Help identify this helicopter
February 8th, 2010 | Aviation Life at Sea Photos | Posted by Phil Ewing
We're trying to find out more about the colorful artwork on the tail of this H-60 Seahawk helicopter, observed in Port-au-Prince // Sheila Vemmer / Staff
Check out the highly colorful, highly unusual tail on this S or MH-60 Seahawk, which was snapped at the airport in Port-au-Prince by veteran Navy Times lenswoman Sheila Vemmer. This is for all you rotor-heads out there: Do you recognize this helo? We’d like to find out what squadron it came from and learn more about its awesome tidal-wave-and-octopus livery.
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Old Navy guy Says:
February 8th, 2010 at 8:05 pmA tail code of BR would seem to indicate the NAS Norfolk based HCS-28, callsign the “Bayraiders”
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Mark Toomey Says:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:06 pmhttp://www.hsc28.navy.mil/
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Old Navy guy Says:
February 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pmAllow me to clarify my comments. When you are booming around and need to identify yourself to air traffic control and other aircraft, you use a callsign, which is unique to the squadron, for example “Proud Warrior” or “Red Knight.” The Dragonwhales of HC-8 went by the callsign Bayraider. Easy to remember because the two letter identifier painted on the aircraft was Bravo Romeo. The sister squadron HC-6 was HW. Other Navy squadrons tend to follow the pattern of A thru M for the East coast squadrons and N thru Z for the West coast folks.
When the squadron shifted from the H-46 to the H-60 in 2002, they kept the callsign and tail identification. They did however shift from the old name of HC-8 to the newer HSC-28 in 2005.
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The Scoop Deck – It’s the show bird Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 11:55 am[...] couple of posts ago we asked for your help identifying the colorful helicopter that our shipmate Sheila Vemmer shot [...]