Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 764

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) Seven-Sixty-Four (764) "Moonlight" is a United States Marine Corps MV-22B "Osprey" squadron stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, CA. It is also the very first squadron to make the transition from the CH-46E "Sea Knight" to the MV-22B "Osprey" in the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), therefore changing the long-time title of HMM-764 to VMM-764. The unit motto is "Putting Grunts in their place since 1958", a reference to the squadron's core mission as a transport squadron.

Activated April 15th, 1958 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 764, Organized Marine Corps Reserve (Aviation) in NAS Los Alamitos, CA

Redesignated April 1, 1962 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764, Organized Marine Corps Reserve (Aviation), Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air Reserve Training Command, Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California

Reassigned during November 1965 to Marine Aircraft Group 46, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, USMCR, Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air Reserve Training Command

Relocated during May 1971 to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.

Relocated during June 1975 to Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter) Tustin, California.

Redesignated October 1, 1979 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764, Marine Aircraft Group 46, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing

Activated to support the active duty forces during the Persian Gulf War from November 1990 to April 1991

Relocated during 1999 to Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Deployed from February - September 2004 and March - October 2005 to Al Asad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

From 25 April - 25 June 2008, the squadron was part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 24 (SPMAGTF 24) on board the USS Boxer (LHD-4). During this deployment the squadron brought essential air-lift capability to operations in Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru which allowed the various medical and engineering work site professionals the ability to get ashore. They flew 43 missions, 83 flight hours and transported 877 passengers. The mission is part of the Partnership of the Americas (POA) 2008. POA is a United States Southern Command sponsored annual maritime engagement operation to enhance multinational cooperation and strengthen partnership among navies and allied nations throughout the Americas.[1] 

On January 13, 2013, HMM-764 became the first Marine Corps Reserve squadron to transition to the MV-22B Osprey. The squadron officially redesignated to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 764 (VMM-764) and relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA.

VMM-764 SDO Cell Phone : (817)-807-3914

VMM-764 Duty Hut Phone: (858)-577-9371