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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 ...
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 ...
The "Sea Combat" (HSC) designation was instituted April 2005 when the "Combat Support" (HC) squadrons conducting at sea logistics had completed their transitions from the Boeing-Vertol H-46 Sea Knight to the multi-mission Sikorksy MH-60S Seahawk. Beginning in 2007 the "Helicopter Anti-submarine" (HS) squadrons began transitioning to the MH-60S ...
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 (VMM-264) was a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft. The squadron, known as the "Black Knights", was based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, and normally fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
The first Westland-built helicopter, designated Sea King HAS1, flew on 7 May 1969 at Yeovil. [8] The first two helicopters were used for trials and evaluation by Westland and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment ; subsequent production Sea Kings were delivered to the Royal Navy's 700 Naval Air Squadron from August 1969 onwards.
Other names by which the division sometimes referred to itself in correspondence over the years were "Boeing Aircraft Company, Vertol Division" and "Boeing Philadelphia". The 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 current name was ...
Helicopter 66 was a United States Navy Sikorsky Sea King helicopter used during the late 1960s for the water recovery of astronauts during five missions of the Apollo program. It has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history", [ 2 ] was the subject of a 1969 song by Manuela , and was made into a die ...
He graduated from Naval Aviation Flight Training in NAS Pensacola, FL earning his Naval Aviator wings in October 1969. He was assigned to UH-1E helicopter transition with HML-267, Camp Pendleton, California. Lieutenant Kuklok served in South Vietnam from March 1970 to March 1971 with HML-367, flying the AH-1G Cobra.