HMR-264
HMR(L)-264
HMM-264
via
George T Curtis
via Allyn Hinton
VMM-264
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264
VMM-264
"Black Knights"
HMM-264's service includes the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Dominican Republic (1964) and numerous deployments to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet. During the Gulf War HMM-264 deployed as a composite squadron serving with 24th MEU (SOC).
During 2003, HMM-264 deployed to Iraq as the Air Combat element of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
LINEAGE
Activated 30 June 1959 at New River, NC, as
MARINE HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SQUADRON (LIGHT) 264 (HMR(L)-264.
Redesignated 1 February 1962 as MARINE MEDIUM HELICOPTER SQUADRON
264 (HMM-264).
Unit Honors
(partial list)
JOINT MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD
STREAMER
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER with 1 bronze
star
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER with two bronze
stars
- Nicknames: "Black Knights"
- ID Code: EH 1959-
- Aircraft: HUS (UH-34D); CH-46A/D/F/E
- Squadron Web Page: HMM-264 (Official site)