MISSION

 

• Deliver Continuous, Immediate-response Capability Vital to National Security

• Provide Priority Airlift for National-level Civil and Military Senior Leadership in the National Capital Region (NCR)

• Support Joint Force Headquarters – NCR tasked Defense to Civil Authority, Search and Recover and Medical Evacuation

    PLACEHOLDER  INFORMATION 

	Lt Col Jason Coleman   Commander	SMSgt Fabio Horton Superintendent	MSgt Lynnette Banks First Sergeant

1HS Timeline 

 

• August 5, 1955 - 1401st HF established as Presidential Support. The 1401st was initially equipped with two CH-21 Shawnee and four H-19 Chickasaw aircraft

• July 12, 1957 - President Eisenhower became the 1st President to fly in a helicopter when the 1401st HF landed a UH-13J Sioux on the White House lawn

• October 1, 1957 - Renamed the 1001st Helicopter Flight

• August 1, 1961 - 1001st Helicopter Flight moved to Bolling, AFB & Renamed 1001st Helicopter Squadron

• February 1, 1967 - 1001st HS begins flying the UH-1F Huey

• Circa 1967 - 1001st receives its first Outstanding Unit Award

• Circa 1967 - The two UH-13Js were retired, with one being sent to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, and the other to the Smithsonian

• Circa 1967 - The unit returned to its original location at Joint Base Andrews, MD

• May 1, 1968 - Lt Col Gerald O. Young (an alumnus of the squadron) awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics in Vietnam

• July 1, 1970 - Unit renamed 1st Helicopter Squadron (1 HS) over the next year

• August 1, 1970 - CH-3E Jolly Green Giant aircraft were also integrated into the 1 HS, which, over the next year, replaced the UH-1F & CH-21

• April 1, 1971 - 1 HS receives the UH-1N Huey

• July 2, 1974 - Then-Vice President Richard Nixon aboard a Huey after the retirement ceremony for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Moorer

• Circa 1974 - President Johnson aboard a Huey at Joint Base Andrews

• September 30, 1980 - Reached 100,000 hour accident-free mark becoming the first helicopter squadron ever to do so.

• January 13, 1982 - The 1 HS was instrumental in the recovery efforts after an airliner crashed into the 14th St. Bridge

• March 3, 2001 - Vice President Cheney honored the squadron’s 200,000 hour mark

• September 11, 2001 - Key player in Emergency Evacuation of NCR

• September 13, 2010 - USAF Verne Orr Award Winner

• November 1, 2010 - 1 HS splits into two squadrons; 811 OSS and 1 HS make up the 811th OG

• July 1, 2019 - Squadron celebrates 50 years of excellence

  

Personnel

• Officers

  • All pilots

• Enlisted

  • Flight Engineer

  • Command Post Controllers

  • Aircrew Resource Management

  • Commander Support Staff

• Deployed

• 365 day – Afghanistan

• Average 2-4 members deployed

• Maintenance Support

• 811 OSS & Civilian contractors

• 24/7 Alert Ops

 

AIRCRAFT PAST

 

• Boeing

  • H-21 Shawnee (1955-71)

• Sikorsky

  • H-19  Chickasaw (1955-67)

  • CH-3 Jolly Green (1970-88)

• Bell

  • UH-13 Ranger (1957-67)

  • UH-1F Huey (1967-71)

 

AIRCRAFT PRESENT

 

UH-1N Huey   (1971-Present)

Primary Function:  Utility

Builder:  Bell Helicopter Co.

Power Plant:  Pratt & Whitney T400-CP-400

Range:  250 Nautical Miles

Ceiling:  10,000 Feet

Speed:  100 Knots Cruise

Date Deployed:  1970

Crew:  Two or Three: Pilot and Co-pilot or Pilot and Flight Engineer