle end slanting upward behind the cuirass, in front of the drum, with two drumsticks and the fly end of the flag draped over the drumhead; below, but partly in front of the cannon barrel, is a pile of three cannon balls.
- To the left of the cuirass and musket is a national color of the Revolutionary War period, with cords and tassels, on a flagstaff with spearhead, similarly arranged above a mortar on a carriage, the mortar facing inward and in front of the lower portion of the color and obscuring the lower part of it; below the mortar are two bomb shells placed side by side.
- Centered above the Phrygian cap is a rattlesnake holding in its mouth a scroll inscribed "This We'll Defend."
- Centered below the cuirass are the Roman numerals "MDCCLXXVIII."
- For differences between this text description and the emblem shown above, see "Army Seal vs. Army Emblem", below.
A developmental Sikorsky VH-92A helicopter conducts landing and take-off testing at the White House South Lawn, Washington D.C. (USA), on 22 September 2018. The aircraft was the first of six test aircraft developed under the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, which included the design, certification and testing of a replacement helicopter to support the presidential world-wide vertical-lift mission. The landing and take-offs were part of a comprehensive test plan designed to ensure the aircraft meets all operational specifications.
Seal of the United States Marine Corps. It is defined in Executive Order 10538 (alternate source) as:
For more information, see here.Standing upon the western hemisphere of the terrestrial globe containing the lines of latitude and topographical outlines of North, Central, and South America, an American bald eagle with wings displayed horizontally and inverted holding in his beak a scroll inscribed with the motto SEMPER FIDELIS, all bronze. Behind the western hemisphere a foul anchor bend sinister-wise with stock, arms, and flukes in slight perspective, all bronze, on a scarlet background and within a dark blue band edged in gold circumscribed by a gold rope rim and inscribed DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY • UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS in gold letters. The central device of the seal is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps.
United States Coast Guard Seal, in correct PMS colors. This emblem shall only be used in accordance with the Coast Guard Heraldry Manual, and is not to be reproduced commercially without prior approval of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Marine Corps Air Facilities Va United States - Marine Helicopter Squadron One Marines, past and present, family members and friends mingle on the flight line with the newest addition to the squadron, a MV-22 B ‘Osprey,’ after a MV-22B Introduction Ceremony in the HMX-1 hangar on May 4, 2013.
*Description: On a circular background of fair sky and moderate sea with land in sinister base, a tri-mast square rigged ship under way before a fair breeze with after top-sail furled, commission pennant atop the foremast, National Ensign atop the main, and the commodore's flag atop the mizzen. In front of the ship a luce-type anchor inclined slightly bendwise with the crown resting on the land and, in front of the shank and in back of the dexter fluke, an American bald eagle rising to sinister regarding to dexter, one foot on the ground, the other resting on the anchor near the shank; all in proper colors. The whole within a blue annulet bearing the inscription "Department of the Navy" at the top and "United States of America" at the bottom, separated on each side by a mullet and within a rim in the form of a rope; inscription, rope, mullet, and edges of annulet all gold. *Background: The policy for use of the Navy seal and emblem is contained in SECNAV Instr 5030.4 and SECNAV Instr 5030.6. The seal design was approved by the President of the United States by Executive Order 10736 dated October 23, 1957. Request for use of the Navy emblem should be submitted in writing to Defense Printing Service, ATTN: DPSMO, 8725 John Kingman Rd Suite 3239, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6220. The telephone number is (703) 767-4218. 1879 version here: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/54900/54985/54985_seal_navy.htm
SVG reproduction of the HMX-1 insignia
U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King and Sikorsky VH-60N WhiteHawk Presidential and VIP transport helicopters in flight. The VH-3D entered service in 1978. The VH-60N entered service in 1987 and has served alongside the VH-3D.