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A C-9B Skytrain launches down a Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. runway April 8, 2014. The C-9 is a Marine Transport Squadron 1 asset and is used for the transportation of essential personnel and equipment. - A C-9B Skytrain launches down a Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. runway April 8, 2014. The C-9 is a Marine Transport Squadron 1 asset and is used for the transportation of essential personnel and equipment.

After 51 years, VMR-1 surpasses 250,000 mishap-free flight hours

Marine Transport Squadron 1 was recognized by the Naval Safety Center for surpassing 250,000 Class A

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Pedro helicopter “02” lifts off to join Marine Transport Squadron 1’s other two HH-46 helicopters on their final flight at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 25, 2015. The three search and rescue aircraft have been the last flying “phrogs” in the Department of Defense since Aug. 1. Today’s final flight marks the end of an era in combat aviation. These aircraft will be turned over to the U.S. Navy by Oct. 1. They leave behind a legacy of Cherry Point’s support to the local community in eastern North Carolina, which began in 1957. - Pedro helicopter “02” lifts off to join Marine Transport Squadron 1’s other two HH-46 helicopters on their final flight at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 25, 2015. The three search and rescue aircraft have been the last flying “phrogs” in the Department of Defense since Aug. 1. Today’s final flight marks the end of an era in combat aviation. These aircraft will be turned over to the U.S. Navy by Oct. 1. They leave behind a legacy of Cherry Point’s support to the local community in eastern North Carolina, which began in 1957.

MCAS Cherry Point conducts final DoD H-46 flight

With the heavy thump-whump of spinning rotors, the end of an era was signaled at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, with the take-off of the Department of Defense’s last flying H-46 helicopters Sept. 26. One of the three remaining HH-46E search and rescue models of the venerable war machine, commonly known as “Pedro,” departed from a ceremonial sendoff under gloomy skies at the air station’s Miller’s Landing facility, and joined up with its two brethren over the Neuse River to return to the Marine Transport Squadron 1 flight line for the last time. The squadron is scheduled to turn the well-aged SAR birds over to the Navy Sept. 29 to meet their Oct. 1 transfer deadline.

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