The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by...
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YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps as the CH-46 Sea Knight, the Army sought a heavier transport helicopter, and ordered an enlarged...
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Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion...
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Boeing Model 360 (1987) Boeing Vertol 107-II (1958) Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (1960), military version of Vertol 107-II Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (1970s...
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Sikorsky H-34 (redirect from CH-34 Choctaw)
having been replaced by turbine-powered types such as the UH-1 Huey and CH-46 Sea Knight; in the USMC, the H-34 was often called the "HUS" after its original...
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blocked easy entry and exit from the main cabin. Defensive Armament The CH-46E Sea Knight has the ability to mount the XM-218 .50 caliber heavy machine gun...
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that it was possible transport by air on USMC aircraft such as the CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-53 Super Stallion, and V-22 Osprey. The IFAV has since been replaced...
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carried two Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight or two Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters. Air defense includes the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow radar and infrared...
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program promised to facilitate. The USMC's primary helicopter model, the CH-46 Sea Knight, was aging, and no replacement had been accepted. Because the USMC's...
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telescoping hangar. Although the flight deck had room for up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, the hangar was only a temporary shelter for a single helicopter...
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company was responsible for the design and production of the CH-46 Sea Knight and the CH-47 Chinook. The name became Boeing Helicopters in 1987, and the...
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8th Marine Regiment then landed south of Pearls Airport using CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters at 05:30 on 25 October; they captured Pearls...
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Sikorsky S-61R (redirect from CH-3 Sea King)
winner of the HRX competition, and it entered Marine service as the CH-46 Sea Knight.: 50 Notwithstanding the loss of the HRX competition, Sikorsky built...
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tilt-rotor aircraft joined the MAGTF demo in 2010 and replaced the CH-46 Sea Knight entirely in 2014 as the aircraft was phased out of the Marine Corps...
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Boeing-Vertol 234 Chinook helicopters are portrayed as Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights of the United States Marine Corps. The helicopters transport a rescue...
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HSC-3 (category Helicopter sea combat squadrons of the United States Navy)
Navy's sole vertical replenishment (VERTREP) squadron and operated the CH-46 Sea Knight from supply vessels operated by the Combat Logistics Force (CLF) to...
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(YT58) Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight Fairchild VZ-5 (YT58) Kaman K-16B Kaman SH-2 Seasprite Piasecki XH-21D Shawnee (Model 71) Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King Sikorsky...
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has increasingly moved away from the Sikorsky S-61T as it acquires CH-46 Sea Knights from the U.S. Marine Corps, as the latter seeks to replace it with...
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2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW). They were the last east coast CH-46 Sea Knight squadron to transition to the Osprey. VMM-264 was decommissioned on...
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MN:Specialty Press, 1990. ISBN 0-933424-53-1 "CH-53E Super Stallion". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-10. "CH-53E Super Stallion Heavy-Lift Helicopter"...
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Essex-class aircraft carrier (redirect from USS Iwo Jima (CV-46))
installed and flew only helicopters such as the UH-34 Seahorse and CH-46 Sea Knight. Four converted Essex-class ships served alongside the purpose built...
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diplomats and civilians sought refuge at the embassy. Four waves of five CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters each evacuated the embassy compound shortly after midnight...
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such as the MV-22 Osprey, U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, or CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. The guiding principle in a CASEVAC is to transport casualties...
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Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk (redirect from SH-60F Sea Hawk)
replace its venerable CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. In 1998, the Navy awarded a production contract to Sikorsky for the CH-60S, after sea demonstrations with...
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comparison the contemporary purpose-designed troop transport Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight had its engines above the aft cabin to permit a rear loading ramp)...
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gunship Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight Kaman SH-2 Seasprite Piasecki HUP Retriever Sikorsky HO3S Sikorsky H-34 Seabat Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King Sikorsky SH-60...
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detachment from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron HMM-261, flying CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, provided airborne search and rescue stand-by support....
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46 torpedoes 4 × .50 caliber machine guns Aviation facilities Helicopter deck aft able to accommodate SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS Mk1, SH-3 Sea King, and CH-46...
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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies over the mountains of Kohistan, en route to Ghazi Aviation Base, Pakistan...
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Piasecki H-21 (redirect from CH-21)
development Piasecki HRP Rescuer Piasecki H-25 Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight Boeing CH-47 Chinook Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era...
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