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Number built. H-46: 524 [1] Developed into. Boeing CH-47 Chinook. 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 ...
Tandem-rotor aircraft. 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. Currently this configuration is mainly used for large cargo helicopters.
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).
The MV-22 was designed to replace aging military helicopters like the CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion as costly maintenance strained the Navy's budget and to blend their critical capabilities.
As the Marine Corps’ number one aviation acquisition priority, the Osprey replaced the aging fleet of CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters and is a cornerstone of the capstone concept of Expeditionary maneuver warfare. [34] As of October 2017, the Marine Corps has 16 Fully Operationally Capable (FOC) MV-22 squadrons.
The "Packrats" were originally established as HC-3 on 1 September 1967. They were the 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 carry across supplies from the deck of the supply ship to fleet ships being re-supplied.
The YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the Marines as the CH-46 Sea Knight in 1962. [6] As a result, the Army issued a new order to Vertol for an enlarged derivative of the V-107, known by internal company designation as the Model 114, which it gave the designation of HC-1B. [ 7 ]
The CH-46E Sea Knight has the ability to mount the XM-218.50 caliber heavy machine gun. On the left side of the helicopter it is mounted in the AO's (Aerial Observer) window just behind the copilots seat. On the right side it is mounted in the Gunner's window just behind the crew door.