Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161

  

"The First", "Pineapple Squadron", "Phrog Phlyers", "Greyhawks"
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History 
15. January 1951 HMR-161 established at MCAS El Toro CA
31. December 1956 HMR-161 was redesignated HMR(L)-161
31. June 1958 HMR(L)-161 was redesignated HMR(C)-161
1. February 1962  HMR(C)-161 was redesignated HMM-161
23. June 2010 HMM-161 was redesignated VMM-161

Tailcodes 
1951 - 1957 HR
1957 - today YR
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Planes:
 

 

 

 1951 - 1960
HRS-1		  
 

 

 

 1953 - 1960
HRS-2 & HRS-3		  
 

 

 

 1960 - 1967
HUS-1 (CH-34D)		    
 

 

 

 1967 - 1981
CH-46D		    
 

 

 

 1981 - 2010
CH-46E		    
 

 

 

 2010 - present
MV-22B		    
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HMR-161, HMM-161, VMM-161 Deployments 
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HMR-161, HMM-161, VMM-161  Commanding Officers 
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last update 1. July 2013

written  19. April 2009

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