It would take the Navy four years from the disestablishment of HA(L)-3 to realize that it still had a need for this type of specialized, special warfare aviation support. With the establishment of Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Four and Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Five in 1976 and 1977, the Navy Gunships would once again join the fleet, though in the United States Navy Reserve. Although these two units would never see combat as HAL squadrons, they would later go on to see combat in &lt;a href="Gulf%20War"&gt;Operation Desert Shield/Storm&lt;/a&gt;, Operation Uphold Democracy, Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Freedom as &lt;a href="Helicopter%20Attack%20Squadron%20%28Light%29%20Four"&gt;HCS-4/HSC-84&lt;/a&gt; and HCS-5.