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US Marine Corps - Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 774
VMM-774 'Wild Goose'
 
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STATUS:   activated as HMR-774 on September 5, 1958
HMR-774 redesignated HMM-774 in April 1962
HMM-774 deactivated on September 20, 1962
HMM-774 reactivated on July 1, 1969
HMM-774 redesignated VMM-774 in 2016
ACTIVE UNIT
 

Homebase: MCAS New River, North Carolina
 AIRCRAFT:   Sikorsky H-34
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey
 DEPLOYMENTS:    
 
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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS New York (LPD 21) - June 2023

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group photo at MCAS New River, North Carolina - May 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - May 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - May 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) - May 2023

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California - July 2021

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi - October 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi - October 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) over Norfolk, Virginia - September 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Moron Air Base, Spain - March 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard French Navy Amphibious Assault Ship FS Dixmude (L 9015) - January 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard French Navy Amphibious Assault Ship FS Dixmude (L 9015) - January 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard French Navy Amphibious Assault Ship FS Dixmude (L 9015) - January 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard French Navy Amphibious Assault Ship FS Dixmude (L 9015) - January 2020

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) during NATO exercise Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-19 - October 2019

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) during NATO exercise Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-19 - October 2019

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, New Jersey - June 2018

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, New Jersey - June 2018

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - October 2017

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - October 2017

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - October 2017

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - September 2017

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - September 2017

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MV-22B Osprey (VMM-774) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana - September 2017

 
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 774 (VMM-774) is a United States Marine Corps medium helicopter squadron consisting of V-22 Osprey transport helicopters. The squadron, known as the "Wild Goose", is a United States Marine Corps Reserve unit based at Naval Station Norfolk (Chambers Field), Virginia and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 49 (MAG-49) and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).


Marine Medium Helicopter 774 was activated September 5, 1958, at Naval Air Station New York as Marine Transport Helicopter Squadron 774 (HMR-774). The squadron operated the SH-34G/J Sea Bat helicopter. In April 1962 the squadron was redesignated Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774, but was deactivated on 30 September 1962.

HMM-774 was reactivated at Naval Air Station Norfolk (Chambers Field) on July 1, 1969. HMM-774 initially operated UH-34D Sea Horse helicopters. In 1970, the CH-46 replaced the UH-34 and in 1971 the squadron was assigned under the command of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. In January 1991, HMM-774 was mobilized as an element of Marine Aircraft Group 26, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in support of OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. In July 2004, the squadron was mobilized and deployed to Al Asad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from August 2004 to March 2005 and from September 2005 to March 2006. The squadron was demobilized during July 2006.

On July 12, 2010, HMM-774 embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) in support of Continuing Promise 2010. During this humanitarian mission, HMM-774 provided support to numerous countries in South America, to include Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Suriname and Costa Rica. HMM-774 also played a vital role in the aftermath of Hurricane Thomas while deployed to South America and the Caribbean. Shortly after Hurricane Tomas passed through the Bahamas, HMM-774 pulled out of Suriname in short notice and followed the storm to Haiti. Once Hurricane Tomas made landfall, USS Iwo Jima rushed to the scene. Within hours of Hurricane Tomas' destruction, USS Iwo Jima was on the site and HMM-774 was flying aerial recon to asess the situation and decide if further assistance was required.

Following a brief detachment aboard the USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) as a participant in Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2012, HMM-774 no longer embarked on any further navy vessels. The squadron was present for Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-13, providing a portion of the aviation combat element (ACE), as well as the same exercise, 4-14, the following year at Twentynine Palms, California. Following the return from Twentynine Palms in June 2014, the squadron turned attention to preparing for the upcoming transition to the MV-22B Osprey aircraft. HMM-774 became designated as VMM-774 in January 2016 as the squadron received its first V-22 and later took its first test flight in April 2016. VMM-774 declared Final Operating Capability in April 2018 under command of Lt. Col Eric G. Burns.

VMM-774 was mobilized in 2019, and was deployed to Moron, Spain in September of 2019 in support of a Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force. The squadron returned from that deployment in March of 2020.

In July 2022, VMM-774 completed a move to its current home in Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina.

In June of 2023, VMM-774 embarked 3 MV-22B Ospreys aboard the USS New York (LPD 21) for a one month deployment to South America in support of UNITAS 2023, a multi-national amphibious exercise. This was the first time that VMM-774 embarked aircraft aboard US Navy ships since 2012, and the first time the squadron had ever embarked MV-22B Ospreys aboard ship.

source: wikipedia 
 
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