Details are still limited at this stage, but a search is on for a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that went missing late Tuesday night while flying from Nevada to California.
The helicopter was a CH-53E Super Stallion and it was carrying five Marines on board. Video from a 2023 US Marine air show shows CH-53E models flying. BBC Verify's Nick Eardley has taken a closer ...
The Marine Corps just executed the first ship-to-shore transportation by air of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) using the CH-53E Super Stallion, one of the Marine Corps’ primary heavy-lift ...
50 caliber machine guns Load: 37 troops or 24 litter patients plus four attendants or 8,000 pounds The CH-53D Sea Stallion is a medium lift helicopter ... three-engine CH-53E Super Stallion.
The CH-53E Super Stallion is the largest helicopter in the military and the Marines have used it for heavy-lifting duties around the world for more than three decades. More than 130 are in operation.
Load: 55 troops or 32,000 lbs. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is the U.S. Navy’s primary aerial mine countermeasures aircraft. A variant of the CH-53 Sea Stallion, the MH-53E is heavier and has a greater ...
All of the Marines were part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that went down was flying from Creech Air Force Base, northwest of Las Vegas, to Marine Corps Air ...