Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163

  

"Evil Eyes", "Ridge Runners"
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History 
1. December 1951 HMR-163 established at MCAS Santa Ana CA
1. December 1956 HMR-163 was redesignated HMR(L)-163
1. February 1962  HMR(L)-163 was redesignated HMM-163
2011 HMM-163 was redesignated VMM-163

Tailcodes 
1951 - 1957 HP
1957 - today YP
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Planes:
 

 

 

 1951 - 195?
HRS-1		  
 

 

 

 1954 - 1960
HRS-3		  
 

 

 

 1960 - 1967
HUS-1 (CH-34D)		  
 

 

 

 1967 - 1969
CH-46D		    
 

 

 

 1969 - 1983
CH-46F		    
 

 

 

 1983 - 2011
CH-46E		    
 

 

 

 2011 - present
MV-22B		    
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HMR-163. HMM-163 Deployments 
1. October 1960 - 2. Mai 1961 CVS-20 USS Bennington CVSG-59 HUS-1 YP 10
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HMR-163. HMM-163 Commanding Officers 
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last update 1. July 2013

written  19. April 2009

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