{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use American English|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 | image = A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 returns to Naval Support Activity Bahrain after completing a patrol in the Persian Gulf during exercise Spartan Kopis 131209-N-OU681-1725.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = An MH-60S Seahawk of HSC-26 over Bahrain in 2013 | dates = 1 September 1967 – present<ref name="opnav5030.4G">{{Cite book |author=Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |url=https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Directives/05000%20General%20Management%20Security%20and%20Safety%20Services/05-00%20General%20Admin%20and%20Management%20Support/5030.4G.pdf |title=OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5030.4G |date=2012-04-11 |publisher=Department of the Navy |location=Washington, D.C. |page=6 |author-link=Chief of Naval Operations |access-date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709174900/https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Directives/05000%20General%20Management%20Security%20and%20Safety%20Services/05-00%20General%20Admin%20and%20Management%20Support/5030.4G.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-09 |url-status=live}}</ref><br/>({{Age in years and months|1967|9|1}}) | country = {{Flagu|United States}} | branch = {{navy|US}} | type = Helicopter | role = | size = Squadron | command_structure = Naval Air Force Atlantic *Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic | garrison = Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia<br/>Naval Support Activity Bahrain (Det. 1) | nickname = Chargers<br/>Desert Hawks (Det. 1) | motto = | battles = | decorations = | identification_symbol = 150px | identification_symbol_label = HSC-26 emblem | aircraft_helicopter = MH-60S Seahawk }}
'''Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26''' ('''HSC-26'''), nicknamed the "Chargers", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. The squadron was established on 1 September 1967 as '''Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6''' ('''HC-6'''), before being redesignated to its current name on 24 August 2005.<ref name="opnav5030.4G"/> Since 2005, the squadron's Detachment 1, nicknamed the "Desert Hawks", have been stationed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, conducting combat support for the United States Fifth Fleet. In 2017, HSC-26 deployed aboard {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3}} to provide disaster relief to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HSC-26 Command History |url=https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/COMHELSEACOMBATWINGLANT/Helicopter-Sea-Combat-Squadron-HSC-26/Command-History/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Naval Air Force Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-13 |title=Assistance from the seas |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/252820/assistance-seas |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, members of HSC-26 deployed to the Gulf of Oman aboard {{USS|Iwo Jima|LHD-7}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-30 |title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug 30, 2021 |language=en-US |work=USNI News |url=https://news.usni.org/2021/08/30/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-30-2021 |access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref>
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