Welcome to the United States Navy's Helicopter Training Squadron Eight (HT-8), where our motto is "The best helicopter pilots in the world are trained here." HT-8, along with its sister squadrons, HT-18 and HT-28 , provides advanced helicopter flight instruction to all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flight ...

Helicopter Training Squadron EIGHT (HT-8), based aboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field, is the United States Navy's oldest helicopter training squadron, and also bears the honor of being the oldest helicopter squadron in continuous Naval service.

HT-8's mission remains what it was when you were a student pilot here at Whiting Field: to provide primary and advanced helicopter training to student naval aviators of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and several allied nations.

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He selected for squadron command in March 2022 and is scheduled to report to HT-8 as Executive Officer in May 2023. Stockman currently serves as the Commanding Officer for the "Eightballers" of HT-8 in NAS Whiting Field, Florida.

HT-8 Contact Information. Mailing Address HT-8 Eightballers 7413 USS Enterprise St. Milton, FL 32570 . CNATRA Public Affairs Office. This website is maintained by the Chief of Naval Air Training Public Affairs Office, located at:

HT-8 provides advanced helicopter flight instruction to all US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Coast Guard helicopter flight students as well as international students from several allied nations.

The gold wings in the lower quadrant symbolize the goal of all students who enter advanced rotary wing training at HT-8 - designation as an "unrestricted" naval aviator, or one who is uniquely qualified to fly both fixed wing and rotary wing naval aircraft.

In January 1986, the TH-57B model replaced the TH-57A, an aircraft flown by the squadron for seventeen years. HT-8 currently utilizes both B and C models of the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger.

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