Transitioning Ceremony from the CH-46E Sea Knight to the MV-22B Osprey

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (April 6, 2015) – A redesignation ceremony for Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 164 is scheduled to be conducted Thursday at 1:45 p.m.

The squadron is scheduled to transition from the CH-46E Sea Knight to the MV-22B Osprey. The squadron will be redesignated from HMMT-164 to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164.

The CH-46 has been used in military missions for more than 50 years and the Marine Corps has made the transition to the MV-22 Osprey.

Interested media must RSVP by 4 p.m. Tuesday. For additional information, please contact 1st Lt. Gabriel Adibe at 858-577-6000, miramarmedia@usmc.mil, or follow our Twitter feed @MCASMiramarCA. 

All media organizations are requested to meet at the Camp Pendleton Main Gate at 1 p.m. where they will be met by a uniformed public affairs officer.

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