VMM-561 Deactivates | Ghostarchive

VMM-561 Deactivates

Uploader: MCAS Miramar

Original upload date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Archive date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:36:34 GMT

A deactivation ceremony was held for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Sqaudron 561 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 6, 2012. On Dec 2, 2010 VMM-561 activated and became the third MV-22 "Os...
prey" squadron aboard the air station. The squadron, formerly Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 561 (HMM-561), originally activated on January 31, 1967 and flew the UH-34 during the Vietnam era.