HSL-40 Squadron Patch

This is the squadron patch for the HSL-40 "Airwolves". The misson of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR ZERO is grow Navy leaders and train fleet replacement pilots and aircrew to fight and win at sea. Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 40, based at Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, was established 4 October 1985 to serve Naval Station Mayport's newly formed Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE (now Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet) operating the Navy's newest ASW weapons system, the SH-60B "Seahawk." HSL-40 is one of only two SH-60B Fleet Readiness Squadrons (FRS) in the world and trains pilots and aircrew of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, along with foreign students from around the globe. The first pilot, aircrew, and maintenance personnel graduated in mid-1986, eventually reaching the numbers necessary to form four new fleet squadrons. The mission of HSL-40 is to provide quality training to fleet replacement pilots and aircrew so they may "fight and win at sea."