Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron FIVE (HSC-5) (previously Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron FIVE (HS-5)), also known as the ‘Nightdippers’, is a helicopter squadron of the US Navy based at Naval Station Norfolk operating the Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk. The Nightdippers are (2018-2019) currently part of Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) and deploy aboard USSÊHarry S. TrumanÊ(CVN-75) to provide anti-surface warfare (ASW), search and rescue (SAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) and Naval Special Warfare Support capabilities to the Carrier Strike Group. This is the blue ‘bullet’ version of their *CLF DET* while at the US Naval Station ARCTIC and does not have velcro attached.
