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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 ...
Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 402 (HMMT-402) was commissioned on June 30, 1969, at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The squadron was responsible for training pilots and aircrew to fly the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight. HMMT-402 was decommissioned on May 1, 1972. [1]
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 ...
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In August 1993, the Marine Corps Aviation Association chose HMM-164 as the Medium Helicopter Squadron of the year. A CH-46 Sea Knight from HMM-164 during a training exercise in California in 1986. In June 1995, HMM-164 deployed as the Aviation Combat Element with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU).
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Aircraft carried 2 × CH-46A/D Sea Knight helicopters The second USS Seattle (AOE-3) , a Sacramento -class fast combat support ship , was laid down on 1 October 1965, at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton, Washington ; launched on 2 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. William M. Allen, chairman of the board of the Children's Orthopedic ...
The helicopter was flying at an altitude of approximately 600 feet when it struck the 1,000-foot radio tower just before 8 p.m. Sunday, according to investigators and open-source data. No one on ...