Seawolves Unleashed – Attack of the Navy’s little-known Hueys

Pilot Larry Clark of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots’ Association flies the Seawolf UH-1B Huey, bristling with an assortment of machine guns and rockets, over the Oshkosh, Wisconsin landscape. (Photo by Jim Koepnick/EAA)

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. 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...

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