Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8

 "Eightballers"
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History 
1. June 1956 HS-8 Established at  NAS Ream Field CA
31. December 1968 HS-8 Disestablished at NAS Ream Field CA
1. November 1969 HS-8 Established at  NAS Ream Field CA
28. September 2007 HS-8 was redesignated HSC-8

Tailcodes 
1956 - 1957 PJ
1957 - 1960 VB
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Planes:
 

 

 

 1956 - 1963
HSS-1 (SH-34G)		 USN HS-8 01.png (79768 Byte) USN HS-8 02.png (78799 Byte)
 

 

 

 1963 - 1968
SH-3A		  
 

 

 

 1969 - 1977
SH-3D		  
 

 

 

 1977 - 1993
SH-3H		  
 

 

 

 1993 - 2009
SH-60F, HH-60H		    
 

 

 

 2009 - today
MH-60 S		    
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HS-8, HSC-8 Deployments 
8. July 1957 - 12. February 1958 CV-37 USS Princeton -- HSS-1 PJ 00
3. April 1959 - 10. October 1959 CVS-12 USS Hornet -- HSS-1 VB 00
1. October 1960 - 2. Mai 1961 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 HSS-1 NT 50
6. January 1962 - 25. July 1962 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 HSS-1 NT 50
August 1963 - September 1963 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
19. February 1964 - 11. September 1964 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
22. March 1965 - 7. October 1965 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
August 1966 - September 1966 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
4. November 1966 - 23. May 1967 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
October  1967 - November 1967 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
1. May 1968 - 9. November 1968 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 SH-3A NT 50
         
11. March 1971 - 6. July 1971 CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga CVSG-59 SH-3D NT 500
1. October 1971 - 8. January 1972 CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga CVSG-59 SH-3D NT 500
August 1972 - September 1972 CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga CVSG-53 SH-3D NT 500
November 1972 - Decembery 1972 CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga CVSG-53 SH-3D NT 500
         
21. May 1975 - 15. December 1975 CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk CVW-11 SH-3D NH 740
25. October 1977 - 15. May 1978 CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk CVW-11 SH-3D NH 720
30. May 1979 - 25. February 1980 CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk CVW-15 SH-3H NL 720
20. October 1981 - 23. May 1982 CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-9 SH-3H NG 720
15. July 1983 - 29. February 1984 CV-61 USS Ranger CVW-9 SH-3H NG 610
21. February 1985 - 24. August 1985 CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
4. September 1986 - 20. October 1986 CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
11. April 1987 - 13. October 1987  CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
1. December 1988 - 1. June 1989  CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
16. September 1989 - 19. October 1989  CV-64 USS Constellation CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
23. June 1990 - 20. December 1990  CV-62 USS Independence CVW-14 SH-3H NK 610
         
18. February 1994 - 17. August 1994 CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson CVW-14 SH-60F / HH-60H NK 610
27. November 1995 - 20. May 1996 CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
8. September 1997 - 1. March 1998 CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
6. July 1998 - 13. July 1998  CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
         
7. January 2000 - 3. July 2000 CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
12. November 2001 - 28. May 2002 CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
13. January 2003 - 19. September 2003 CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
13. January 2005 - 31. July 2005 CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
16. January 2007 - 31. August 2007 CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis CVW-9 SH-60F, HH-60H NG 610
HSC-8
13. January 2009 - 10. July 2009 CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis CVW-9 MH-60S NG 610
         
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HS-8, HSC-8 Commanding Officers 
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History 

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last update 22. February 2012

written 24. April 2005

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