Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 12 embarked on a significant mission to Titusville, Florida, Oct. 16, where they officially presented an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter to the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM), which will be on loan to Valiant Air Command in Titusville.
“We are excited to see this Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) community be added to the living history of this museum. AMCM has been an entire career for many. I have asked our HM-12 Sailors to ‘Be the Legacy’, and this phrase to me means living up to the foundation of the men and women before us within the mine countermeasures community and the Navy,” HM-12 Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Johnson said.
The aircraft on loan to NNAM will remain inside the museum in Titusville. Hill Goodspeed, the museum’s deputy director, discussed the importance of partner museums to help share the story of the sea services to as wide an audience as possible…