HM-14 World Famous Vanguard 2017 MH-53E Model

Fly with the HM-14 World Famous Vanguard again with this 16-inch wooden Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon helo model. Carefully carved from Mahogany and painted, it will provide a unique treasure you'll proudly display.

Length - 16 inches
Made from Mahogany
US Veteran-Owned Business
Officially Licensed by Sikorsky
The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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"WORLD FAMOUS VANGUARD"

HM-14, flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon, is one of the largest and most unique squadrons in the Navy. It is one of two squadrons Navy-wide that have integrated an Active Duty airborne mine countermeasures squadron with it's Reserve counterpart, with approximately 400 Active Duty and 250 TAR and Selected Reserve personnel. The "Vanguard" of HM-14 is capable of rapidly deploying and operating to any part of the world within 72 hours via Air Force C-5s.

By National Museum of the U.S. Navy - 171007-N-BD308-0135, Public Domain,

HM-14 was established on 12 May 1978, at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. An independent and self-contained operational Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Squadron, today the Vanguard consists of approximately 650 enlisted personnel and 50 officers, and is home ported in Norfolk, Virginia. Using the USAF C-5A "Galaxy" and C-141 "Starlifter" transport aircraft, the squadron is capable of providing a rapid response mine countermeasures (MCM) capability to any location in the world where a mine threat may exist. The aircraft used by the squadron in its MCM operations is the Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter.

Since it's establishment, HM-14 has conducted a multitude of operations at home and abroad. In 1978, the squadron participated in exercise OLIVES NOIRES off the coast of Toulon, France and in exercise CRAZY HORSE near La Spezia, Italy. In April 1980, the squadron embarked on USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) and deployed to the Indian Ocean for operation EVENING LIGHT during the hostage crisis. Elements of the squadron remained in the Indian Ocean until November 1980, when the main body of the squadron rejoined the detachment and established the first AMCM capability in the Indian Ocean/Arabian Gulf theater.