• Mine Squadron 7, (full: Commander, Mine Squadron 7, or alternately Mine Squadron SEVEN) is the designation for a United States Navy minelaying and retrieval...
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    Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) was a United States Navy helicopter squadron established in 1978 based at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia...
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    Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific), Amphibious (ComPhibPac), Mine Force (previously including Mine Squadron 7, disestablished in 1968), Pacific Fleet, Service Force...
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    of Naval Personnel. In November 1962 he was appointed commander of Mine Squadron 7. From 1963 he studied advanced management at Harvard Business School...
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  • squadrons. Deactivated or disestablished squadrons are listed in the list of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Navy aircraft squadrons are...
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    Squadron British 232nd Minesweeper Squadron 1st Mine Counter-Measures Squadron 2nd Mine Counter-Measures Squadron 3rd Mine Counter-Measures Squadron 5th...
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    and the squadron returned to Kiel on 1 February 2006. With the 1st and 5th mine countermeasures squadrons having been disbanded, the 3rd squadron now unites...
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    Destroyer Squadron 7 (DesRon 7) is a naval unit of the United States Navy stationed in Singapore. It is assigned to the United States Seventh Fleet. Destroyer...
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    Mine Countermeasures Squadron, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. HMS Chiddingfold is forward deployed as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron,...
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    A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Similar to anti-personnel and other...
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    squadrons were re-designated Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC). The MH-60S was to be used for mine clearing from littoral combat ships, but testing found...
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    seizing over 10,000 weapons following the attack. The arsenal included RPGs, mines, sniper rifles, drones, thermobaric rockets, and other advanced weapons...
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  • for the invasion of Normandy. On 5 June 1944 Broadbill, as a unit of Mine Squadron 7, in company with 10 other minesweepers, cleared the approach channel...
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    U-36A) Fleet Squadron 51 (P-1, P-3C UP-3C/D OP-3 SH-60J/K OH-6DA) Fleet Squadron 61 (C-130R LC-90) Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron 111 (MCH-101)...
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  • The 11th Mine Countermeasures Squadron was a unit of the British Royal Navy during the Falklands War of 1982. On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland...
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    Mine Forces, Atlantic was responsible for all Fleet mine warfare operations. Units under his command were divided into Minesweeping Squadrons (MineRon)s...
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    to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 69 ft (21 m) deep and 330 ft...
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    surviving member of the 617 Squadron (aka Dambusters) responsible for the Operation, Johnny Johnson, died in 2022. The two direct mine hits on the Möhnesee dam...
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    Minesweeper (redirect from Mine sweeper)
    the 9th Mine Counter-Measures Squadron. Minesweepers are equipped with mechanical or electrical devices, known as "sweeps", for disabling mines. The modern...
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    A mine flail is a vehicle-mounted device that makes a safe path through a minefield by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that...
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  • Squadron 2020 will probably lead to a reorganisation of the navy squadrons. The summary of Finnish naval ships: 8 missile boats 2 mine layers 3 mine ferries...
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    Headquarters (Pansio) 4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron (Pansio) MHCs Katanpää, Purunpää and Vahterpää Home Defence Troops' Mine Sweeping Group Sääksi (Kuha...
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    was launched on 15 April 1961. Initial squadron deliveries to Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) and Patrol Squadron Forty-Four (VP-44) at Naval Air Station...
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    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Air Development Squadron 51 Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron 111 Between 1969 and 1990, more than 200 servicemen...
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    already formed one squadron from 100 volunteers in the Far East, which became A Squadron; the 21 SAS squadron then became B Squadron; and after a recruitment...
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    security forces squadrons, civil engineering squadrons, range operations squadrons, range management squadrons, weather squadrons, medical squadrons, etc.). In...
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    "Douglas DB-7 in French Service". www.joebaugher.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15. Johnson 2008, p. 37. Yoxall, John (17 March 1949), "No. 3 Fighter Squadron" (pdf)...
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    Tactical Fighter Squadron (1994–1996) 70th Fighter Squadron (1995–2000) 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1979–1992) 81st Fighter Squadron (1994–2013) 91st...
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    Minesweeper Squadron of German Navy. These function as Mine countermeasures vessels. Two of these vessels contribute to the two Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures...
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    Destroyer Squadron ONE, also known as Destroyer Squadron 1 and often abbreviated at DESRON ONE or DESRON 1, is a squadron of warships of the United States...
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