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A flaming Marine CH-46 of HMM-265, after being hit by enemy AAA fire in "Helicopter Valley", 15 July 1966 [13] During the Vietnam War, the CH-46 was one of the prime US Marine troop transport helicopters in the theater, slotting between the smaller Bell UH-1 Iroquois and larger Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and progressively replacing the UH-34.
An unnamed and psychotic Vietnam War veteran who returns from the Vietnam War sexually assaults and kills random women who stop at the filling station where he works as a gas station attendant. 1974 Canada Deathdream: Bob Clark: War veteran returns home as a living corpse. [31] 1974 US The Trial of Billy Jack: Tom Laughlin
English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) with Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters embarked, probably during operations off South Vietnam, circa 1968. the dock landing ship USS Thomaston (LSD-28) is in the background, at right.
On 1 November 1980, HMM-164 became the first unit on the West Coast to receive the "E" model CH-46. By March 1981, the squadron had received its full complement of "Echo" helicopters. On July 16, 1982, HMM-164 was recognized by Boeing Vertol for being the first CH-46 squadron to reach 100,000 hours of cumulative flight hours. [9]
The original Marine Medium Helicopter squadrons flew the Sikorsky UH-34D Sea Horse, which shortly after its inception saw extensive combat during the Vietnam War. [131] Beginning in 1966 they began to be replaced with the CH-46 Sea Knight which was faster, could carry more troops and is still in service today. [132]
[10]: 201 CH-46F Swift 1–4 of HMM-164 from USS Hancock flown by Captain William C. Nystul [32] and First Lieutenant Michael J. Shea [33] crashed into the sea on its approach to the ship after having flown a night sea and air rescue mission. The two enlisted crewmen survived, but the bodies of the pilots were not recovered.
20 × CH-46 Sea Knights, 10 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 3 × AH-1 Cobra USS New Orleans (LPH-11) was an Iwo Jima -class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy . She was the third Navy ship to be so named, and is the first named for the Battle of New Orleans , which was the last major battle of the War of 1812 .
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight Animation. A tandem-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large helicopter rotor assemblies mounted one in front of the other in the horizontal plane. This configuration is mainly used for large cargo helicopters. [1]