Riders on the Storm – Attack of the Navy’s Little-Known Seawolves

Bristling with an assortment of machine guns and rockets, the Seawolf UH-1B Hueys were always overloaded when they lifted off for a mission. (Photo by Jim Koepnick/EAA)

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Seawolf Formation In 1967, the U.S. Navy established Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron Three, commonly known as HA(L)-3, unclassified call sign: “Seawolf.” The in-country formation and disestablishment in 1972 was a historic first. The Navy stood up three “brown-water” task forces to combat communist infiltration along the coast and interior waterways. Operation Market Time operated “Swift Boats” patrolling along the coast and initially the large rivers. Operation Game Warden operated “patrol boats, river” (PBRs) on the...

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