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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 Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol following Vertol's acquisition by Boeing. Development of the Sea Knight, which was originally designated by the firm as the Vertol Model 107, commenced ...
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Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters USS Detroit (AOE-4) was the fourth and last Sacramento -class fast combat support ship built for the United States Navy . She was laid down on 29 November 1966 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton, Washington ; launched 21 June 1969; and commissioned on 28 March 1970.
3 Sikorsky RH-3A (Sea King) 12 Boeing UH-46A-D (Sea Knight) 1 Sikorsky UH-34 (Sea Horse) 92 aircraft in total HC-7 helicopter armament included M16 rifles, M79 grenade launchers, M60 machine guns. In 1970 Big Mother H-3s were modified installing a GAU-2B/A minigun upon armor plated mount in right rear aft cargo door. The HH-2Cs arrived having a ...
On 28 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. The arrival of additional USMC and United States Air Force squadrons at Da Nang AB led to severe overcrowding at the base and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) began looking for an alternative site for the helicopter squadrons of MAG-16.
The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is a family of American heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.The Sea Stallion was originally developed in response to a request from the United States Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons made in March 1962 for a replacement for the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave helicopters flown by the United States Marine ...