MCAS Camp Pendleton H&HS Takes On Responsibilities As A Flying Squadron | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.12.25

Airborne-NextGen-05.06.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.07.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-05.08.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.09.25

Sun, Aug 16, 2020

MCAS Camp Pendleton H&HS Takes On Responsibilities As A Flying Squadron

Every Air Station Housing Aircraft From 3rd MAW Now Has Operational Support Airlift Capabilities

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron with Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, made history by becoming a flying squadron for the first time in the unit’s existence.

The Marines and sailors of H&HS took ownership of a UC-12W Huron aircraft July 31, and took the plane on its first flight with the squadron four days later.

With this addition to MCAS Camp Pendleton, every air station housing aircraft from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing now has operational support airlift capabilities. The Huron aircraft can increase a unit’s operational readiness significantly.

The aircraft can carry military personnel, equipment and aircraft parts. The aircraft saves the unit money and time when it comes to the transportation of parts and equipment. The UC-12W can travel from the West Coast to the East Coast on one tank of gas.

“The C-12’s are designed to provide a cost affective way to move high priority personnel and cargo from point A to point B,” said Lt. Col. Corey Martin, operations officer for H&HS, MCAS Camp Pendleton. “The aircraft has been around for years, so the maintenance is very low and straight forward.”

Prior to the UC-12W, Pendleton units utilized the MV-22 Osprey and the UH-1Y Venom helicopter to transfer parts from air station to air station. The cost to fly these two aircraft is thousands of dollars an hour. On average, the MV-22 costs $14,000 and the UH-1Y costs $7,000 to fly per hour. The UC-12W averages $1,400 an hour, saving the Marine Corps thousands of dollars.

“When it comes to the cost, it’s a fraction of what it takes to fly a fleet aircraft, ” said Martin. “The real savings is the time and effort on the fleet aircraft; we are not putting more miles on our airframes. We can take care of that mission with the C-12 now and make sure our fleet is ready to fight.”

Different units can use the aircraft as well, the Huron is not restricted to just air station squadrons. Ground units can also send in a request asking for H&HS to support.

“From here, we are going to have a lot of programs that are going to be inspectable and policies to get this aviation side of the unit up and going,” said Savarese. “But no matter what, the ‘Stampede’ is ready to support the MAGTF in any way shape or form.”

FMI: www.marines.mil

Advertisement

More News

Airborne 05.05.25: NTSB Holland Prelim, Airlines v Tariffs, $$$ For ATC

Also: 787-Billion Pax, Ryanair Buying Chinese, Ballooning HoF, ERAU MX Competition An NTSB Preliminary report is shedding some light on the Rob Holland tragedy. And there now seems>[...]

Airborne 05.07.25: Talon A-2 Hypersonic, FIFI Under Repair, Spirit Furloughs

Also: Tricky Golf Course Deadstick, Textron Special Olympics, Artemis II, FlightSimExpo! Stratolaunch conducted the second successful launch and recovery of its Talon-A2 autonomous>[...]

Airborne Affordable Flyers 05.08.25: Blackshape Test, Risen, Alto NG Sells Out

Also: Rotax Service Instruction, LAA Jabiru Alert, New AMA Boss, FlightSimExpo ANN’s Jim Campbell got an hour in the SLEEK Blackshape Prime last week along with a chance to w>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.11.25)

“Secretary Duffy’s plan cements America as a global leader in aviation, investing in both technology and the air traffic control workforce to enhance U.S. aviation safe>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Schleicher Alexander GMBH & CO ASH 26 E

Witnesses Described That The Glider Pitched Up Before Entering A Nose Low, Left Descending Turn Analysis: The 84-year-old pilot was being towed for takeoff in his glider when the a>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC