H&MS-32 Bandits
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Squadron SDO:
The Squadron Duty Officer is the squadron contact point, who communicates
with former squadron members about squadron information, sea stories,
squadron pictures, scuttlebutt, and gathers information about squadron buddies.
Please contact the Squadron SDO as listed on this link.
The Table Of Content:
Patch:
Handle:
Aircraft:
Date Type First Received - - - - - - Type of Aircraft:
Heritage:
Commanders:
- Date Assumed Command - - - - - - - Commanding Officer
- *May, 1972 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt.Col. Frank Cline
- **1987 to 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Major Bellman
* Not necessary date assumed command.
** Not necessary all inclusive
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Home Ports:
Air Wings:
Date - - - - - - - - - - - - Tail code - - - - - - - Air Wing
- 19?? - - - - - - - - - - DA - - - - - - - - - - No info yet
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Deployments:
Departure & Return - - - - - - - - Air Wing - Carrier - Aircraft - - Area of Operations:
- H&MS-32 -- A-4B -- USS Essex (CVS-9) -- October 63 to April 64
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Photograph Albums:
Squadron Photograph Album
Squadron Off-Duty Album (empty)
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Events:
- AC# 00 153507
AC# 01 154306
AC# 02 153510
AC# 03 153527
AC# 04 154628
AC# 05 15?
- Deployments: MCAS: Yuma, AZ (several times), NAS: Cecil Field, FL,
Twenty Nine Palms, CA (CAX), NAS Fallen, NV(couple times), Nellis AFB,NV(Red Flag),
and Puerto Rico.
- Unit was stood down July of 1990. The two AC#'s 01 & 04 were changed back from
camouflage to olive drab.
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Awards:
Sources of information:
- Harry S. Gann
- J.R. Spring
- R.W. "Indian" Dyer
- Chuck Blake
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