Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron FIVE (HSC-5) provides vertical lift Search and Rescue, Logistics, Anti-Surface Warfare, Special Operations Forces Support, and Combat Search and Rescue capabilities for Carrier Air Wing SEVEN (CVW-7) in support of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and Carrier Strike Group EIGHT (CSG-8) operations. The Nightdippers fly the MH-60S Seahawk.