Yorktown, Va. (March 4, 2025) A MH-60S helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 conducts hoisting operations at an urban training area operated by the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command’s (NECC) onboard Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. HSC-26 trains pilots and aircrewmen to employ the MH-60S worldwide in a variety of missions, including fleet logistics support, search and rescue, medical evacuation, special warfare support, anti-surface warfare and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief. The squadron fulfills secondary missions of theater security cooperation and U.S. 2nd Fleet operational support. (U.S. Navy Video by Max Lonzanida/Released).
Sailors from NWS Yorktown gathered at the gravesite of Sergeant Major Edward Radcliffe, a Civil War Era African American Medal of Honor recipient to remember his gallant service during a poignant Wreath laying event. The wreath laying was also attended by Radcliffe's living descendants, who travelled from near and far for the event.
