HSC-85
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Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron EIGHT FIVE (HSC-85) was a United States Navy Reserve forces helicopter squadron (RESFORON) based out of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. The "FIREHAWKS" of HSC-85 are Reserve and Active Component Sailors who operate and maintain Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
An HS-85 SH-3 Sea King conducting anti-submarine warfare training.
HSC-85 aircrews flying the MH-60S conduct aerial fire fighting support
An HC-85 UH-3 Sea King conducts search and rescue training.
Two HCS-5 HH-60H assigned to JSOAD-AP in OIF.
Naval Air Station North Island
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Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island, at the north end of the Coronado peninsula on San Diego Bay in San Diego, California, is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the United States Navy – Naval Base Coronado (NBC), and the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.
Three US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) pierside at NAS North Island during June 2015
USS Thach and the NAS as seen from Cabrillo National Monument
Construction of the seaplane ramp in 1918
USS Langley at North Island, 1925