210525-N-EV253-2034 SAN DIEGO (May 25, 2021) – Cmdr. Ryan Cunningham, from Franklin, Indiana, checks a temperature gauge during preflight operations in a Sikorsky MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Merlins” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 on Naval Air Station North Island. HSC-3 is the Navy’s west coast MH-60S fleet replacement squadron, responsible for training pilots and aircrewmen by providing the most capable warfighters to the fleet.

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